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Competitive Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Movesets and Strategies for Trapinch

Base Stats for Trapinch

Ground

Abilities:
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Evolutions / Family:
Trapinch
Vibrava
Flygon

Weakness Chart for Ground-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

0x

2x

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

2x

0.5x

2x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Trapinch? 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.

Trapinch is a stupendous Ground-typed Pokemon. Trapinch is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Trapinch is weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.

Species: Trapinch
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Arena Trap
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 Def / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Dig
- Double-Edge / Return
- Crunch / Bite
- Rock Slide

Physical Sweeper Trapinch (Arena Trap)

Trapinch is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Trapinch's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Arena Trap, prevents adjacent foes from choosing to switch unless they are airborne.

♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Dig is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ 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).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).

Species: Trapinch
Item: Choice Band
Ability: Hyper Cutter
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Quick Attack
- Crunch
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake

Trapinch Physical Tank (Chain Chomp*)

Trapinch is a notable Physical Tank. It is primarily designed to take a great amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Choice Band will increase the damage of Trapinch's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Hyper Cutter, prevents other pokemon from lowering Trapinch's attack stat stage.

♦ Quick Attack is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Trapinch? 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.

Species: Trapinch
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Arena Trap
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 Def / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Dig
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Return
- Crunch / Bite

Doubles Physical Sweeper Trapinch (Arena Trap)

Trapinch is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Trapinch's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Arena Trap, prevents adjacent foes from choosing to switch unless they are airborne.

♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Dig is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ 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).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Trapinch 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Trapinch 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 Trapinch

Moves: Sunny Day + Solar Beam
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Feint

Most notable and possible best moves for Trapinch

Protect
Rest

Common Effort Values for Trapinch in Diamond and Pearl

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Competitive Information for Trapinch [Diamond/Pearl]