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Competitive Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Movesets and Strategies for Vigoroth

Base Stats for Vigoroth

Normal

Abilities:

Evolutions / Family:
Slakoth
Vigoroth
Slaking

Weakness Chart for Normal-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

2x

0x

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Vigoroth? 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.

Vigoroth is an extraordinary Normal-typed Pokemon. Vigoroth is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Vigoroth's only type-related weakness is Fighting.

Species: Vigoroth
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Vital Spirit
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 36 SpD / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Night Slash / Sucker Punch
- Shadow Claw
- Earthquake

Physical Sweeper Vigoroth (Vital Spirit)

Vigoroth is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Vigoroth from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Vigoroth's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Vital Spirit, Vigoroth cannot fall asleep. gaining this ability while asleep cures it.

♦ Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-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).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).

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Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Vigoroth? 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: Vigoroth
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Vital Spirit
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 36 SpD / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Night Slash / Sucker Punch

Doubles Physical Sweeper Vigoroth (Vital Spirit)

Vigoroth is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Vigoroth from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Vigoroth's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Vital Spirit, Vigoroth cannot fall asleep. gaining this ability while asleep cures it.

♦ Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ 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).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-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).

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Movepool

Wondering what moves can Vigoroth 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 Vigoroth 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 Vigoroth

Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Endure + Reversal
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Substitute + Reversal
Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
Moves: Yawn + Protect
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Yawn

Moves that boost Vigoroth's stats

Amnesia
Bulk Up
Curse

Most notable and possible best moves for Vigoroth

Earthquake
Ice Beam
Protect
Rest
Taunt
Toxic

Common Effort Values for Vigoroth in Diamond and Pearl

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Competitive Information for Vigoroth [Diamond/Pearl]