Competitive Information for Piplup [Diamond/Pearl]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Piplup? 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.
Piplup is an astounding Water-typed Pokemon. Piplup is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Piplup can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Piplup's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 224 Hp / 252 Atk / 28 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Waterfall / Dive
- Return / Headbutt
- Drill Peck / Pluck
- Brick Break
Physical Sweeper Piplup
Piplup is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Piplup's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Piplup's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Torrent, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Piplup's water-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ 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).
♦ Drill Peck is a physical 80-base power Flying-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Pluck is a physical 60-base power Flying-type move (Piplup steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 224 Hp / 28 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Surf / Bubble Beam
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Signal Beam
- Snore
Special Sweeper Piplup
Piplup is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Piplup's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Piplup's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Torrent, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Piplup's water-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Bubble Beam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (10% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Piplup must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Piplup? 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: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 224 Hp / 252 Atk / 28 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Waterfall / Dive
- Return / Headbutt
- Drill Peck / Pluck
- Brick Break
Doubles Physical Sweeper Piplup
Piplup is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Piplup's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Piplup's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Torrent, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Piplup's water-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ 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).
♦ Drill Peck is a physical 80-base power Flying-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Pluck is a physical 60-base power Flying-type move (Piplup steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 224 Hp / 28 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Surf / Bubble Beam
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Signal Beam
- Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Piplup
Piplup is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Piplup's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Piplup's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Torrent, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Piplup's water-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Bubble Beam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (10% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Piplup must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Piplup 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 Piplup 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 Piplup
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Ability: Torrent + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Double Hit + Item: King's Rock
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break, Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Yawn
Moves that boost Piplup's stats
- Agility
Most notable and possible best moves for Piplup
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Piplup in Diamond and Pearl
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