Competitive Information for Pancham [X/Y]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Pancham? 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.
Pancham is an interesting Fighting-typed Pokemon. Pancham is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Pancham can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Pancham is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / Sky Uppercut
- Return / Slash
- Knock Off
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Pancham (Iron Fist)
Pancham is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pancham's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Pancham's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Iron Fist, Pancham's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted.
♦ Sky Uppercut is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fighting-type move (can hit pokemon using bounce, fly, or sky drop).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ 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).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Mold Breaker
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / Storm Throw
- Return / Slash
- Knock Off / Crunch
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Pancham (Mold Breaker)
Pancham is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pancham's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Pancham's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Mold Breaker, Pancham's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon.
♦ Storm Throw is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (always results in a critical hit).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ 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).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Lum Berry
Ability: Scrappy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 68 Hp / 216 Atk / 224 Spe
Moveset:
- Foul Play
- Swagger
- Rock Slide
- Rest
Pancham Physical Sweeper (Restlum)
Pancham is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Scrappy, Pancham can hit ghost types with normal- and fighting-type moves.
♦ Swagger is a status move (raises the target's attack by 2 stages and confuses it).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rest is a status move (Pancham sleeps 2 turns and restores hp and status).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Pancham? 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: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / Sky Uppercut
- Rock Slide
- Shadow Claw / Return
- Knock Off
Doubles Physical Sweeper Pancham (Iron Fist)
Pancham is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pancham's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Pancham's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Iron Fist, Pancham's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted. Shadow Claw was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Sky Uppercut is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fighting-type move (can hit pokemon using bounce, fly, or sky drop).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ 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).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Mold Breaker
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / Storm Throw
- Rock Slide
- Shadow Claw / Return
- Knock Off / Crunch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Pancham (Mold Breaker)
Pancham is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pancham's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Pancham's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Mold Breaker, Pancham's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon. Shadow Claw was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Storm Throw is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (always results in a critical hit).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ 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).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Pancham 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 Pancham 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 Pancham
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Ability: Iron fist + Item: Punching glove
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Drain Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Fire Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Focus Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Ice Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Power-Up Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Thunder Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Comet Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Sky Uppercut
- Moves with Priority: Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Guard, Snatch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Pancham's stats
- Bulk Up
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Pancham
- Knock Off
- Parting Shot
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Pancham in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Pancham's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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