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Competitive Pokemon X/Y Movesets and Strategies for Donphan

Base Stats for Donphan

Ground

Abilities:
,

Evolutions / Family:
Phanpy
Donphan

Weakness Chart for Ground-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

0x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

2x

0.5x

2x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Donphan? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.

Donphan is a phenomenal Ground-typed Pokemon. Donphan are common Pokemon to see in the XY metagame. Donphan is weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.

Species: Donphan
Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Sand Veil
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Superpower
- Seed Bomb / Poison Jab
- Knock Off

Physical Sweeper Donphan (Sand Veil)

Donphan is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Donphan's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Donphan from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Donphan's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Veil, if sandstorm is active Donphan's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to sandstorm. Seed Bomb or Poison Jab are added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Donphan's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ 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).

Species: Donphan
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Moveset:
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin
- Earthquake
- Roar

Donphan Physical Wall (Rock Wall Spinner)

Donphan is a sensational Physical Wall. This moveset attempts to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Donphan last longer regaining it's health every turn. With Sturdy, if Donphan is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko. Donphan is my Defensive wall, Stealth Rocker, as well as my Spinner. Stealth Rock is for Entry Hazards, Rapid Spin for taking away My opponents entry hazards, Earthquake is for STAB and finally Roar is to make my opponents Pokemon to switch and take damage from Stealth Rock.

♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness).
♦ Rapid Spin is a physical 20-base power Normal-type move (frees Donphan from hazards, binding, leech seed).
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).

Species: Donphan
Item: Assault Vest
Ability: Sand Veil
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Stone Edge
- Ice Shard / Knock Off
- Rapid Spin
- Earthquake

Donphan Physical Tank (Delirium Tremens)

Donphan is a spectacular Physical Tank. It's designed to take a decent amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Sand Veil, if sandstorm is active Donphan's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to sandstorm. Pokemon X & Y build. Only way for this Pokemon to have the ability "Stealth Rock," is to transfer from a older game via Poke Bank.

♦ Stone Edge is a physical 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Ice Shard is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Ice-type move (usually goes first).
♦ 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).
♦ Rapid Spin is a physical 20-base power Normal-type move (frees Donphan from hazards, binding, leech seed).
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Donphan? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.

Species: Donphan
Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Sand Veil
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Superpower
- Seed Bomb / Double-Edge

Doubles Physical Sweeper Donphan (Sand Veil)

Donphan is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Donphan's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Donphan from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Donphan's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Veil, if sandstorm is active Donphan's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to sandstorm. Seed Bomb was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Donphan's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Donphan 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Donphan can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Donphan

Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Endure + Endeavor
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Ability: Sturdy + Move: Endeavor
Ability: Sturdy + Move: Endeavor
Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Ice Shard

Optimize Donphan's EVs for X/Y

Competitive Information for Donphan [X/Y]