Competitive Information for Pansage [Black/White]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Pansage? 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.
Pansage is a pretty decent Grass-typed Pokemon. Pansage is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Pansage can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Pansage is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Gluttony
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb / Vine Whip
- Low Sweep / Return
- Crunch / Bite
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Pansage (Gluttony)
Pansage is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Pansage from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Pansage's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Gluttony, when Pansage has 1/2 or less of its maximum hp it uses certain berries early. Low Sweep was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Vine Whip is a physical STAB-boosted 35-base power Grass-type move that deals damage.
♦ Low Sweep is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Gluttony
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Round / Snore
- Synthesis
- Protect
Special Sweeper Pansage (Gluttony)
Pansage is a decent Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Pansage's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Focus Sash helps protect Pansage from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Pansage's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Gluttony, when Pansage has 1/2 or less of its maximum hp it uses certain berries early.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Pansage must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Synthesis is a status move (heals your Pansage by a weather-dependent amount).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Pansage this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Pansage? 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 / Miracle Seed
Ability: Gluttony
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb / Vine Whip
- Low Sweep / Return
- Crunch / Bite
- Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Pansage (Gluttony)
Pansage is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Pansage from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Pansage's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Gluttony, when Pansage has 1/2 or less of its maximum hp it uses certain berries early. Low Sweep was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Vine Whip is a physical STAB-boosted 35-base power Grass-type move that deals damage.
♦ Low Sweep is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Gluttony
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Round / Snore
- Synthesis
- Protect
Doubles Special Sweeper Pansage (Gluttony)
Pansage is pretty popular Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Pansage's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Focus Sash helps protect Pansage from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Pansage's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Gluttony, when Pansage has 1/2 or less of its maximum hp it uses certain berries early.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Pansage must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Synthesis is a status move (heals your Pansage by a weather-dependent amount).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Pansage this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Pansage learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Pansage 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 Pansage
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Overgrow + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- 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
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Pansage's stats
- Hone Claws
- Nasty Plot
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Pansage
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Pansage in Black and White
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