Competitive Information for Gurdurr [Black/White]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Gurdurr? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Gurdurr is a phenomenal Fighting-typed Pokemon. Gurdurr is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Gurdurr's only type-related weaknesses are Flying and Psychic.
Item: Flame Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Facade / Return
- Poison Jab
- Detect / Protect
Physical Sweeper Gurdurr (Guts)
Gurdurr is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Gurdurr's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Gurdurr from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Flame Orb will burn Gurdurr at the end of the turn which will activate Gurdurr's Guts ability. Use Detect or Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Gurdurr is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Gurdurr a sweet boost.
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Gurdurr's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Gurdurr is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Detect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Gurdurr this turn).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Gurdurr this turn).
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Item: Eviolite
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Stone Edge
- Drain Punch
- Mach Punch
- Ice Punch / Knock Off
Gurdurr Physical Tank (Steel Rod To The Face)
Gurdurr is a decent Physical Tank. It is primarily designed to take a great amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Gurdurr is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolte was added to the mix. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Iron Fist, Gurdurr's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted. http://www.smogon.com/smog/issue27/nu_underrated_movesets
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Gurdurr recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Mach Punch is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Fighting-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 20-base power Dark-type move (removes the target's held item).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 224 Hp / 224 Atk / 62 SpD
Moveset:
- Work Up
- Poison Jab
- Force Palm
- Fire Punch
Gurdurr Physical Tank (Steroid User)
Gurdurr is a sensational Physical Tank. It's meant to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Gurdurr last longer regaining it's it's life every turn. With Iron Fist, Gurdurr's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Force Palm is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Gurdurr? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Flame Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Facade / Return
- Rock Slide
- Detect / Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Gurdurr (Guts)
Gurdurr is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Gurdurr's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Gurdurr from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Flame Orb will burn Gurdurr at the end of the turn which will activate Gurdurr's Guts ability. Use Detect or Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Gurdurr is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Gurdurr a sweet boost.
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Gurdurr's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Gurdurr is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Detect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Gurdurr this turn).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Gurdurr this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Gurdurr learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Gurdurr can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Gurdurr
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Guts + Item: Flame orb
- Ability: Sheer force + Item: Life orb
- Ability: Iron fist + Item: Punching glove
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Drain Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Fire Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fire Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fling
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Focus Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Force Palm
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Ice Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ice Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Low Sweep
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Mach Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Poison Jab
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Smash
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Snore
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Thunder Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Thunder Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Dynamic Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Dynamic Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Focus Blast
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Tomb
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Comet Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Hammer Arm
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Slide
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Detect, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Wide Guard, Mach Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Gurdurr's stats
- Bulk Up
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Gurdurr
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Gurdurr in Black and White
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