Competitive Information for Palossand [Sun/Moon]
Ghost / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Palossand? 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.
ExcadrillTyranitarGarchomp-MegaKlefkiShayminIncineroarGolisopodKommo-oXurkitreeStarmie
Palossand is a marvelous Ghost and Ground-typed Pokemon. It's a super common sight to see Palossand out in the 7th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Palossand is weak to Dark, Ghost, Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Rocky Helmet / Leftovers
Ability: Water Compaction
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Shadow Ball
- Shore Up / Earth Power
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Special Tank Palossand (Popular/Trending)
Palossand is a decent Special Tank. It is meant to take a good amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Palossand last longer regaining it's it's health every turn. With Water Compaction, Palossand's defense is raised 2 stages after it is damaged by a water-type move.
♦ Shore Up is a status move (Palossand restores 1/2 its max hp; 2/3 in sandstorm).
♦ Earth Power is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Item: Groundium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Sand Veil
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 204 Hp / 252 SpA / 52 SpD
Moveset:
- Earth Power
- Shadow Ball
- Psychic
- Sludge Bomb
Special Sweeper Palossand (Sand Veil)
Palossand is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Palossand's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Veil, if sandstorm is active Palossand's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to sandstorm.
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Weakness Policy
Ability: Water Compaction
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Shore Up
- Earth Power
- Shadow Ball
- Amnesia / Protect
Palossand Special Wall (Shuriken Powerup)
Palossand is pretty popular Special Wall. It's primary goal is to take a hefty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Weakness Policy activates if Palossand is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Water Compaction, Palossand's defense is raised 2 stages after it is damaged by a water-type move. This is a doubles build to be partnered with a Water Shuriken user with preferably low damage output (such as Smeargle). This will activate both the Weakness Policy as well as Water Compaction, increasing it's stats drastically in one turn.
♦ Earth Power is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Amnesia is a status move (raises your Palossand's special defense by 2 stages).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Palossand this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Palossand? 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.
ExcadrillTyranitarGarchomp-MegaKlefkiShayminIncineroarGolisopodKommo-oXurkitreeStarmie
Item: Groundium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Sand Veil
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 204 Hp / 252 SpA / 52 SpD
Moveset:
- Earth Power
- Shadow Ball
- Psychic
- Sludge Bomb
Doubles Special Sweeper Palossand (Sand Veil)
Palossand is an interesting Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Palossand's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Veil, if sandstorm is active Palossand's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to sandstorm.
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Palossand learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Palossand 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 Palossand
- Moves: Gravity + Hypnosis
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Hypnosis
Moves that boost Palossand's stats
- Amnesia
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Palossand
- Destiny Bond
- Earth Power
- Earthquake
- Energy Ball
- Giga Drain
- Hypnosis
- Protect
- Psychic
- Rest
- Shadow Ball
- Shore Up
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
- Trick
Common Effort Values for Palossand in Sun and Moon
- Modest Nature ( 252/0/0/252/4/0/ )
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/172/0/84/0/ )
- Optimize Palossand's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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