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porygon2
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Porygon2

Virtual Pokémon

Normal

With planetary development software installed, it became capable of working in space.

Base Stats

HP 85
Attack 80
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 105
Sp. Def 95
Speed 60
Total 515

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Immune to

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Virtual Pokémon
Height 0.6 m
Weight 32.5 kg
Base Exp 180
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender Genderless
Habitat Urban
Egg Groups Mineral

Sprites

porygon2 Front Front
porygon2 Back Back
porygon2 Front Shiny Front Shiny
porygon2 Back Shiny Back Shiny
porygon2 Official Art Official Art
porygon2 Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 0.0%
Defensive Duck
Moves
Discharge / Thunderbolt
Toxic / Thunder Wave
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
SpA 40
SpD 216
Offensive Trick Room
Moves
Tri Attack / Recover / Hidden Power Fighting
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Download
Nature
Quiet
EVs
HP 252
SpA 252
SpD 4
Life Orb Duck
Moves
Thunderbolt / Hidden Power Fighting
Ice Beam / Substitute
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Download
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Charge Beam
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 252
SpA 160
Spe 96
Offensive Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 52
SpA 252
Spe 204

Strategy Overview

Porygon2 is a quirky Pokemon, both aesthetically and competitively. The bizarre Internet duck is one of the most versatile Pokemon available. Two great abilities, Trace and Download, allow it to become a good tailor-made counter to just about any bothersome Pokemon your team may be having trouble with. Not only that, but it also has an expansive movepool, good defenses, and a decent Special Attack stat. However, Porygon2's Speed is troubling, and its Normal typing, without a giant HP and Special Defense stat to back it up like Chansey has, is just OK defensively. Also, if you tailor Porygon2 to counter a specific threat and your opponent doesn't even have that Pokemon on their team, then it essentially becomes dead weight. Porygon2 can really mess with teams in the right hands, but most times it will be too specialized to warrant a team slot, especially when there are better general answers to UU's top threats.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
100.0%
Recover
37.3%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
31.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc