Competitive Information for Probopass [Sun/Moon]
Rock / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Probopass? 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.
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Probopass is a phenomenal Rock and Steel-typed Pokemon. Probopass is a usual Pokemon to see in Generation 7. Probopass is weak to Fighting, Ground, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Berry Juice / Rocky Helmet
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Hardy
EVs: 1 SpA
Moveset:
- Pain Split
- Protect
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Physical Sweeper Probopass (Popular/Trending)
Probopass is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Sturdy, if Probopass is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko.
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Probopass this turn).
♦ 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).
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: Steelium Z / Chople Berry
Ability: Sand Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Moveset:
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
- Thunder Punch / Ice Punch
Physical Sweeper Probopass (Sand Force)
Probopass is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Sand Force, Probopass's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it. Thunder Punch or Ice Punch are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Probopass's last move failed).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Rockium Z / Chople Berry
Ability: Sand Force
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Flash Cannon
- Earth Power / Mud-Slap
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
Special Sweeper Probopass (Sand Force)
Probopass is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Sand Force, Probopass's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it.
♦ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Discharge is a special 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Volt Switch
- Stealth Rock
- Earth Power / Flash Cannon
- Power Gem
Probopass Special Tank (Static Mustache)
Probopass is popular Special Tank. It's goal is to take a good amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Probopass last longer regaining it's HP every turn. With Sturdy, if Probopass is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko.
♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Probopass? 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.
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Item: Rockium Z / Chople Berry
Ability: Sand Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Iron Head
- Thunder Punch / Ice Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Probopass (Sand Force)
Probopass is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Sand Force, Probopass's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it. Thunder Punch or Ice Punch are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Fairium Z / Chople Berry
Ability: Sand Force
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Flash Cannon
- Discharge / Thunderbolt
Doubles Special Sweeper Probopass (Sand Force)
Probopass is a sensational Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Sand Force, Probopass's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it.
♦ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Discharge is a special 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Probopass 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 Probopass 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 Probopass
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Wide Guard, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Probopass's stats
- Ancient Power
- Defense Curl
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Probopass
- Earth Power
- Earthquake
- Magic Coat
- Pain Split
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Thunder Wave
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Probopass in Sun and Moon
- Hardy Nature ( 0/0/0/1/0/0/ )
- Hardy Nature ( 0/1/0/0/0/0/ )
- Optimize Probopass's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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