Competitive Information for Mankey [Black/White]
Fighting
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Mankey? 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.
Mankey is an outstanding Fighting-typed Pokemon. Mankey is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Mankey can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Mankey's only type-related weaknesses are Flying and Psychic.
Item: Life Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Double-Edge / Return
- Outrage
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Mankey (Defiant)
Mankey is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Mankey's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Close Combat). Focus Sash helps protect Mankey from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Mankey's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Defiant, Mankey's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Mankey afterwards).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Oran Berry
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Naughty (+Atk, -SpD)
EVs: 108 Hp / 200 Atk / 200 Spe
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Endeavor
- Cross Chop
- Toxic
Mankey Physical Sweeper (Angry Apes)
Mankey is popular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Defiant, Mankey's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Endeavor is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (lowers the target's hp to your Mankey's hp).
♦ Cross Chop is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Mankey? 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: Life Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Mankey (Defiant)
Mankey is a notable Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Mankey's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Close Combat). Focus Sash helps protect Mankey from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Mankey's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Defiant, Mankey's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Mankey learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Mankey 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 Mankey
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Swagger + Punishment
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Mankey's stats
- Bulk Up
- Defense Curl
- Hone Claws
- Meditate
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Mankey
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Mankey in Black and White
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