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pangoro
#675

Pangoro

Daunting Pokémon

FightingDark

This Pokémon is quick to anger, and it has no problem using its prodigious strength to get its way. It lives for duels against Obstagoon.

Base Stats

HP 95
Attack 124
Defense 78
Sp. Atk 69
Sp. Def 71
Speed 58
Total 495

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

pangoro Pangoro Lv. 32

Moves

Details

Category Daunting Pokémon
Height 2.1 m
Weight 136.0 kg
Base Exp 173
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 65
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground ,Humanshape

Sprites

pangoro Front Front
pangoro Back Back
pangoro Front Shiny Front Shiny
pangoro Back Shiny Back Shiny
pangoro Official Art Official Art
pangoro Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Ability
Scrappy
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Pangoro is a great wallbreaker in RU. With its power, near-unresisted STAB combination, and coverage, it can 2HKO or OHKO the whole metagame, outright taking advantage of common Steel- and Dark-types like Registeel, Bronzong, and Umbreon. It's one of the tier's best Fighting-type wallbreakers, lacking hard counters unlike Lucario and Heracross. Pangoro also has another key advantage—priority in Bullet Punch, which revenge kills weakened setup sweepers. Choice Band Pangoro is the most immediately threatening set; it takes down the likes of Rhyperior and physically defensive Registeel with minimal prior damage and isn't worn down by Life Orb recoil. Alternatively, Swords Dance Pangoro deals with Umbreon and revenge killers like Gardevoir and Togekiss. Pangoro's low Speed and lackluster defensive profile make it poor against highly offensive teams, which are filled with fast Pokemon that OHKO it like Lucario and Sharpedo. Also, while Pangoro is near unwallable, Lucario and Heracross are faster, allowing them to better threaten offensive Pokemon like Xurkitree, Goodra, and Chandelure. Lucario is also a fearsome sweeper with Extreme Speed, and Bewear has superior defensive utility; Fluffy lets Bewear check Pokemon like Golisopod, makes it harder for Crobat to revenge kill, and even lets it help versus other Fighting-types if it holds Chople Berry.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
82.3%
Iron Head
60.5%
Ice Punch
33.3%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
26.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc