Competitive Information for Oranguru [Sun/Moon]
Normal / Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Oranguru? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Oranguru is an extraordinary Normal and Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty common sight to see Oranguru out in the 7th generation battlefield. Oranguru's only type-related weaknesses are Bug and Dark.
Item: Psychium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Energy Ball
- Round / Snore
Special Sweeper Oranguru
Oranguru is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Oranguru's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Inner Focus, Oranguru cannot be made to flinch.
♦ Extrasensory is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Oranguru's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Normal-type move (Oranguru must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Oranguru? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Item: Psychium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Symbiosis
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Energy Ball
- Round / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Oranguru (Symbiosis)
Oranguru is an interesting Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Oranguru's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Symbiosis, if an ally uses its item Oranguru gives its item to that ally immediately.
♦ Extrasensory is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Oranguru's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Normal-type move (Oranguru must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Item: Psychium Z
Ability: Symbiosis
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 248 Def / 8 SpD
Moveset:
- Toxic
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Oranguru (Symbiosis)
Oranguru is an outstanding Defensive Trick Room. With Symbiosis, if an ally uses its item Oranguru gives its item to that ally immediately.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Extrasensory is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Oranguru's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Oranguru 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 Oranguru can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Oranguru
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Nasty plot + Stored power
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Magic Coat, Protect, Snatch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Oranguru's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Nasty Plot
- Work Up
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Oranguru
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stored Power
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Oranguru in Sun and Moon
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