Competitive Information for Pansear [X/Y]


Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Pansear? 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.
Pansear is an interesting Fire-typed Pokemon. Pansear is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Pansear can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Pansear is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Iapapa Berry / Liechi Berry
Ability: Gluttony
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Fire Punch / Flame Charge
- Return / Facade
- Knock Off / Crunch
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Pansear (Gluttony)
Pansear is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Gluttony, when Pansear has 1/2 or less of its maximum hp it uses certain berries early. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Pansear's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Pansear is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ 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: Iapapa Berry / Petaya Berry
Ability: Gluttony
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Solar Beam / Grass Knot
- Round / Snore
- Toxic
Special Sweeper Pansear (Gluttony)
Pansear is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Gluttony, when Pansear has 1/2 or less of its maximum hp it uses certain berries early.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
♦ 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 (Pansear must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Pansear? 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: Iapapa Berry / Liechi Berry
Ability: Gluttony
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Fire Punch / Flame Charge
- Return / Facade
- Knock Off / Crunch
- Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Pansear (Gluttony)
Pansear is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Gluttony, when Pansear has 1/2 or less of its maximum hp it uses certain berries early. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Pansear's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Pansear is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ 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: Iapapa Berry / Petaya Berry
Ability: Gluttony
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Solar Beam / Grass Knot
- Round / Snore
- Toxic
Doubles Special Sweeper Pansear (Gluttony)
Pansear is a decent Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Gluttony, when Pansear has 1/2 or less of its maximum hp it uses certain berries early.
♦ Incinerate is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
♦ 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 (Pansear must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Pansear 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 Pansear 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 Pansear
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Ability: Blaze + Item: Focus sash
- 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
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp, Yawn
Moves that boost Pansear's stats
- Amnesia
- Flame Charge
- Hone Claws
- Nasty Plot
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Pansear
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Pansear in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Pansear's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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