What is a good competitive moveset for Kangaskhan? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Kangaskhan is a phenomenal Normal-typed Pokemon. Kangaskhan is a pretty common Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Kangaskhan's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Species: Kangaskhan Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb Ability: Scrappy Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA) Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 220 Spe Moveset: - Double-Edge / Body Slam - Outrage - Earthquake - Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Kangaskhan (Scrappy)
Kangaskhan is a spectacular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Kangaskhan's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Kangaskhan recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Scrappy, fighting normal moves hit ghost. Immune to intimidate.
◆ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ◆ Body Slam is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target). ◆ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Kangaskhan afterwards). ◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon). ◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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 Kangaskhan? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Species: Kangaskhan Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb Ability: Scrappy Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA) Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 220 Spe Moveset: - Double-Edge / Body Slam - Earthquake / Bulldoze - Rock Slide - Outrage
Doubles Physical Sweeper Kangaskhan (Scrappy)
Kangaskhan is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Kangaskhan's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Kangaskhan recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Scrappy, fighting normal moves hit ghost. Immune to intimidate.
◆ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ◆ Body Slam is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target). ◆ 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 Pokemon speed by 1 stage). ◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch). ◆ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Kangaskhan afterwards).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Kangaskhan 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 Kangaskhan can perform in Sword/Shield. 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.
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