Competitive Information for Purugly [Diamond/Pearl]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Purugly? 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.
Purugly is a phenomenal Normal-typed Pokemon. Purugly are common Pokemon to see in the DP metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Purugly's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 SpD / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Slash / Return
- Shadow Claw
- Sucker Punch / Bite
- U-turn / Fury Cutter
Physical Sweeper Purugly (Own Tempo)
Purugly is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Purugly from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Purugly's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Own Tempo, Purugly cannot be confused.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Purugly switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Fury Cutter is a physical 10-base power Bug-type move (power doubles with each hit, up to 160).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 SpA / 8 SpD / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Beam / Snore
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Water Pulse
Special Sweeper Purugly (Own Tempo)
Purugly is an interesting Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Purugly from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Purugly's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Own Tempo, Purugly cannot be confused.
♦ Snore is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Normal-type move (Purugly must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Purugly? 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: Own Tempo
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 SpD / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Slash / Return
- Shadow Claw
- Sucker Punch / Bite
- U-turn / Fury Cutter
Doubles Physical Sweeper Purugly (Own Tempo)
Purugly is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Purugly from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Purugly's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Own Tempo, Purugly cannot be confused.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Purugly switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Fury Cutter is a physical 10-base power Bug-type move (power doubles with each hit, up to 160).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 SpA / 8 SpD / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Beam / Snore
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Water Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Purugly (Own Tempo)
Purugly is an interesting Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Purugly from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Purugly's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Own Tempo, Purugly cannot be confused.
♦ Snore is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Normal-type move (Purugly must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Purugly 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 Purugly 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 Purugly
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- 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, Fake Out, Quick Attack, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Hypnosis, Toxic
Most notable and possible best moves for Purugly
- Fake Out
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Purugly in Diamond and Pearl
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