Competitive Information for Porygon (z) [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Porygon-z? 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.
ForretressVolcaronaNinetalesDarmanitanVictiniCharizardSmeargleTogekissBisharpSwellow
Porygon is pretty popular Normal-typed Pokemon. Porygon are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. Porygon is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Porygon's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Choice Scarf / Choice Specs
Ability: Download
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt
- Dark Pulse
- Psyshock
- Tri Attack
Special Sweeper Porygon-Z (Popular/Trending)
Porygon is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Porygon's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Choice Scarf will increase Porygon's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Download, on switch-in attack or sp. atk is raised 1 stage based on the foes' weaker defense.
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Tri Attack is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
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Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 228 Hp / 28 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Tri Attack / Hyper Beam
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Psychic / Psyshock
Special Sweeper Porygon-Z (Adaptability)
Porygon is an astounding Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Porygon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Porygon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Adaptability, Porygon's same-type attack bonus (stab) is 2 instead of 1.5.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Porygon cannot move next turn).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Discharge is a special 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Porygon-z? 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.
ForretressVolcaronaNinetalesDarmanitanVictiniCharizardSmeargleTogekissBisharpSwellow
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 228 Hp / 28 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Tri Attack / Hyper Beam
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Psychic / Psyshock
Doubles Special Sweeper Porygon-Z (Adaptability)
Porygon is a notable Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Porygon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Porygon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Adaptability, Porygon's same-type attack bonus (stab) is 2 instead of 1.5.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Porygon cannot move next turn).
♦ Discharge is a special 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Electroweb is a special 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Porygon-z 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 Porygon-z 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 Porygon-z
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Porygon-z's stats
- Agility
- Charge Beam
- Defense Curl
- Nasty Plot
- Sharpen
Most notable and possible best moves for Porygon-z
- Dark Pulse
- Hidden Power Fire
- Hyper Beam
- Ice Beam
- Nasty Plot
- Protect
- Psyshock
- Recover
- Rest
- Thunder
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
- Tri Attack
- Trick
Common Effort Values for Porygon-z in Black and White
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Porygon-z's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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