Competitive Information for Dugtrio [Diamond/Pearl]
Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Dugtrio? 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.
Dugtrio is an extraordinary Ground-typed Pokemon. Dugtrio is a almost common Pokemon to see in Generation 4. Dugtrio is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Dugtrio is weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Choice Band / Soft Sand
Ability: Arena Trap
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Aerial Ace
- Pursuit
Physical Sweeper Dugtrio (Popular/Trending)
Dugtrio is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Dugtrio's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Arena Trap, prevents adjacent foes from choosing to switch unless they are airborne.
♦ Stone Edge is a physical 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Aerial Ace is a physical 60-base power Flying-type move (this move does not check accuracy).
♦ Pursuit is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if a foe is switching out).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Arena Trap
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 160 Hp / 252 Atk / 12 Def / 84 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Dig
- Rock Slide / Slash
- Shadow Claw / Astonish
- Night Slash / Sucker Punch
Physical Sweeper Dugtrio (Arena Trap)
Dugtrio is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Dugtrio from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Dugtrio's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Arena Trap, prevents adjacent foes from choosing to switch unless they are airborne. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Dig is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Arena Trap
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 6 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sucker Punch
- Reversal
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
Dugtrio Physical Sweeper (Two And A Half Men)
Dugtrio is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Dugtrio from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Arena Trap, prevents adjacent foes from choosing to switch unless they are airborne.
♦ Reversal is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (more power the less hp your Dugtrio has left).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Dugtrio? 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: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Arena Trap
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 160 Hp / 252 Atk / 12 Def / 84 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Dig
- Rock Slide
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw / Astonish
Doubles Physical Sweeper Dugtrio (Arena Trap)
Dugtrio is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Dugtrio from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Dugtrio's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Arena Trap, prevents adjacent foes from choosing to switch unless they are airborne.
♦ Dig is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Dugtrio 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 Dugtrio 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 Dugtrio
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Dugtrio's stats
- Ancient Power
Most notable and possible best moves for Dugtrio
- Aerial Ace
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Pursuit
- Rest
- Screech
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Sucker Punch
- Toxic
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Dugtrio in Diamond and Pearl
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252/ )
- Optimize Dugtrio's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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