Competitive Information for Phantump [Sun/Moon]
Ghost / Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Phantump? 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.
TogekissCresseliaMarowak-AlolaGarchompMawile-Mega
Phantump is a notable Ghost and Grass-typed Pokemon. Phantump is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Phantump can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Phantump is weak to Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Frisk
Nature: Quirky
EVs: 240 Atk
Moveset:
- Curse
- Destiny Bond
- Trick Room
- Will-O-Wisp
Physical Sweeper Phantump (Popular/Trending)
Phantump is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Phantump from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Frisk, on switch-in Phantump identifies the held items of all opposing pokemon.
♦ Destiny Bond is a status move (if an opponent knocks out your Phantump, it also faints).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
♦ Will-O-Wisp is a status move (burns the target).
Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!
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Item: Iapapa Berry / Liechi Berry
Ability: Harvest
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 212 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Def
Moveset:
- Wood Hammer / Seed Bomb
- Shadow Claw / Phantom Force
- Thief / Bulldoze
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Phantump (Harvest)
Phantump is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Harvest, if last item used is a berry 50% chance to restore it each end of turn. 100% in sun. Thief or Bulldoze are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Phantom Force is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Ghost-type move (disappears turn 1. hits turn 2. breaks protection).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Phantump has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Phantump? 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.
TogekissCresseliaMarowak-AlolaGarchompMawile-Mega
Item: Iapapa Berry / Liechi Berry
Ability: Harvest
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 212 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Def
Moveset:
- Wood Hammer / Seed Bomb
- Shadow Claw / Phantom Force
- Rock Slide
- Bulldoze / Thief
Doubles Physical Sweeper Phantump (Harvest)
Phantump is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Harvest, if last item used is a berry 50% chance to restore it each end of turn. 100% in sun. Bulldoze or Thief are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Phantom Force is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Ghost-type move (disappears turn 1. hits turn 2. breaks protection).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Phantump has no item, it steals the target's).
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Item: Iapapa Berry / Lum Berry
Ability: Harvest
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 176 Def / 80 SpD
Moveset:
- Toxic
- Pain Split
- Wood Hammer / Seed Bomb
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Phantump (Harvest)
Phantump is an outstanding Defensive Trick Room. With Harvest, if last item used is a berry 50% chance to restore it each end of turn. 100% in sun. Thief or Bulldoze are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Pain Split is a status move (shares hp of Phantump and target equally).
♦ Wood Hammer is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Grass-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Phantump 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 Phantump 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 Phantump
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Ability: Harvest + Item: Sitrus berry
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Phantump's stats
- Curse
- Growth
- Power-Up Punch
Most notable and possible best moves for Phantump
- Curse
- Destiny Bond
- Hidden Power
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
- Trick Room
- Will-O-Wisp
Common Effort Values for Phantump in Sun and Moon
- Quirky Nature ( 0/240/0/0/0/0/ )
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