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Competitive Pokemon Sun/Moon Movesets and Strategies for Pancham

Base Stats for Pancham

Fighting

Abilities:
,
,

Evolutions / Family:
Pancham
Pangoro

Weakness Chart for Fighting-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

0.5x

2x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

2x

0.5x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Pancham? 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.

Pancham is a notable Fighting-typed Pokemon. Pancham is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Pancham is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.

Species: Pancham
Item: Fightinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / Sky Uppercut
- Return / Slash
- Knock Off
- Shadow Claw

Physical Sweeper Pancham (Iron Fist)

Pancham is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Pancham's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Iron Fist, Pancham's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted.

♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Pancham's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Sky Uppercut is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fighting-type move (can hit pokemon using bounce, fly, or sky drop).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).

Species: Pancham
Item: Fightinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Mold Breaker
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / Storm Throw
- Return / Slash
- Knock Off / Crunch
- Shadow Claw

Physical Sweeper Pancham (Mold Breaker)

Pancham is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Pancham's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Mold Breaker, Pancham's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon.

♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Pancham's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Storm Throw is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (always results in a critical hit).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).

Species: Pancham
Item: Lum Berry
Ability: Scrappy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 68 Hp / 216 Atk / 224 Spe
Moveset:
- Foul Play
- Swagger
- Rock Slide
- Rest

Pancham Physical Sweeper (Restlum)

Pancham is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Scrappy, Pancham can hit ghost types with normal- and fighting-type moves.

♦ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Swagger is a status move (raises the target's attack by 2 stages and confuses it).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rest is a status move (Pancham sleeps 2 turns and restores hp and status).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Pancham? 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.

Species: Pancham
Item: Fightinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / Sky Uppercut
- Rock Slide
- Shadow Claw / Return
- Knock Off

Doubles Physical Sweeper Pancham (Iron Fist)

Pancham is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Pancham's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Iron Fist, Pancham's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted. Shadow Claw was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Pancham's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Sky Uppercut is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fighting-type move (can hit pokemon using bounce, fly, or sky drop).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).

Species: Pancham
Item: Fightinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Mold Breaker
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / Storm Throw
- Rock Slide
- Shadow Claw / Return
- Knock Off / Crunch

Doubles Physical Sweeper Pancham (Mold Breaker)

Pancham is a notable Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Pancham's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Mold Breaker, Pancham's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon. Shadow Claw was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Pancham's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Storm Throw is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (always results in a critical hit).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Pancham 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Pancham 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 Pancham

Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Comet Punch
Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Fire Punch
Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Ice Punch
Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Thunder Punch
Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Focus Punch
Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Sky Uppercut
Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Drain Punch
Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Power-Up Punch
Moves with Priority: Protect, Snatch, Helping Hand, Quick Guard
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break

Optimize Pancham's EVs for Sun/Moon

Competitive Information for Pancham [Sun/Moon]