What is a good moveset for Conkeldurr?

Question

If you have a good competitive moveset for Conkeldurr, post an answer below and upvote the best ones. Movesets for its pre-evolutions, if any, can also be shared on this thread.

Be sure to include full set details in your post, e.g. items, abilities, natures and EVs. Some detail, including the intended game mode for your set, is also appreciated. Access the full list of guidelines here.

Conkeldurr Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Comments

Machamp still has no Guard though.

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Still he has brute force  which makes up for it a little

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Not really. Non of his most powerful moves are reliable enough to fight back.

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sheer force/life orb combo is pretty neat though

Answer 1

Conkeldurr @ Leftovers
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature (+SpD, -SpA)

• Mach Punch
• Drain Punch
• Bulk Up
• Payback

This set has no item to boost Guts, but with this nice bulk Toxic is an effective way to take him down but he gets a boost from it.
I choose Leftovers over Big Root so you constantly get a little healing.

Max HP and max Special defense allows him to take special hits well, and the Defense will be boosted.
Bulk Up Boosts his attack and defense by 1 stage each, I mean you don't really have to set up much, I would however suggest at least 2 times, but you can set up until you see his health is starting to fall you attack opponents.
Now with Max HP and Max SpD, in addition Bulk Up his very bulky and yet powerful.
Start Drain Punching to get your health back, STAB.
Mach Punch is nice STAB priority to have.
Payback is there to hit Ghosts which are immune and takes zero damage from his Fighting type moves whatsoever.

Comments

But this is my same moveset D:

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Answer 2

Role: Haxy Trick Room Sweeper

Hackeldurr (Conkeldurr) (M) @ King's Rock

Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 8 Def / 248 SpD
Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spe)

• Force Palm
• Earthquake
• Rock Slide
• Bulk Up

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Trick Room sweeper here.
Brave nature and just to note, I drained his speed IVs' out, for that extra T-room sweeping action.
Now for the haxy part, Force Palm has a 30% chance to paralyze, and with T-room he can hit first to inflict this. The key is, for Conkeldurr to be used near the end of your T-room time. Because when Trick Room's time runs out, your opponent is still slower because of Para-Hax, King's Rock is banned from Competitive Play Meaning if you're just battling for fun, it's fair game. Earthquake is that great coverage that everyone loves, while Rock Slide also provides some fun flinch hax, Bulk up can set up quickly to survive better once trick room dies out, because after you KO your paralyzed opponent, there's gonna be someone else coming in after him, setting up a Bulk Up or 2 can help you handle whatever comes next a little bit better.

Answer 3

Conkeldurr (M) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 8 Def / 248 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Knock Off
- Drain Punch
- Mach Punch
- Ice Punch

Comments

iron fist?

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Guts abuses status, which this thing attracts lol

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I disagree with the EVs. I'd give it 252 HP/252 Atk/4 SDef. It is easier to do.

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I use 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SDef not much of a difference from yours lol

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Why Guts :/

Answer 4

Conkeldurr of DEATH @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 100 SpD / 258 HP
Adamant Nature

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Drain punch: Strong Stab as well as healing from the burn

Earthquake: Coverage

Stone edge: Coverage

Mach punch: Kills fast Pokemon

Comments

I know Guts is suppose to increase your attack stats but if a pokemon is burnt doesn't that lower it's attack by one stage?

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a pokemon with guts doesn't get its attack down when it's burnt

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The Attack drop does not occur on Pokemon with Guts, they still get the Attack boost.

Answer 5

Conkeldurr @ Fist Plate

Ability: Iron Fist
EVs: 212 HP / 124 SpD / 172 Atk
Adamant Nature

• Drain Punch
• Mach Punch
• Substitute
• Focus Punch

172+ Atk Fist Plate Iron Fist Conkeldurr Focus Punch vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Celebi: 193-228 (47.77 - 56.43%) -- 30.47% chance to 2HKO

172+ Atk Fist Plate Iron Fist Conkeldurr Focus Punch vs. 192 HP / 64 Def Reuniclus: 225-266 (55.01 - 65.03%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

172+ Atk Fist Plate Iron Fist Conkeldurr Focus Punch vs. 252 HP / 32 Def Tentacruel: 262-309 (71.97 - 84.89%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

This is a custom set I made up, and it is a set I will never ever hesitate to use. Ever. It literally wrecks anything that isn't immune to fighting type moves. Stuff that resists it is wrecked as well. If you look at the calcs, you'll find out. The only Pokemon being a "threat" are Gengar and an occasional Chandelure, which then becomes my top priority to take out, as that's what team members are for, right? xD Anyway, once a ghostie is down, Conk is on the warpath.

But...

The one counter to this set that will always be dead before I use Conk: Landorus-T.

Comments

Use Payback over DP.

Answer 6

Gen 8 PU

Gurdurr @ Eviolite
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Drain Punch
- Mach Punch
- Knock Off
- Bulk Up

Answer 7

Gen 8 UU

Conkeldurr @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Drain Punch
- Mach Punch
- Knock Off
- Poison Jab

Drain Punch and Mach Punch are STAB. The former hits opponents hard while the latter finishes off faster and / or weakened Pokémon. Knock off hits Ghost Types and gets rid of the opponent's item. Poison Jab is for Fairy types. The Flame Orb activates Guts, making Conkeldurr's attacks even more devastating. 44 Speed EVs allow Conkeldurr to outspeed uninvested Tangrowth, Chansey and Azumarill.

Answer 8

Conkeldurr (M) @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 20 HP / 252 Atk / 96 Def / 140 SpD
Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spe)
- Drain Punch
- Mach Punch
- Bulk Up
- Payback

Answer 9

Gurdurr (M) @ Eviolite
Ability: Iron Fist
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature (+SpD, -SpA)

• Drain Punch
• Mach Punch
• Stone Edge
• Bulk Up

Answer 10

Conkeldurr (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Fist
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature (+Def, -SpA)
- Substitute
- Focus Punch
- Drain Punch
- Stone Edge

Physical tank and sub-puncher.

The EVs make him bulky enough to take physical attacks while he sets up his sub. Then he can throw out STAB + Iron Fist Focus and Drain punches out.

Stone Edge is coverage mostly for ghosts like Gengar and Chandelure.

Answer 11

Unleash the destruction...
Conkeldurr @ Life Orb
Ability: Iron Fist / Sheer Force
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature

• Drain Punch
• Ice Punch
• Fire Punch
• Thunder Punch / Payback / Stone Edge / Rock Slide

Even though Conkeldurr's Iron Fist ability isn't released yet, I though I put together a moveset which could take full advantage of it and also it's other ability Sheer Force now that move tutors have been released.

Drain Punch: Very helpful move on a bulky attacker like Conkeldurr, helps recover any health lost and does massive damage with the Iron Fist ability.

Ice Punch: Helps to deal with those ever common Dragon types, makes Gliscor, Dragonite and Landorus think twice about coming in. Both abilities give it a nice boost in power.

Fire Punch: Helps to deal with the likes of Skarmory, Jirachi and other Steel types that are hit neutrally by Drain Punch. Skarmory in particular plays a dangerous game in when to use Roost or not. Once again a nice boost in power by both abilities.

Thunder Punch/Payback/Stone Edge/Rock Slide: Thunder Punch is great with dealing with bulky Water types such as Jellicent and Gyarados and get a power boost by both abilities. Payback is for if you don't won't to struggle against Ghost types, however it won't be doing much to bulky Ghost types like a Bulk Up set abusing Guts. Stone Edge is there if you got options dealing with Ghost types and bulky Water types. Same with Rock Slide but it gets a power boost from Sheer Force and is more reliable than Stone Edge.

Answer 12

Conkeldurr @ Flame Orb

Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 Def
Adamant Nature
Moves:

• Thunder Punch
• Ice Punch
• Drain Punch
• Mach Punch

Conkeldurr is definitely a slow Pokemon, but a bulky one too, with his 105 base HP and 95 base defense. Guts lets him hit like a truck, and Adamant nature only adds to the punishment taken by the foe. Mach Punch Is STAB priority, and lets him get around embarrassing base 45 speed stat. Drain Punch is also STAB, and also provides a means of recovering some of that monstrous HP stat. Thunder Punch and Ice Punch make a sort of physical BoltBeam combo, making this set resisted by very few Pokemon.

Comments

why guts ? Iron fist better

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Guts + Flame Orb is similar in power to Iron Fist + LO and prevents you from being statused.

Answer 13

Conkeldurr (M) @ Leftovers

Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Drain Punch
- Ice Punch / Payback
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

Comments

cool jar jar good idea with the sleep/guts combo I would up vote if I could...

Answer 14

Conkeldurr @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature

• Mach Punch
• Drain Punch
• Earthquake
• Rock Slide / Stone Edge

Mach Punch for a priority STAB, Drain Punch to heal his massive HP stat and heal burn damage, Earthquake for coverage. If you do double battles I would recommend Rock Slide but if you do single battles then Stone Edge is probably the better choice here. Flame Orb for Guts ability.

Answer 15

Conkeldurr @ Flame Orb
Ability: Guts
Evs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 6 Def
Adamant Nature

• Drain Punch
• Mach Punch
• Rock Slide
• Facade

This is my Conkeldurr. It is to be paired with a Talonflame with Quick Guard. That way, if other Talonflames are a problem, you just Quick Guard and block their Brave Birds, then Rock Slide.

Answer 16

I have been using this Conkeldurr set for a while now, and it is good. Here it goes:
Conkeldurr @ Expert Belt
Ability: Iron Fist
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Hp / 4 Def
Adamant Nature
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
- Thunder Punch
- Drain Punch

Most of the moves are just for coverage, to get boosted by expert belt. Drain Punch is a good STAB move and also returns HP. Iron fist is probably the best ability for him, but Sheer Force is good too.

Answer 17

Only one Gurdurr set?! Let's get some Gurdurr love up in here!

Gurdurr @ Eviolite
Ability: Iron Fist
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature

• Substitute
• Focus Punch
• Knock Off
• Drain Punch

This set can absolutely WRECK. Gurdurr's got so much natural bulk he sets up a Sub easily, and then Focus Punches the living heck out of everything. Look at this:
252+ Atk Iron Fist Gurdurr Focus Punch vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Uxie: 111-131 (31.3 - 37%) -- 79% chance to 3HKO
While this might not seem like much, Focus Punch is resisted, and Uxie happens to have 75/130 physical bulk, which is a heck of a lot. (but you get one-shotted by Psychic so not the best call.)
This Gurdurr set works very well if you play wisely.
Not to mention, I've set up Subs as people switch in their Feraligatrs to set up, then Focus Punch one-shots them. Lel.

Answer 18

I haven't seen this set on here, but it's more for a physical wall. It want's to setup, take an opponent down (maybe 2), then trade it's life to allow a revenge sweeper to come in.

Ability: Iron Fist / Guts
Nature: Impish (+Defense, -Sp. Attack)
Evs: 252 HP, 252 Defense, 4 Atk
Item: Leftovers

Bulk Up
Drain Punch
Ice Punch
Thunder Punch

Iron Fist lets him hurt right away, but leaves him susceptible to status and stalling, which is where the Guts comes in. However, with support from Aromatherapy or similar moves, Iron Fist brings a lot of upfront power and great neutral coverage. Guts without a status orb seems weird, but it's about mind tricking them into thinking this Conkeldurr has a different ability.

This Conkeldurr won't last long against special attacks, especially those that resist it's STAB, so this guy really wants to come in on a physical opponent, set-up and wipe. This is where trappers come in, with moves such as Whirlpool, Wrap, Infestation, Fire Spin, etc.. These moves can easily give you time to switch, Bulk-Up once or twice, then proceed to KO.

Answer 19

Conkeldurr @ Flame Orb

Trait: Guts

Carful Nature (+SpD, -SpA)

EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Def / 252 SpD

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• Stone Edge
• Fling
• Facade
• Payback

Switch in on a favorable matchup. Use Payback to get that Burn on you to activate Guts and double Facade damage. Use Fling to Burn the opposing Pokémon if it's physical.

Comments

How 'bout some Fighting STAB? Also Payback is useless. Fling removes your own Attack Boost. And why no Adamant? Other than that, this set is okay.

Answer 20

Conkeldurr (M) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Iron Fist
EVs: 36 HP / 244 Atk / 228 SpD
Nature: Adamant/Brave
IVs: 14 Speed (to underspeed Aegislash)
Drain Punch: massive sustain and great STAB move (boosted by Iron Fist)
Mach Punch: amazing for the reason that Conkeldurr is a stall-breaker and the priority means you will take less HP damage from the hit it takes to secure the take-down (boosted by Iron Fist)
Ice Punch / Rock Slide: great Flying coverage (boosted by Iron Fist) / better coverage that Ice Punch, but less damage (if you want to test your luck, you can run with Stone Edge instead)
Knock Off / Fire Punch: great to counter item reliant teams, and covers the ghosts and physics that fighting types have trouble with normally / better coverage, but best used against teams that don't rely as much on items (boosted by Iron Fist)

Note: The combination of Ice Punch with Knock Off, or Rock Slide with Fire Punch are most effective with coverage these move combinations provide the most "bang for your buck." Personally I seem to gravitate more towards the Rock Slide / Fire Punch duo. b/c it has more coverage.
Side-note: If anyone is in need of a HA Timburr for breeding I have lots from recently breeding for IVs, I also might have an extra good one, so all you have to do is EV train.

I use many of my EV spreads from Smogon, and I do not take full credit for this posting. If you wish to read for more detail the link is here.
Thank you for taking the time to read my posting.
GLHF!