Competitive Information for Paras [Diamond/Pearl]
Bug / Grass
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Dry Skin ability are immune to Water attacks but also take more damage from Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Paras? 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.
Paras is an extraordinary Bug and Grass-typed Pokemon. Paras is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Paras can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Paras is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Occa Berry / Coba Berry
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Brick Break / Slash
- Cross Poison
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Seed Bomb
Physical Sweeper Paras (Dry Skin)
Paras is popular Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Dry Skin, Paras is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun. Brick Break was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Cross Poison is a physical 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Paras steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Effect Spore
Nature: Naughty (+Atk, -SpD)
EVs: 21 Hp / 252 Atk / 2 Def / 235 Spe
Moveset:
- Bug Bite
- Seed Bomb
- Return
- Spore
Paras Physical Sweeper (Spore)
Paras is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Paras's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Effect Spore, 30% chance of poison/paralysis/sleep on others making contact with Paras.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Spore is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
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Item: Power Bracer
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Atk / 100 Def / 8 SpD / 200 Spe
Moveset:
- Aerial Ace
- Brick Break
- Metal Claw
- Swords Dance
Paras Physical Sweeper (What Nutz?)
Paras is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Dry Skin, Paras is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun.
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Metal Claw is a physical 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Paras's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Paras's attack by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Paras? 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: Occa Berry / Coba Berry
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Brick Break / Slash
- Cross Poison
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Seed Bomb
Doubles Physical Sweeper Paras (Dry Skin)
Paras is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Dry Skin, Paras is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun. Brick Break was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Cross Poison is a physical 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Paras steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Paras 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 Paras 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 Paras
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- 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: Spore, Stun Spore, Toxic
Moves that boost Paras's stats
- Agility
- Growth
- Metal Claw
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Paras
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Spore
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Paras in Diamond and Pearl
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