Competitive Information for Purugly [Sun/Moon]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Purugly? 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.
Purugly is an extraordinary Normal-typed Pokemon. Purugly is a usual Pokemon to see in Generation 7. Purugly's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 SpD / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Slash
- Knock Off / Throat Chop
- Shadow Claw
- Play Rough
Physical Sweeper Purugly (Defiant)
Purugly is a notable Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Purugly from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Defiant, Purugly's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 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).
♦ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 SpA / 8 SpD / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Water Pulse
Special Sweeper Purugly (Defiant)
Purugly is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Purugly from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Defiant, Purugly's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Purugly cannot move next turn).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 190 Hp / 140 Atk / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Hone Claws
- Shadow Claw
- Payback
- Fake Out
Purugly Physical Tank (Beefy Attacker)
Purugly is an interesting Physical Tank. It's goal is to take a mighty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Purugly's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Defiant, Purugly's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Purugly moves after the target).
♦ Fake Out is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. first turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Purugly? 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.
Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 SpD / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Slash
- Knock Off / Throat Chop
- Shadow Claw
- Bulldoze / Stomping Tantrum
Doubles Physical Sweeper Purugly (Defiant)
Purugly is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Purugly from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Defiant, Purugly's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 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).
♦ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Purugly's last move failed).
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Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 SpA / 8 SpD / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Water Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Purugly (Defiant)
Purugly is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Purugly from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Defiant, Purugly's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Purugly cannot move next turn).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Purugly 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 Purugly 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 Purugly
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Snatch, Fake Out, Quick Attack, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Hypnosis, Toxic
Moves that boost Purugly's stats
- Hone Claws
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Purugly
- Fake Out
- Hidden Power
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Purugly in Sun and Moon
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