Competitive Information for Bagon [Diamond/Pearl]
Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Bagon? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Bagon is a decent Dragon-typed Pokemon. Bagon is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Bagon can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Bagon's only type-related weaknesses are Dragon and Ice.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Rock Head
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 Atk / 156 SpD
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Shadow Claw
- Rock Slide / Double-Edge
- Crunch
Physical Sweeper Bagon (Rock Head)
Bagon is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Bagon's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Bagon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rock Head, Bagon does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ 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 1/3 recoil).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Bagon? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Rock Head
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 Atk / 156 SpD
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Rock Slide
- Shadow Claw
- Double-Edge / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Bagon (Rock Head)
Bagon is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Bagon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rock Head, Bagon does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage.
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Bagon 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 Bagon can perform in Diamond/Pearl. 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 DP Move and Ability Combos for Bagon
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Bagon's stats
- Dragon Dance
- Iron Defense
- Rage
Most notable and possible best moves for Bagon
- Hydro Pump
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Bagon in Diamond and Pearl
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