Competitive Information for Throh [Black/White]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Throh? 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.
Throh is a wonderful Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty usual sight to see Throh out in the 5th generation battlefield. Throh's only type-related weaknesses are Flying and Psychic.
Item: Flame Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Facade / Frustration
- Earthquake
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Throh (Guts)
Throh is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Throh's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Flame Orb will burn Throh at the end of the turn which will activate Throh's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Throh is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Throh a sweet boost.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Throh is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Throh this turn).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Throh? 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: Flame Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Facade / Frustration
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Throh (Guts)
Throh is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Throh's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Flame Orb will burn Throh at the end of the turn which will activate Throh's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Throh is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Throh a sweet boost.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Throh is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Throh this turn).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Throh 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 Throh 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 Throh
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Pain Split + Toxic
- Ability: Guts + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Wide Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Optimize Throh's EVs for Black/White
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