Competitive Information for Purugly [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Purugly? 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.
Purugly is a phenomenal Normal-typed Pokemon. Purugly are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Purugly's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 SpD / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Frustration
- Sucker Punch / Bite
- Shadow Claw
- U-turn
Physical Sweeper Purugly (Defiant)
Purugly is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Purugly from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Purugly's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Defiant, Purugly's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Frustration is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ 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).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Purugly switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 SpA / 8 SpD / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Water Pulse
Special Sweeper Purugly (Defiant)
Purugly is a sensational Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Purugly from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Purugly's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Defiant, Purugly's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Purugly cannot move next turn).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 190 Hp / 140 Atk / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Hone Claws
- Shadow Claw
- Payback
- Fake Out
Purugly Physical Tank (Beefy Attacker)
Purugly is a sensational Physical Tank. It's goal is to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Purugly's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Defiant, Purugly's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Purugly moves after the target).
♦ Fake Out is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. first turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Purugly? 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 / Silk Scarf
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 SpD / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Frustration / Return
- Bulldoze / Dig
- Sucker Punch / Bite
- Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Purugly (Defiant)
Purugly is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Purugly from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Purugly's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Defiant, Purugly's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ 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 / Silk Scarf
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 SpA / 8 SpD / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Water Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Purugly (Defiant)
Purugly is popular Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Purugly from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Purugly's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Defiant, Purugly's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Purugly cannot move next turn).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Purugly 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 Purugly 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 Purugly
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Snatch, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Hypnosis
Moves that boost Purugly's stats
- Hone Claws
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Purugly
- Fake Out
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Purugly in Black and White
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