Pangoro
Daunting Pokémon
Using its leaf, Pangoro can predict the moves of its opponents. It strikes with punches that can turn a dump truck into scrap with just one hit.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Swords Dance
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Where to find Pangoro
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 Pangoro can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Night Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Arm Thrust Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Fighting | Physical | 15 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Bullet Punch Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Steel | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 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 |
| 1 | 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 |
| 35 | Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage. | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 40 | Body Slam Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 |
| 46 | Parting Shot Lowers all targets’ Attack and Special Attack by one stage. Makes the user switch out. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 52 | Entrainment Copies the user’s ability onto the target. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 52 | Sky Uppercut Inflicts regular damage and can hit Bounce and Fly users. | Fighting | Physical | 85 | 90 | 15 |
| 58 | Hammer Arm Lowers user’s Speed by one stage. | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 90 | 10 |
Sprites & renders
12 sprites & renders for Pangoro.






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Cite this page
“Pangoro”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/pangoro.
Species data from PokéAPI.