Psyduck in PokeSurvivor

What Psyduck's stats tell you

Psyduck is #054, a generation 1 water partner with 92 HP, 1.06× attack and 101 speed. It keeps the same attack multiplier as Slowpoke while shifting much of that partner's HP emphasis into speed. Its 92 HP also exceeds the 88 of Froakie and Treecko.

Psyduck is in A tier under the normalized, equal-weight HP, attack and speed formula. The score is a starting-stat comparison, not a tested win rate. It does not include Confusion's homing, upgrades or whether an enemy reaches the player.

Starting move: Confusion

Psyduck starts with Confusion, a psychic homing projectile, even though Psyduck's own recorded type is water. Its move mapping matters more here than assuming that a starter must open with a move matching its type. Slowpoke is the other partner in this batch that begins with Confusion.

The move source carries a psychic-move balance comment dated 11 October 2026 describing lower damage and weaker tracking. This is a historical source note, not a claim that either Confusion starter is currently dominant or weak.

Confusion's move evolution is Psyshock. Max Confusion at level 5 and take a cooldown upgrade during the current run to make the gold evolution card eligible. That is a move-evolution requirement, not a Pokémon evolution route or an automatic reward at level 5.

Psyduck compared with Slowpoke and Bulbasaur

Slowpoke has 110 HP, 1.06× attack and 84 speed. Psyduck trades 18 HP for 17 additional speed points, keeping the same attack multiplier and starting move. That clean tradeoff is more informative than treating their shared A tier as equivalent behavior.

Bulbasaur has 90 HP, 1.06× attack and 97 speed. Psyduck has 2 more HP and 4 more speed at the same attack multiplier. Bulbasaur starts with Vine Whip, however, so those numerical gains alone do not establish the better gameplay result.

Finding Psyduck in the roster

Psyduck is not a member of a traditional regional first-partner trio, but this game's fixed roster explicitly includes it as a starter, alongside Slowpoke and the regional partners. Look for Psyduck in starting-partner selection rather than assuming its main-series role determines its availability here. Account-specific unlock conditions are not established by these data files.