What is a good competitive moveset for Porygon? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Porygon is an interesting Normal-typed Pokemon. Porygon is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Porygon can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Porygon's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Porygon is an astounding Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. In the dark days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Trace, on switch-in or when it can Porygon copies a random adjacent foe's ability.
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target). ♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage). ♦ 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 (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target). ♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Porygon? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Porygon is a marvelous Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Keep in mind back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Trace, on switch-in or when it can Porygon copies a random adjacent foe's ability.
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage). ♦ 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 (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target). ♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
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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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Porygon can perform in Ruby/Sapphire. 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 RS Move and Ability Combos for Porygon
Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
Moves: Swagger + Psych up
Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Porygon's stats
Agility
Sharpen
Most notable and possible best moves for Porygon
Ice Beam
Protect
Rest
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Porygon in Ruby and Sapphire
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