Competitive Information for Porygon [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Porygon? 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.
Porygon is a marvelous Normal-typed Pokemon. Porygon is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Porygon can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Porygon's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Analytic
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Tri Attack / Hyper Beam
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Psychic / Psyshock
Special Sweeper Porygon (Analytic)
Porygon is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Porygon is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite. 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%. 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 Analytic, Porygon's attacks have 1.3x power if it is the last to move in a turn.
♦ 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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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Download
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 89 Hp / 246 SpA / 175 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic
- Protect
- Toxic
- Ice Beam
Porygon Special Sweeper (Toxins In Cyberspace*)
Porygon is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. 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 Download, on switch-in attack or sp. atk is raised 1 stage based on the foes' weaker defense.
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Porygon this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Eviolite
Ability: Download
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 137 Hp / 122 Def / 249 SpA
Moveset:
- Shadow Ball
- Snore
- Rest
- Ice Beam
Porygon Special Tank (2 Time)
Porygon is an outstanding Special Tank. This moveset attempts to take a great amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Porygon is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite changes that. 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 Download, on switch-in attack or sp. atk is raised 1 stage based on the foes' weaker defense.
♦ Snore is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Normal-type move (Porygon must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Rest is a status move (Porygon sleeps 2 turns and restores hp and status).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Eviolite
Ability: Analytic
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
EVs: 240 Hp / 252 Def / 16 SpD
Moveset:
- Psyshock / Tri Attack
- Charge Beam
- Recover
- Toxic
Porygon Physical Wall (Eviogon2)
Porygon is a spectacular Physical Wall. It is meant to take a hefty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Porygon is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached to it. 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 Analytic, Porygon's attacks have 1.3x power if it is the last to move in a turn. The slower this set the better for Analytic.
♦ Tri Attack is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Porygon's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Porygon by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Item: Choice Specs
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Tri Attack
- Thunderbolt
- Hyper Beam
- Ice Beam
Porygon Special Sweeper (The Gliched Duck Op)
Porygon is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It is designed 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. This set produces the second most powerful move power: base 182,225 hyper beam. This includes hyper beam times stab adaptability times choice specs. Throw in some Special Attack and speed boosts from pokemon such as Yanmega or Espeon and you have a qualified threat.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ 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).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Porygon? 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: Analytic
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Tri Attack / Hyper Beam
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Psychic / Psyshock
Doubles Special Sweeper Porygon (Analytic)
Porygon is a remarkable Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Porygon is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached to it. 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%. 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 Analytic, Porygon's attacks have 1.3x power if it is the last to move in a turn.
♦ Electroweb is a special 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Tri Attack is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Porygon cannot move next turn).
♦ 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 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.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Porygon 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
- 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's stats
- Agility
- Charge Beam
- Sharpen
Most notable and possible best moves for Porygon
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Porygon in Black and White
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