Rellor

Like a dung beetle, Rellor spends its time pushing a ball, although its own is made of mud. It creates it by mixing dirt and sand with psychic energy and treats it like a treasure, to the point of protecting it more than itself. It almost always moves upside down, with its hind legs lifting the sphere above its body.

Its design combines a beetle’s brown body with a pink face, drooping eyes, four bumps on its head, and an abdominal pattern that resembles a dropping when viewed upside down. The mud ball has white and orange streaks, as if it had been polished by hand. It is a tiny creature, measuring barely 0.2 m and weighing 1 kg.

Rellor occupies the first position in its evolutionary line. When it levels up, it evolves into Rabsca, which keeps its connection to psychic energy and adds that type to its type combination. Paldean Pokédex entries portray it rolling its ball while it matures the energy needed to evolve.

Rellor is not competitive in general formats. Its base stats add up to 270: it has 41 HP, 50 Attack, 60 Defense, 31 Special Attack, 58 Special Defense, and 30 Speed. Defense is its best stat, and it gives 1 Defense EV, but its low HP and sluggishness mean it takes less punishment than its defensive appearance suggests. It also lacks the power to make up for it.

Compound Eyes is the ability that makes the most sense: it raises the Pokémon’s accuracy. Its Hidden Ability, Shed Skin, cures status conditions by shedding its skin, but it does not change its shortcomings. As a Bug type, it resists Fighting-, Ground-, and Grass-type attacks, while taking double damage from Fire, Flying, and Rock. On offense, its Bug-type moves pressure Grass, Psychic, and Dark, although Rellor lacks the power and Speed needed to take proper advantage of those strengths.

In a normal playthrough, it is useful during the early stages, especially against Grass- or Psychic-type opponents. Bug Bite provides physical damage with STAB, Mud Shot offers Ground-type coverage and can lower Speed, and Dig delivers a stronger hit after a turn of preparation. Body Press and Leech Life expand its options once it has access to them. Outside that context, fast attackers and Fire-, Flying-, or Rock-type moves leave it behind with ease.

Rellor belongs to the Bug Egg Group. The ratio is 50% female, so there is no sex difference that complicates breeding. Its Eggs need 20 cycles to hatch, equivalent to approximately 5355 steps with the usual incubation formula. Its growth rate is Fast.

The Egg Moves that most expand its usefulness are Recover, Cosmic Power, and Weather Ball. Recover lets it partly offset its 41 HP, while Cosmic Power improves both of its defenses and fits its resilient profile. Memento is useful for leaving the opponent with lowered stats when it goes down, although it requires sacrificing Rellor.

Its catch rate is 190, a figure close to the easy end of the scale and suitable for catching it without spending too many resources. To obtain Rabsca, Rellor must level up. The species appears in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, including the Asado Desert, so getting specimens for breeding does not require trades or events.