Competitive Information for Pangoro [Sword/Shield]
Fighting / Dark
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Pangoro? 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.
Pangoro is a stupendous Fighting and Dark-typed Pokemon. Pangoro is a pretty usual Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Pangoro is weak to Fairy, Fighting, and Flying-typed attacks.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Hammer Arm
- Foul Play / Knock Off
- Outrage
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Pangoro (Iron Fist)
Pangoro is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pangoro's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Iron Fist, Pangoro's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. Sucker punch is not boosted. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Pangoro's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Pangoro's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Knock Off is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Pangoro afterwards).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Scrappy
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Stone Edge
- Hammer Arm
- Crunch
- Earthquake
Pangoro Physical Sweeper (Edgequake Pangoro)
Pangoro is a marvelous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Pangoro's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Scrappy, fighting normal moves hit ghost. Immune to intimidate.
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Pangoro's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Scrappy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Brick Break / Earthquake
- Crunch
- Swords Dance
Pangoro Physical Tank (Poisonous Panda)
Pangoro is an astounding Physical Tank for single battles. It's primary goal is to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Pangoro last longer regaining it's HP every turn. With Scrappy, fighting normal moves hit ghost. Immune to intimidate. Brick Break removes Light Screen and Reflect but Earthquake does alot more damage.
◆ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Pangoro's attack by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Pangoro? 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: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Hammer Arm
- Foul Play / Knock Off
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
Doubles Physical Sweeper Pangoro (Iron Fist)
Pangoro is a decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pangoro's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Iron Fist, Pangoro's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. Sucker punch is not boosted. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Pangoro's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Pangoro's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Knock Off is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Pangoro 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 Pangoro 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 Pangoro
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- 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: Bullet Punch
- 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
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Hammer Arm
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Guard, Bullet Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Pangoro's stats
- Bulk Up
- Hone Claws
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Pangoro
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Parting Shot
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Pangoro in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Pangoro's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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