Competitive Information for Probopass [Diamond/Pearl]
Rock / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Probopass? 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.
Probopass is popular Rock and Steel-typed Pokemon. It's super common to see Probopass show up as a Diamond/Pearl opponent. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Probopass is weak to Fighting, Ground, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers / Shuca Berry
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Earth Power
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Thunder Wave / Thunderbolt
Special Wall Probopass (Popular/Trending)
Probopass is popular Special Wall. It's goal is to take a substantial amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Probopass last longer regaining it's it's health points every turn. With Magnet Pull, prevents adjacent steel-type foes from choosing to switch.
♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness).
♦ Taunt is a status move (for 3-5 turns, the target can't use status moves).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Item: Razor Fang / Chople Berry
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Moveset:
- Thunder Punch / Double-Edge
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Probopass (Magnet Pull)
Probopass is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Magnet Pull, prevents adjacent steel-type foes from choosing to switch. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
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Item: Chople Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Flash Cannon
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Earth Power / Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Probopass (Magnet Pull)
Probopass is an awesome Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Probopass's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magnet Pull, prevents adjacent steel-type foes from choosing to switch.
♦ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Rock-type move that deals damage.
♦ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ 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).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Probopass? 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: Razor Fang / Chople Berry
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Thunder Punch / Double-Edge
- Iron Head
Doubles Physical Sweeper Probopass (Magnet Pull)
Probopass is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Magnet Pull, prevents adjacent steel-type foes from choosing to switch. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Chople Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Flash Cannon
- Discharge / Thunderbolt
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Earth Power / Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Probopass (Magnet Pull)
Probopass is an awesome Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Probopass's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magnet Pull, prevents adjacent steel-type foes from choosing to switch.
♦ Discharge is a special 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Rock-type move that deals damage.
♦ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Probopass learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Probopass 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 Probopass
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Probopass's stats
- Ancient Power
- Defense Curl
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Probopass
- Earth Power
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power Fire
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Probopass in Diamond and Pearl
- Calm Nature ( 252/0/4/0/252/0/ )
- Modest Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Probopass's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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