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pangoro
#675

Pangoro

Daunting Pokémon

FightingDark

Although it possesses a violent temperament, it won’t put up with bullying. It uses the leaf in its mouth to sense the movements of its enemies.

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

almostanyability Usage: 1.0%
Paingoro (Swords Dance)
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Tough Claws
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Pangoro has a number of desirable traits that make it one of the most threatening wallbreakers in the AAA metagame. Its high Attack stat, unique typing, and great movepool allow it to hit the entire metagame for high damage. Defensively, its typing also grants it a resistance to Rock, allowing it to switch into Stealth Rock multiple times, as well as a 4x resistance to Dark, making it much easier to take Foul Play compared to most other physical attackers. The aforementioned resistances and its Psychic immunity give it many potential switch-in opportunities. Pangoro also has access to Swords Dance, further decreasing the amount of Pokemon that can switch into its attacks and allowing it to tear apart a lot of defensive teams. Despite its great matchup against defensive teams, Pangoro is unfortunately held back by its poor defensive stats and typing, making it vulnerable to a lot of priority moves. That and its lackluster Speed make it struggle to be relevant against more offensively oriented teams. Pangoro also has a lot of competition from other Fighting-types like Lucario and Heracross, which are both faster.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
96.0%
Me First
34.8%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
57.3%
Leftovers
35.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc