Competitive Information for Porygon [Red/Blue]
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Porygon? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Red/Blue 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 Red/Blue generation metagame.
Porygon is a pretty decent Normal-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to see Porygon show up as a Red/Blue opponent. Porygon is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). There were no known abilities or equippable items back in the Red/Blue Pokemon games. Porygon's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Moveset:
- Ice Beam / Blizzard
- Psychic
- Recover
- Thunder Wave / Thunderbolt
Special Sweeper Porygon (Popular/Trending)
Porygon is a notable Special Sweeper in single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. The original meta-game back in the RBY days was ridiculous. Don't forget before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type.
♦ Blizzard is a special 120-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (33% chance to lower the target's special by 1 stage).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Porygon by 50% of its max hp).
♦ 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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Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Tri Attack
- Recover
- Thunder Wave
- Reflect
Physical Sweeper Porygon (Retro)
Porygon is a fabulous Physical Sweeper in single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In gen one, Porygon played quite differently. Before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type.
♦ Tri Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Porygon by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
♦ Reflect is a status move (while active, your Porygon's defense is doubled).
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Moveset:
- Blizzard / Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Recover
Special Sweeper Porygon (Retro)
Porygon is an outstanding Special Sweeper in single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. . In the old days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type.
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (33% chance to lower the target's special by 1 stage).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Porygon by 50% of its max hp).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Porygon 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 Porygon can perform in Red/Blue. 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 RB Move and Ability Combos for Porygon
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Porygon's stats
- Agility
- Rage
- Sharpen
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Porygon
- Blizzard
- Hyper Beam
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
- Recover
- Reflect
- Rest
- Teleport
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Porygon in Red and Blue
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