Competitive Information for Pachirisu [Diamond/Pearl]
Electric
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Pachirisu? 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.
Pachirisu is an astounding Electric-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty standard sight to see Pachirisu out in the 4th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Pachirisu's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Pickup
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunder Punch / Spark
- Return / Headbutt
- Seed Bomb
- U-turn
Physical Sweeper Pachirisu (Pickup)
Pachirisu is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Pachirisu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pachirisu's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Pickup, no competitive use.
♦ Spark is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Headbutt is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Pachirisu switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Pickup
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Snore
- Mud-Slap
- Grass Knot
Special Sweeper Pachirisu (Pickup)
Pachirisu is a stupendous Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Pachirisu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Pachirisu's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Pickup, no competitive use.
♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Pachirisu must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Pachirisu? 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: Pickup
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunder Punch / Spark
- Return / Headbutt
- Seed Bomb
- U-turn
Doubles Physical Sweeper Pachirisu (Pickup)
Pachirisu is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Pachirisu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pachirisu's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Pickup, no competitive use.
♦ Spark is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Headbutt is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Pachirisu switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Pickup
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Discharge / Thunderbolt
- Snore
- Mud-Slap
- Grass Knot
Doubles Special Sweeper Pachirisu (Pickup)
Pachirisu is a notable Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Pachirisu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Pachirisu's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Pickup, no competitive use.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Pachirisu must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Pachirisu 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 Pachirisu 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 Pachirisu
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Pachirisu's stats
- Charge Beam
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Pachirisu
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Pachirisu in Diamond and Pearl
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