Competitive Information for Porygon [Diamond/Pearl]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Porygon? 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.
Porygon is pretty popular Normal-typed Pokemon. Porygon is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Porygon can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Porygon's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Download
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Tri Attack / Hyper Beam
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Psychic / Psybeam
Special Sweeper Porygon (Download)
Porygon is a spectacular Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Porygon's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Porygon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Download, on switch-in attack or sp. atk is raised 1 stage based on the foes' weaker defense.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Porygon cannot move next turn).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Discharge is a special 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Download
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 89 Hp / 246 SpA / 175 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic
- Protect
- Toxic
- Ice Beam
Porygon Special Sweeper (Toxins In Cyberspace*)
Porygon is pretty popular Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Porygon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Download, on switch-in attack or sp. atk is raised 1 stage based on the foes' weaker defense.
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Porygon this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Porygon? 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 Specs
Ability: Download
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Discharge / Thunderbolt
- Tri Attack / Hyper Beam
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Psychic / Psybeam
Doubles Special Sweeper Porygon (Download)
Porygon is a decent Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Porygon's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Porygon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Download, on switch-in attack or sp. atk is raised 1 stage based on the foes' weaker defense.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Tri Attack is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Porygon cannot move next turn).
♦ 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).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Download
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 148 Def / 108 SpD
Moveset:
- Toxic
- Pain Split
- Tri Attack / Hyper Beam
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Porygon (Download)
Porygon is a pretty decent Defensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Porygon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Download, on switch-in attack or sp. atk is raised 1 stage based on the foes' weaker defense.
♦ Pain Split is a status move (shares hp of Porygon and target equally).
♦ Tri Attack is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Porygon cannot move next turn).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Porygon learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Porygon 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 Porygon
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Porygon's stats
- Agility
- Charge Beam
- Sharpen
Most notable and possible best moves for Porygon
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Porygon in Diamond and Pearl
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