Competitive Information for Primeape [X/Y]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Primeape? 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.
Primeape is an awesome Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's a usual sight to see Primeape out in the 6th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Primeape is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 Atk / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Night Slash / Double-Edge
- Outrage
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Primeape (Defiant)
Primeape is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Primeape from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Primeape's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Defiant, Primeape's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe. Night Slash was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Primeape afterwards).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Expert Belt
Ability: Vital Spirit
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 250 Hp / 250 Atk / 10 SpD
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb / Fire Punch
- Close Combat
- Bulk Up
- Encore / Substitute
Primeape Physical Tank (Angry Ape)
Primeape is pretty popular Physical Tank. It is primarily designed to take a considerable amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Vital Spirit, Primeape cannot fall asleep. gaining this ability while asleep cures it.
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Primeape's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bulk Up is a status move (raises your Primeape's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Encore is a status move (target repeats its last move for its next 3 turns).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Primeape takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Primeape? 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: Defiant
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 Atk / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Outrage
Doubles Physical Sweeper Primeape (Defiant)
Primeape is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Primeape from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Primeape's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Defiant, Primeape's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 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).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Primeape afterwards).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Primeape 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 Primeape 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 Primeape
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Swagger + Punishment
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- 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
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Primeape's stats
- Bulk Up
- Defense Curl
- Hone Claws
- Meditate
- Power-Up Punch
- Rage
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Primeape
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Primeape in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Primeape's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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