Competitive Information for Porygon (z) [Sword/Shield]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Porygon-z? 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.
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Porygon is an awesome Normal-typed Pokemon. It's super common to see Porygon show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Porygon's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Life Orb / Chople Berry
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Beam / Tri Attack
- Thunderbolt
- Dark Pulse
- Protect
Special Sweeper Porygon-Z (Popular/Trending)
Porygon is a decent Special Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Porygon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Adaptability, Porygon's same-type attack bonus (stab) is 2 instead of 1.5. With a Chople Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fighting-type attack then the Chople Berry gets consumed.
◆ Tri Attack is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Porygon this turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 228 Hp / 28 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Tri Attack / Hyper Beam
- Foul Play / Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam
- Psychic / Psyshock
Special Sweeper Porygon-Z (Adaptability)
Porygon is a fabulous Special Sweeper for single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Porygon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Porygon's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Adaptability, Porygon's same-type attack bonus (stab) is 2 instead of 1.5.
◆ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Porygon cannot move next turn).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Porygon-z? 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.
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 228 Hp / 28 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Tri Attack / Hyper Beam
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Foul Play / Dark Pulse
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Porygon-Z (Adaptability)
Porygon is pretty popular Special Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Porygon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Porygon's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Adaptability, Porygon's same-type attack bonus (stab) is 2 instead of 1.5.
◆ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Porygon cannot move next turn).
◆ Discharge is a special 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
◆ Electroweb is a special 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Silk Scarf
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 228 Hp / 28 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Tri Attack / Hyper Beam
- Foul Play / Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Porygon-Z (Adaptability)
Porygon is an astounding Offensive Trick Room for single battles. Focus Sash helps protect Porygon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Adaptability, Porygon's same-type attack bonus (stab) is 2 instead of 1.5. With a Silk Scarf equipped to it, Porygon's normal-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Porygon cannot move next turn).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Porygon-z 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 Porygon-z 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 Porygon-z
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Endure, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Porygon-z's stats
- Agility
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Nasty Plot
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Porygon-z
- Dark Pulse
- Hyper Beam
- Ice Beam
- Nasty Plot
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Teleport
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
- Tri Attack
- Trick Room
Common Effort Values for Porygon-z in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Porygon-z's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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