Competitive Information for Pumpkaboo (small) [X/Y]
Ghost / Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Pumpkaboo-small? 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.
Pumpkaboo is a decent Ghost and Grass-typed Pokemon. Pumpkaboo is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Pumpkaboo can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Pumpkaboo is weak to Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Pickup
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb / Razor Leaf
- Shadow Sneak / Return
- Foul Play / Thief
- Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Pumpkaboo-Small (Pickup)
Pumpkaboo is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Pumpkaboo from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pumpkaboo's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Pickup, if Pumpkaboo has no item it finds one used by an adjacent pokemon this turn. Shadow Sneak was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Razor Leaf is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Shadow Sneak is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ghost-type move (usually goes first).
◆ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Pumpkaboo has no item, it steals the target's).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Pumpkaboo-small? 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: Pickup
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Seed Bomb
- Rock Slide
- Shadow Sneak / Return
- Foul Play / Thief
Doubles Physical Sweeper Pumpkaboo-Small (Pickup)
Pumpkaboo is a wonderful Physical Sweeper for double battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Pumpkaboo from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pumpkaboo's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Pickup, if Pumpkaboo has no item it finds one used by an adjacent pokemon this turn. Shadow Sneak was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
◆ Shadow Sneak is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ghost-type move (usually goes first).
◆ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Pumpkaboo has no item, it steals the target's).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Pickup
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 68 Def / 188 SpD
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb / Razor Leaf
- Shadow Sneak / Return
- Foul Play / Thief
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Pumpkaboo-Small (Pickup)
Pumpkaboo is popular Defensive Trick Room for single battles. Focus Sash helps protect Pumpkaboo from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Pickup, if Pumpkaboo has no item it finds one used by an adjacent pokemon this turn. Shadow Sneak was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Razor Leaf is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Shadow Sneak is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ghost-type move (usually goes first).
◆ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Pumpkaboo has no item, it steals the target's).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Pumpkaboo-small 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 Pumpkaboo-small 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 Pumpkaboo-small
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Magic Coat, Shadow Sneak
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Pumpkaboo-small's stats
- Charge Beam
- Flame Charge
Most notable and possible best moves for Pumpkaboo-small
- Destiny Bond
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Pumpkaboo-small in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Pumpkaboo-small's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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