Competitive Information for Pupitar [Sword/Shield]
Rock / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Pupitar? 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.
Pupitar is a notable Rock and Ground-typed Pokemon. Pupitar is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Pupitar is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Ice, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Rindo Berry / Passho Berry
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
- Rock Slide / Iron Head
- Superpower
- Outrage
Physical Sweeper Pupitar (Shed Skin)
Pupitar is a marvelous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Shed Skin, Pupitar has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn. Rock Slide or Iron Head are added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Rindo Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective grass-type attack then the Rindo Berry gets consumed. With a Passho Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective water-type attack then the Passho Berry gets consumed.
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Pupitar's last move failed).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Pupitar's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Pupitar afterwards).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Pupitar? 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: Rindo Berry / Passho Berry
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Iron Head / Double-Edge
- Superpower
Doubles Physical Sweeper Pupitar (Shed Skin)
Pupitar is an awesome Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Shed Skin, Pupitar has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn. Iron Head was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Rindo Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective grass-type attack then the Rindo Berry gets consumed. With a Passho Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective water-type attack then the Passho Berry gets consumed.
◆ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Pupitar's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Pupitar 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 Pupitar 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 Pupitar
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Pupitar's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Dragon Dance
- Iron Defense
- Power-Up Punch
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Pupitar
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Pupitar in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Pupitar's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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