Competitive Information for Poochyena [Diamond/Pearl]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Poochyena? 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.
Poochyena is a sensational Dark-typed Pokemon. Poochyena is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Poochyena can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Poochyena's only type-related weaknesses are Bug and Fighting.
Item: Flame Orb
Ability: Quick Feet
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 112 Hp / 252 Atk / 52 Def / 92 SpD
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Sucker Punch / Crunch
- Fire Fang
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Poochyena (Quick Feet)
Poochyena is a notable Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Poochyena at the end of the turn which will activate Poochyena's Quick Feet ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Quick Feet, if Poochyena is statused its speed is 1.5x; ignores speed drop from paralysis. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Quick Feet to seriously give Poochyena a sweet boost.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Fire Fang is a physical 65-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Poochyena this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Poochyena? 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: Flame Orb
Ability: Quick Feet
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 112 Hp / 252 Atk / 52 Def / 92 SpD
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Sucker Punch / Crunch
- Fire Fang
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Poochyena (Quick Feet)
Poochyena is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Poochyena at the end of the turn which will activate Poochyena's Quick Feet ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Quick Feet, if Poochyena is statused its speed is 1.5x; ignores speed drop from paralysis. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Quick Feet to seriously give Poochyena a sweet boost.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Fire Fang is a physical 65-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Poochyena this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Poochyena 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.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Poochyena 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 Poochyena
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Ability: Quick feet + Item: Flame orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Snatch, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Toxic
Moves that boost Poochyena's stats
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Poochyena
- Howl
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Poochyena in Diamond and Pearl
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