What is a good competitive moveset for Pignite? 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.
Pignite is popular Fire and Fighting-typed Pokemon. Pignite is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Pignite is weak to Flying, Ground, Psychic, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Pignite Item: Firium Z / Shell Bell Ability: Thick Fat Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Moveset: - Flare Blitz / Fire Punch - Superpower / Brick Break - Return / Body Slam - Wild Charge / Thunder Punch
Physical Sweeper Pignite (Thick Fat)
Pignite is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Thick Fat, fire/ice-type moves against Pignite deal damage with a halved attacking stat.
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Pignite). ♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target). ♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Pignite's attack and defense by 1 stage). ♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target). ♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil). ♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Pignite? 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: Pignite Item: Firium Z / Shell Bell Ability: Thick Fat Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Moveset: - Flare Blitz / Fire Punch - Superpower / Brick Break - Rock Slide - Return / Body Slam
Doubles Physical Sweeper Pignite (Thick Fat)
Pignite is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Thick Fat, fire/ice-type moves against Pignite deal damage with a halved attacking stat.
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Pignite). ♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target). ♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Pignite's attack and defense by 1 stage). ♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Pignite 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Pignite 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 Pignite
Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Yawn + Protect
Ability: Blaze + Item: Focus sash
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
Moves with Priority: Protect, Helping Hand, Sucker Punch
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp, Yawn
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