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Competitive Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Movesets and Strategies for Farfetchd

Base Stats for Farfetch'd

Normal / Flying

Abilities:
,

Evolutions / Family:
Farfetch'd

Weakness Chart for Normal/Flying-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

0.5x

2x

0x

0.5x

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0x

2x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Farfetch'd? 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.

Farfetch'd is a fabulous Normal and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to find yourself dealing with Farfetch'd when battling in the 4th generation meta. Farfetch'd is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.

Species: Farfetch'd
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Leaf Blade
- Night Slash
- Pluck / Fly

Physical Sweeper Farfetch'd

Farfetch'd is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Farfetch'd's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Farfetch'd's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Inner Focus, Farfetch'd cannot be made to flinch.

♦ Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Leaf Blade is a physical 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Pluck is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (Farfetch'd steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Fly is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Flying-type move (flies up on first turn, then strikes the next turn).

Species: Farfetch'd
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave
- Snore
- Ominous Wind

Special Sweeper Farfetch'd

Farfetch'd is an interesting Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Farfetch'd's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Farfetch'd's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Inner Focus, Farfetch'd cannot be made to flinch.

♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 100-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Snore is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Normal-type move (Farfetch'd must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Farfetch'd? 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.

Species: Farfetch'd
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Leaf Blade
- Night Slash
- Pluck / Fly

Doubles Physical Sweeper Farfetch'd

Farfetch'd is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Farfetch'd's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Farfetch'd's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Inner Focus, Farfetch'd cannot be made to flinch.

♦ Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Leaf Blade is a physical 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Pluck is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (Farfetch'd steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Fly is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Flying-type move (flies up on first turn, then strikes the next turn).

Species: Farfetch'd
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave
- Twister
- Snore

Doubles Special Sweeper Farfetch'd

Farfetch'd is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Farfetch'd's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Farfetch'd's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Inner Focus, Farfetch'd cannot be made to flinch.

♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 100-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Snore is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Normal-type move (Farfetch'd must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Farfetch'd 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Farfetch'd 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 Farfetch'd

Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Feint

Optimize Farfetch'd's EVs for Diamond/Pearl

Competitive Information for Farfetch'd [Diamond/Pearl]