Competitive Information for Phantump [X/Y]


Ghost / Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Phantump? 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.
Phantump is a stupendous Ghost and Grass-typed Pokemon. Phantump is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Phantump can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Phantump is weak to Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Iapapa Berry / Liechi Berry
Ability: Harvest
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 212 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Def
Moveset:
- Wood Hammer / Seed Bomb
- Shadow Claw / Phantom Force
- Thief / Bulldoze
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Phantump (Harvest)
Phantump is an awesome Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Harvest, if last item used is a berry 50% chance to restore it each end of turn. 100% in sun. Thief or Bulldoze are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Phantom Force is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Ghost-type move (disappears turn 1. hits turn 2. breaks protection).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Phantump has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Phantump? 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: Harvest
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 212 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Def
Moveset:
- Wood Hammer / Seed Bomb
- Shadow Claw / Phantom Force
- Rock Slide
- Bulldoze / Thief
Doubles Physical Sweeper Phantump (Harvest)
Phantump is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Harvest, if last item used is a berry 50% chance to restore it each end of turn. 100% in sun. Bulldoze or Thief are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Phantom Force is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Ghost-type move (disappears turn 1. hits turn 2. breaks protection).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Phantump has no item, it steals the target's).
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Item: Iapapa Berry / Lum Berry
Ability: Harvest
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 176 Def / 80 SpD
Moveset:
- Toxic
- Pain Split
- Wood Hammer / Seed Bomb
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Phantump (Harvest)
Phantump is an interesting Defensive Trick Room. With Harvest, if last item used is a berry 50% chance to restore it each end of turn. 100% in sun. Thief or Bulldoze are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Pain Split is a status move (shares hp of Phantump and target equally).
♦ Wood Hammer is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Grass-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Phantump 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 Phantump 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 Phantump
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Ability: Harvest + Item: Sitrus berry
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Phantump's stats
- Curse
- Growth
Most notable and possible best moves for Phantump
- Destiny Bond
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Phantump in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Phantump's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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