Competitive Information for Primeape [Diamond/Pearl]
Fighting
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Primeape? 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.
Primeape is an outstanding Fighting-typed Pokemon. Primeape is a usual Pokemon to see in Generation 4. Primeape is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Primeape's only type-related weaknesses are Flying and Psychic.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Anger Point
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 Atk / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Karate Chop
- Double-Edge / Return
- Outrage
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Primeape (Anger Point)
Primeape is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Primeape from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Primeape's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Anger Point, if Primeape or its substitute takes a critical hit its attack is raised 12 stages.
♦ Karate Chop is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fighting-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Primeape afterwards).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
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Item: Expert Belt
Ability: Vital Spirit
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 250 Hp / 250 Atk / 10 SpD
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb / Fire Punch
- Close Combat
- Bulk Up
- Encore / Substitute
Primeape Physical Tank (Angry Ape)
Primeape is an interesting Physical Tank. It is designed to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Vital Spirit, Primeape cannot fall asleep. gaining this ability while asleep cures it.
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Primeape's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bulk Up is a status move (raises your Primeape's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Encore is a status move (the target repeats its last move for 4-8 turns).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Primeape takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Primeape? 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: Anger Point
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 Atk / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Karate Chop
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Primeape (Anger Point)
Primeape is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Primeape from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Primeape's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Anger Point, if Primeape or its substitute takes a critical hit its attack is raised 12 stages.
♦ Karate Chop is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fighting-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Primeape 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 Primeape 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 Primeape
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Swagger + Punishment
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Primeape's stats
- Bulk Up
- Defense Curl
- Meditate
- Rage
Most notable and possible best moves for Primeape
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Primeape in Diamond and Pearl
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