Competitive Information for Porygon2 [Ruby/Sapphire]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Porygon2? 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.
Porygon2 is a phenomenal Normal-typed Pokemon. It's almost common to see Porygon2 show up as a Ruby/Sapphire opponent. Porygon2 can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Porygon2's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Trace
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 200 Def / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Ice Beam
- Recover
- Thunder Wave / Thunderbolt
- Toxic
Double Wall Porygon2 (Popular/Trending)
Porygon2 is pretty popular Double Wall. It is designed to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. In the old days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Porygon2 last longer regaining it's it's vitality every turn. With Trace, on switch-in or when it can Porygon2 copies a random adjacent foe's ability.
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Porygon2 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).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Trace
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Solar Beam
Special Sweeper Porygon2 (Trace)
Porygon2 is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Years before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Trace, on switch-in or when it can Porygon2 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).
♦ 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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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Porygon2? 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.
Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Trace
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Solar Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Porygon2 (Trace)
Porygon2 is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Don't forget before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Trace, on switch-in or when it can Porygon2 copies a random adjacent foe's ability.
♦ 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 Porygon2 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 Porygon2 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 Porygon2
- 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 Porygon2's stats
- Agility
- Defense Curl
- Sharpen
Most notable and possible best moves for Porygon2
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Recover
- Rest
- Thunder
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Porygon2 in Ruby and Sapphire
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/200/0/56/0/ )
- Bold Nature ( 248/0/164/0/96/0/ )
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