Competitive Information for Pancham [Sword/Shield]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Pancham? 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.
Pancham is an extraordinary Fighting-typed Pokemon. Pancham is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Pancham can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Pancham is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / Storm Throw
- Foul Play / Knock Off
- Shadow Claw
- Slash
Physical Sweeper Pancham (Iron Fist)
Pancham is a fabulous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pancham's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Iron Fist, Pancham's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. Sucker punch is not boosted. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Pancham's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Storm Throw is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (always results in a critical hit).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ 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).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Lum Berry
Ability: Scrappy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 68 Hp / 216 Atk / 224 Spe
Moveset:
- Foul Play
- Swagger
- Rock Slide
- Rest
Pancham Physical Sweeper (Restlum)
Pancham is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Scrappy, fighting normal moves hit ghost. Immune to intimidate. With a Lum Berry equipped to it, Pancham cures itself if it has a non-volatile status or is confused then the Lum Berry gets consumed.
◆ Swagger is a status move (raises the target's attack by 2 stages and confuses it).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rest is a status move (Pancham sleeps 2 turns and restores hp and status).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Pancham? 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.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / Drain Punch
- Rock Slide
- Foul Play / Knock Off
- Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Pancham (Iron Fist)
Pancham is a sensational Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pancham's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Iron Fist, Pancham's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. Sucker punch is not boosted. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Pancham's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Pancham recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ 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).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Pancham 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 Pancham 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.
Competitive SS Move and Ability Combos for Pancham
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Ability: Iron fist + Item: Punching glove
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Drain Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Fire Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Focus Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Ice Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Power-Up Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Thunder Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Mega Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Pancham's stats
- Bulk Up
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Pancham
- Knock Off
- Parting Shot
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Pancham in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Pancham's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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