Competitive Information for Phanpy [Black/White]
Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Phanpy? 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.
Phanpy is an awesome Ground-typed Pokemon. Phanpy is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Phanpy can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Phanpy is weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Pickup
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Superpower / Rock Smash
- Rock Slide / Double-Edge
- Seed Bomb
Physical Sweeper Phanpy (Pickup)
Phanpy is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Phanpy is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was equipped. 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%. White Herb will reset Phanpy's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Phanpy from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Phanpy's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pickup, if Phanpy has no item it finds one used by an adjacent pokemon this turn. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Phanpy's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense 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).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Phanpy? 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: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Pickup
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Superpower / Rock Smash
- Seed Bomb / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Phanpy (Pickup)
Phanpy is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Phanpy is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was equipped. 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%. White Herb will reset Phanpy's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Phanpy from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Phanpy's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pickup, if Phanpy has no item it finds one used by an adjacent pokemon this turn. Seed Bomb was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 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).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Phanpy's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Phanpy 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 Phanpy 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 Phanpy
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Ice Shard
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Phanpy's stats
- Ancient Power
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Phanpy
- Earthquake
- Head Smash
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Phanpy in Black and White
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