Competitive Information for Phantump [Sword/Shield]
Ghost / Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Phantump? 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.
Phantump is a marvelous Ghost and Grass-typed Pokemon. Phantump is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Phantump can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Phantump is weak to Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Iapapa Berry / Liechi Berry
Ability: Harvest
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 212 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Def
Moveset:
- Wood Hammer / Seed Bomb
- Poltergeist / Shadow Claw
- Foul Play / Strength
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Phantump (Harvest)
Phantump is an interesting Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With the Harvest ability, if the last item Phantump used was a berry then there is a 50% chance to restore it at the end of each turn (or 100% chance during sunny weather). Foul Play was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Iapapa Berry equipped to it, restores 33% max hp at 1/4 max hp or less; confuses if -def nature then the Iapapa Berry gets consumed. With a Liechi Berry equipped to it, raises Phantump's attack by 1 stage when at 1/4 max hp or less then the Liechi Berry gets consumed.
◆ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
◆ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
◆ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Phantump? 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: Iapapa Berry / Liechi Berry
Ability: Harvest
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 212 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Def
Moveset:
- Wood Hammer / Seed Bomb
- Poltergeist / Shadow Claw
- Rock Slide
- Bulldoze
Doubles Physical Sweeper Phantump (Harvest)
Phantump is popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With the Harvest ability, if the last item Phantump used was a berry then there is a 50% chance to restore it at the end of each turn (or 100% chance during sunny weather). With a Iapapa Berry equipped to it, restores 33% max hp at 1/4 max hp or less; confuses if -def nature then the Iapapa Berry gets consumed. With a Liechi Berry equipped to it, raises Phantump's attack by 1 stage when at 1/4 max hp or less then the Liechi Berry gets consumed.
◆ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
◆ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Iapapa Berry / Lum Berry
Ability: Harvest
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 176 Def / 80 SpD
Moveset:
- Wood Hammer / Seed Bomb
- Poltergeist / Shadow Claw
- Foul Play / Strength
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Phantump (Harvest)
Phantump is a spectacular Defensive Trick Room for single battles. With the Harvest ability, if the last item Phantump used was a berry then there is a 50% chance to restore it at the end of each turn (or 100% chance during sunny weather). Foul Play was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Iapapa Berry equipped to it, restores 33% max hp at 1/4 max hp or less; confuses if -def nature then the Iapapa Berry gets consumed. With a Lum Berry equipped to it, Phantump cures itself if it has a non-volatile status or is confused then the Lum Berry gets consumed.
◆ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
◆ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Phantump 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 Phantump 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 Phantump
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Ability: Harvest + Item: Sitrus berry
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Sucker Punch, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Phantump's stats
- Curse
- Growth
- Power-Up Punch
Most notable and possible best moves for Phantump
- Destiny Bond
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Phantump in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Phantump's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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