Competitive Information for Pachirisu [X/Y]
Electric
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Volt Absorb ability are immune to Electric attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Pachirisu? 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.
Pachirisu is a stupendous Electric-typed Pokemon. It's pretty regular to find yourself dealing with Pachirisu when battling in the 6th generation meta. Pachirisu's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Volt Absorb
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunder Punch / Spark
- Return / Hyper Fang
- Seed Bomb
- U-turn
Physical Sweeper Pachirisu (Volt Absorb)
Pachirisu is popular Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Pachirisu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pachirisu's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Volt Absorb, Pachirisu heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by electric moves; electric immunity.
♦ Spark is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Hyper Fang is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Pachirisu switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Volt Absorb
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Round / Snore
- Mud-Slap
- Grass Knot
Special Sweeper Pachirisu (Volt Absorb)
Pachirisu is an awesome Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Pachirisu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Pachirisu's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Volt Absorb, Pachirisu heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by electric moves; electric immunity.
♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Pachirisu must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Volt Absorb
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 156 Def / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Nuzzle
- Follow Me
- Protect
- Super Fang
Pachirisu Double Wall (Pachirisu Beast)
Pachirisu is an outstanding Double Wall. It is designed to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. With Volt Absorb, Pachirisu heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by electric moves; electric immunity. Se Jun Park's Pachirisu from the Pokemon World Championship 2014 doubles competition!
♦ Follow Me is a status move (the foes' moves target your Pachirisu on the turn used).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Pachirisu this turn).
♦ Super Fang is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (does damage equal to 1/2 target's current hp).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Pachirisu? 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.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Volt Absorb
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunder Punch / Spark
- Return / Hyper Fang
- Seed Bomb
- U-turn
Doubles Physical Sweeper Pachirisu (Volt Absorb)
Pachirisu is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Pachirisu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pachirisu's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Volt Absorb, Pachirisu heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by electric moves; electric immunity.
♦ Spark is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Hyper Fang is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Pachirisu switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Volt Absorb
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Round / Snore
- Mud-Slap
- Grass Knot
Doubles Special Sweeper Pachirisu (Volt Absorb)
Pachirisu is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Pachirisu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Pachirisu's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Volt Absorb, Pachirisu heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by electric moves; electric immunity.
♦ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Pachirisu must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Pachirisu 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 Pachirisu 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 Pachirisu
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Follow Me, Helping Hand, Ion Deluge
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Pachirisu's stats
- Charge
- Charge Beam
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Pachirisu
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Pachirisu in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Pachirisu's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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