Is Pancham Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
Breed-only. Fighting that evolves to Pangoro (Fighting/Dark) at 32 with a Dark-type in the party. Handles Sidney, Phoebe, and Norman. Breloom fills Fighting natively, but Pangoro adds Dark.
Pancham has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Pancham has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Pancham trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Pancham trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Pancham trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Winona's team hits Pancham's weaknesses hard.
Pancham trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Pancham trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Pancham has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Phoebe's team hits Pancham's weaknesses hard.
Pancham trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Drake's team hits Pancham's weaknesses hard.
Pancham trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Pancham cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
How to Get Pancham in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Pancham isn't available in the wild in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. Start by transferring Pancham from X & Y, Sun & Moon, or Sword & Shield. The evolution path from Pancham to Pancham is covered in the steps below.
How to Obtain Pancham in ORAS
Step 1Pancham ✓CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom X & YAvailableCatch in X & Y via Walking · Route 5, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Sun & MoonNot TradeableAppears in Sun & Moon via Walking · Route 11. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon via Walking · Route 11. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Sword & ShieldNot TradeableAppears in Sword & Shield via Overworld · Rolling Fields · Snowing. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
Step 2Evolve into Pangoro
Pancham Weakness
Type-wise, Pancham takes extra damage from Flying, Psychic, and Fairy. Not too many gaps in the chart, 3 weaknesses to account for.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Psychic, Fairy |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
What is Pancham Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Pancham
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Archen Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Chatot Normal | C | |
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodPetalburg City Surfing | ||
Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
 Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Gardevoir builds →Psychic 2x149-176%KO Draining Kiss 2x86-101%KO | ||
Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodPetalburg City Surfing | ||
Golbat Poison | C | |
Kadabra Psychic | A | |
Ninjask Bug | B | |
 Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Latios builds →Psychic 2x160-189%KO Fly 2x64-76% | ||
 Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Latias builds →Psychic 2x139-164%KO Fly 2x59-70% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Gardevoir builds →Psychic 2x152-179%KO Draining Kiss 2x87-102%KO | ||
Golbat Poison | C | |
Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodPetalburg City Surfing | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Latios builds →Psychic 2x158-186%KO Fly 2x66-78% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x203-240%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x136-160%KO | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Latias builds →Psychic 2x136-160%KO Fly 2x59-70% | ||
 Gothitelle Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Gothitelle builds →Future Sight 2x162-191%KO | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Xatu builds →Psychic 2x122-144%KO Air Slash 2x102-121%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x72-85% | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Latios builds →Psychic 2x156-183%KO Fly 2x65-76% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x202-238%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x136-160%KO | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Latias builds →Psychic 2x136-160%KO Fly 2x58-69% | ||
Gothitelle Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Gothitelle builds →Future Sight 2x160-188%KO | ||
Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Xatu builds →Psychic 2x121-142%KO Air Slash 2x101-119%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x71-84% | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Latios builds →Dream Eater 2x177-208%KO Fly 2x64-76% | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Latias builds →Dream Eater 2x153-180%KO Fly 2x58-68% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x204-241%KO Moonblast 2x162-191%KO | ||
 Deoxys Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Deoxys builds →Psycho Boost 2x279-328%KO Aerial Ace 2x66-78% | ||
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter | ||
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Talonflame's Flare Blitz hits Pancham for 62-74%.
 Talonflame Fire | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityGalewings ItemLeftovers NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Pancham View Talonflame builds →Flare Blitz62-74% | ||
Pancham Evolutions
Pancham is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Pangoro. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are average hatch time. Evolving adds up to 147 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Pancham easily with 200 breeding partners from the Ground and Humanshape egg groups. Pass egg moves like Foul Play, Me First, Quash and 2 more to offspring.
ORAS Pancham Best Moveset
Fighting at 82 Attack with AbilityIron Fist boosting punching moves and AbilityScrappy as a hidden ability hitting Ghosts. Fairy resists Fighting. The moveset fires at pre-evolution power. Pangoro one evolution away adds Dark typing.
Best Build
Pancham best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Drain Punch
- Stone Edge
- Dark Pulse
- Circle Throw
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Hard to wall, honestly. Pancham threatens 15 types beyond its own STAB, with Normal and Dark standing out. Pair that with Focus Punch and Superpower and switchins need to think twice.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It does its best to be taken seriously by its enemies, but its glare is not sufficiently intimidating. Chewing on a leaf is its trademark.
It does its level best to glare and pull a scary face, but it can’t help grinning if anyone pats its head.
Pancham Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, For a casual playthrough, Pancham works as a placeholder. Fighting coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Pangoro. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Since X & Y, Pancham has been obtainable in 6 games. A Generation 6 debut means a shorter history, but Pancham has appeared steadily across every generation since.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XYDebut
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves