Pokémon Pangoro

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This will definitely be good in NU at the least, with CB being the best set and it having Emboar-esque stats and good typing. Iron Fist Hammer Arm is as strong as Close Combat, Crunch hits Musharna, and the Fairies that will end up in NU are going to be bad in general. The list includes heavyweights like the mighty Slurpuff, Aromatisse, and the almighty Wigglytuff. I doubt Mawile or Klefki would end up in NU because Mawile has a Mega Evo and Klefki has manly Prankster Spikes and Swag Play. Parting Shot is pretty good too and the last slot would be w/e you want, probably Earthquake or Stone Edge.

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ebeast said:
This will definitely be good in NU at the least, with CB being the best set and it having Emboar-esque stats and good typing. Iron Fist Hammer Arm is as strong as Close Combat, Crunch hits Musharna, and the Fairies that will end up in NU are going to be bad in general. The list includes heavyweights like the mighty Slurpuff, Aromatisse, and the almighty Wigglytuff. I doubt Mawile or Klefki would end up in NU because Mawile has a Mega Evo and Klefki has manly Prankster Spikes and Swag Play. Parting Shot is pretty good too and the last slot would be w/e you want, probably Earthquake or Stone Edge.

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hahaha that video. so much for a heart of gold xD

think its decent enough to be ru. noone seems to remember it can taunt the huge amount of slow evolite pokemons down there and set up in their face.
 
ito said:
hahaha that video. so much for a heart of gold xD

think its decent enough to be ru. noone seems to remember it can taunt the huge amount of slow evolite pokemons down there and set up in their face.
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Yeah, fair enough. I never thought it to be OU but those stats...
It's like the more information we get for him the closer we get to sealing him into the coffin known as NU. Hopefully with the full Egg list we can bring him up to RU...
 
My EV's are all messed up atm, but i have found a good pangoro set. i run parting shot(who doesnt), Power up punch, Circle throw(for those pesky stallers), and infestation/payback(for coverage). his item is the metronome. anywho, every turn you use power u punch, it gets the normal 20% boost from iron fist, the raise in attack(~20%), and the metronome bonus. if i keep using power up punch, the moves power is around 602, no EV's. and then, since the attck was raised by PUP, circle throw is able to 2 hit KO a hydreigon. pangoro is beast.
 
At the risk of sounding like I'm in denial, I'll just say that I'll be content to wait until the hackers do their stuff and the official info comes out.
 
Mattman324 said:
Does he get Circle Throw? If so, then at least that's something.
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Yes I'm sure. My pancham is 27 and learned it already. Work up, slash, and vital throw are the other moves, which don't seem to useful in a set.
Also just wondering; did anyone notice or consider my Pangoro for ubers comment earlier? Lol
 
ebeast said:
This will definitely be good in NU at the least, with CB being the best set and it having Emboar-esque stats and good typing. Iron Fist Hammer Arm is as strong as Close Combat, Crunch hits Musharna, and the Fairies that will end up in NU are going to be bad in general. The list includes heavyweights like the mighty Slurpuff, Aromatisse, and the almighty Wigglytuff. I doubt Mawile or Klefki would end up in NU because Mawile has a Mega Evo and Klefki has manly Prankster Spikes and Swag Play. Parting Shot is pretty good too and the last slot would be w/e you want, probably Earthquake or Stone Edge.

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Even in NU it has big competition from Ursaring, which already has amazing coverage, pseudo immunity to status, and is flattening everything in the Tier.
 
We can only hope for something good from the breeding movepool now. One noticable thing is that it falls into the human-like category where several users of mach punch are, so perhaps someone wants to try breeding mach punch onto pangoro?
 
silenced said:
We can only hope for something good from the breeding movepool now. One noticable thing is that it falls into the human-like category where several users of mach punch are, so perhaps someone wants to try breeding mach punch onto pangoro?
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I tried breeding Mach Punch onto Pangoro a while ago, sadly it didn't pass down :/
 
Wizarus said:
Even in NU it has big competition from Ursaring, which already has amazing coverage, pseudo immunity to status, and is flattening everything in the Tier.
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Ursaring's only real use is by abusing status orbs with either Quick Feet or Guts, but the former leaves it unable to KO many Pokemon and outsped by a good amount of faster Pokemon, while the latter is simply outsped by everything and can only really do work against walls.

Pangoro is far from facing competition with Ursaring since it has a decent typing in Fighting/Dark which let it check a plethora of Pokemon while only having 3 weakness, which are Flying/Fighting/Fairy. Its signature move, Parting Shot, is amazing as it can soften the blow its teammates might take and even allow them to setup over the opponent, which if you ask me is HUGE. Add the fact that it can easily outslow the opponent to drop their Atk/SpA by 1 and bring its teammates safely, and you probably have infront of you an amazing supporter.

TLDR: They both have different niches/roles

Now I'm asking myself if you only posted this because the two are bears...
 
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Has anyone been using this guy defensively? I've been using him as Rest Talker either physically of specially defensive and he's been pretty useful as a kind of renewable Memento. Pairs up fairly well with Aegislash who really enjoys the bit of cushioning and can offer a bit of defensive synergy.
 
Scrafty is sitting quite nicely in uu which makes me think the typing is what works for it. Other fighters like Machamp and virizion are much stronger, faster, and have better movepools. Pangoro shares the typing and has better attack, speed, and movepool. How can he not be uu?
After some more thought, dragon dance is a very nice niche, but still parting shot and power up punch count for a lot
 
First of all I'd like to say that I'm extremely disappointed with his DW ability. Why the hell would they give scrappy to a dark type pokemon? The only time this would ever be useful is if a ghost type switched into you (and they wouldn't switch into a dark type anyways if they have half a brain). On a more positive note, serebii says that he gets brick break. It's not the best, but at least he has another option for a stab.
 
Soulgazer said:
Ursaring's only real use is by abusing status orbs with either Quick Feet or Guts, but the former leaves it unable to KO many Pokemon and outsped by a good amount of faster Pokemon, while the latter is simply outsped by everything and can only really do work against walls.

Pangoro is far from facing competition with Ursaring since it has a decent typing in Fighting/Dark which let it check a plethora of Pokemon while only having 3 weakness, which are Flying/Fighting/Fairy. Its signature move, Parting Shot, is amazing as it can soften the blow its teammates might take and even allow them to setup over the opponent, which if you ask me is HUGE. Add the fact that it can easily outslow the opponent to drop their Atk/SpA by 1 and bring its teammates safely, and you probably have infront of you an amazing supporter.

TLDR: They both have different niches/roles

Now I'm asking myself if you only posted this because the two are bears...
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Apart from having nearly the same stats, Fighting weakness, and coverage moves yeah. Almost everything packing rock, dark, psychic and ghost attacks is going to hit this super effectively with their coverage move. It's not checking much without a Choice Scarf, which is hit because it doesn't get CC.
 
WildShot said:
Really? I've heard otherwise. Sauce?
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I don't have any one thing to link to, but I can 100% verify that anyone who says otherwise is wrong.

It's why the staff have been overseeing this testing in the first place rather than simply waiting for the hackers, and it's why you don't see any working 3DS emulators. It was also a big deal a year and a half ago with FE13's Japanese release, although I imagine that's relative to the sites where you were hanging out at the time.
 
WildShot said:
Really? I've heard otherwise. Sauce?
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Sauce?

You can look anywhere at the moment and see it. There is no 3DS Action replay that actually works on 3DS games, All of the info known so far about XY is from good, old fashioned, running around randomly and poking stuff until it goes *ping*
 
Wizarus said:
Apart from having nearly the same stats, Fighting weakness, and coverage moves yeah. Almost everything packing rock, dark, psychic and ghost attacks is going to hit this super effectively with their coverage move. It's not checking much without a Choice Scarf, which is hit because it doesn't get CC.
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Pangoro is only weak to Fighting-, Flying-, and Fairy-type moves. You need to know that a good amount of Psychic-, Dark-,and Ghost-type (that will end up NU or maybe RU) will probably don't have access to a stronger Fighting-move coverage than Hidden Power Fighting, which won't be able to KO Pangoro without any boost, and even if they do have a decently strong one I don't think they will be able to OHKO Pangoro either since it will most probably run max HP and max Atk to use the most out of Parting Shot, its typing, decent bulk, and Iron Fist boosted Hammer Arm.

EDIT: totally forgot about Fairy-type coverage, but still: It will have a good niche if it end up being NU with Parting Shot alone.
 
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My pancham is still not evolved. Serebii said it evolves at 32, but I have had mine from 14-36. It doesn't have an ever stone or anything and I am so confused. Anyone?
 
Parting shot, to be honest, is amazing. Why people are casting Pangoro down to NU already when it has good attack, decent bulk, very solid typing, and a U-Turn Memento is beyond me. I've seen worse in UU.
 
Tingtitan said:
level 32 and a Dark-type in your team will do. You probably dont have that a dark-type pokemon in your team
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Oh thanks. I just tried it with absol and now will destroy all but fairies with my Pangoro!
Zarco said:
Parting shot, to be honest, is amazing. Why people are casting Pangoro down to NU already when it has good attack, decent bulk, very solid typing, and a U-Turn Memento is beyond me. I've seen worse in UU.
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Thats exactly what I have been thinking. Seems like a perfectly decent candidate for a UU offensive pivot
 
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