Pancham
Playful Pokémon
Wanting to make sure it’s taken seriously, Pancham’s always giving others a glare. But if it’s not focusing, it ends up smiling.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Pancham
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Pancham can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 4 | Arm Thrust Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Fighting | Physical | 15 | 100 | 20 |
| 8 | Taunt For the next few turns, the target can only use damaging moves. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 12 | Circle Throw Ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon. | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 90 | 10 |
| 12 | Karate Chop Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Fighting | Physical | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 15 | Comet Punch Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 18 | 85 | 15 |
| 16 | Low Sweep Lowers the target’s Speed by one stage. | Fighting | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 20 | Work Up Raises the user’s Attack and Special Attack by one stage each. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 24 | Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 28 | Vital Throw Never misses. | Fighting | Physical | 70 | — | 10 |
| 33 | Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage. | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 36 | Body Slam Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 |
| 40 | Parting Shot Lowers all targets’ Attack and Special Attack by one stage. Makes the user switch out. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 44 | Entrainment Copies the user’s ability onto the target. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 48 | Sky Uppercut Inflicts regular damage and can hit Bounce and Fly users. | Fighting | Physical | 85 | 90 | 15 |
Breeding & egg moves
Pancham can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
12 sprites & renders for Pancham.






Across the games






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Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Pancham”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/pancham.
Species data from PokéAPI.