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porygon-z
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Porygon Z

Virtual Pokémon

Normal

In order to create a more advanced Pokémon, an additional program was installed, but apparently it contained a defect that makes it move oddly.

Base Stats

HP 85
Attack 80
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 135
Sp. Def 75
Speed 90
Total 535

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Immune to

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Virtual Pokémon
Height 0.9 m
Weight 34.0 kg
Base Exp 241
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 30
Base Happiness 70
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups Mineral

Sprites

porygon-z Front Front
porygon-z Back Back
porygon-z Front Shiny Front Shiny
porygon-z Back Shiny Back Shiny
porygon-z Official Art Official Art
porygon-z Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Z-Conversion
Item
Normalium Z
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 212
SpA 80
Spe 216
Choice Scarf
Moves
Trick / Hidden Power Fire
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Modest
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Porygon-Z is an extremely strong special attacker due to its high Special Attack and Adaptability, capable of OHKOing many key threats in 1v1 such as Zygarde, Landorus-T, and Mega Charizard X. This is also aided by its access to an extremely powerful Hyper Beam; its ability to OHKO most Pokemon eliminates the main drawback of a recharge turn. A mono-Normal typing means that Porygon-Z only has one weakness, but Fighting-types such as Mega Lopunny, Sawk, and Mega Blaziken are dominant forces in the 1v1 metagame, and it also has no resistances and only one immunity, resulting in it having a lack of defensive value. Lastly, because Porygon-Z primarily relies on its Normal-type STAB moves, it is often walled by Normal-resistant and -immune Pokemon such as Magearna and Mega Tyranitar.

Most Used Moves

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc