Zangoose

[XY Research]

Name: Zangoose
Type: Normal
Ability: Immunity / Toxic Boost (DW)
Base Stats: x / x / x / x / x / x

Level-Up Movepool

Start - Scratch
Start - Leer
Lv5 - Quick Attack
Lv8 - Fury Cutter
Lv12 - Pursuit
Lv15 - Slash
Lv19 - Embargo
Lv22 - Crush Claw
Lv26 - Revenge
Lv29 - False Swipe
Lv33 - Detect
Lv36 - X-Scissor
Lv40 - Taunt
Lv43 - Swords Dance
Lv47 - Close Combat

TM & HM Compatibility

TM01 - Hone Claws
TM05 - Roar
TM06 - Toxic
TM10 - Hidden Power
TM11 - Sunny Day
TM12 - Taunt
TM13 - Ice Beam
TM14 - Blizzard
TM17 - Protect
TM18 - Rain Dance
TM21 - Frustration
TM22 - Solar Beam
TM24 - Thunderbolt
TM25 - Thunder
TM27 - Return
TM28 - Dig
TM30 - Shadow Ball
TM31 - Brick Break
TM32 - Double Team
TM35 - Flamethrower
TM38 - Fire Blast
TM39 - Rock Tomb
TM40 - Aerial Ace
TM42 - Facade
TM44 - Rest
TM45 - Attract
TM46 - Thief
TM48 - Round
TM52 - Focus Blast
TM54 - False Swipe
TM56 - Fling
TM59 - Incinerate
TM63 - Embargo
TM65 - Shadow Claw
TM66 - Payback
TM67 - Retaliate
TM75 - Swords Dance
TM80 - Rock Slide
TM81 - X-Scissor
TM84 - Poison Jab
TM87 - Swagger
TM88 - Sleep Talk
TM90 - Substitute
TM94 - Rock Smash
TM98 - Power-Up Punch
TM100 - Confide
HM04 - Strength

Egg Moves

Quick Guard

 

[cb aaron judge]

gets quick attack by lv14, embargo by lv27

 

[cb aaron judge]

caught one at lv 14, it had leer, quick attack, fury cutter, and pursuit

 

[cb aaron judge]

gets taunt and x-scissor by lv 51

 

[Diana]

Starting to train a Zangoose now, will update with level-up moves as I get them. (Edit-this is done)

1- Scratch
1- Leer
5- Quick Attack
8- Fury Cutter
12- Pursuit
15- Slash
19- Embargo
22- Crush Claw
26- Revenge
29- False Swipe
33- Detect
36- X-Scissor
40- Taunt
43- Swords Dance
47- Close Combat

Here's a full TM/HM list:

TM01 Hone Claws
TM05 Roar
TM06 Toxic
TM10 Hidden Power
TM11 Sunny Day
TM12 Taunt
TM13 Ice Beam
TM14 Blizzard
TM17 Protect
TM18 Rain Dance
TM21 Frustration
TM22 Solar Beam
TM24 Thunderbolt
TM25 Thunder
TM27 Return
TM28 Dig
TM30 Shadow Ball
TM31 Brick Break
TM32 Double Team
TM35 Flamethrower
TM38 Fire Blast
TM39 Rock Tomb
TM40 Aerial Ace
TM42 Facade
TM44 Rest
TM45 Attract
TM46 Thief
TM48 Round
TM52 Focus Blast
TM54 False Swipe
TM56 Fling
TM59 Incinerate
TM63 Embargo
TM65 Shadow Claw
TM66 Payback
TM67 Retaliate
TM75 Swords Dance
TM80 Rock Slide
TM81 X-Scissor
TM84 Poison Jab
TM87 Swagger
TM88 Sleep Talk
TM90 Substitute
TM94 Rock Smash
TM98 Power-Up Punch
TM100 Confide
HM04 Strength

 

[Bombkirby]

I have to ask. Is Toxic Boost found on wild Zangoose? There are zero friend safaris with zangoose but every site lists it as a hidden ability in X and Y. I feel thats crucial to mention if it is on wild Zangoose, like how Plusle/Minun have new abilities found in the wild and not in the Friend Safari.

 

[Sewa]

Hidden Abilities are found in hordes sometimes, so you have to be lucky and kill those four sevipers without them slaughtering Zangoose and then hope it has Toxic Boost.

 

[Snoopy]

I have to ask. Is Toxic Boost found on wild Zangoose? There are zero friend safaris with zangoose but every site lists it as a hidden ability in X and Y. I feel thats crucial to mention if it is on wild Zangoose, like how Plusle/Minun have new abilities found in the wild and not in the Friend Safari.

Hidden Abilities are found in hordes sometimes, so you have to be lucky and kill those four sevipers without them slaughtering Zangoose and then hope it has Toxic Boost.

A good trick I've found to pick out Hidden Abilities is to use a pokemon with Entrainment.

 

[VioletPumpkin]

Tested this on a hunch and found that Zangoose gets Quick Guard as an egg move! I bred it with a male Meowstic, but Mienfoo, Lucario, or Smeargle should also work.

Proof

 

[StallMandibuzz]

A good trick I've found to pick out Hidden Abilities is to use a pokemon with Entrainment.

But I thought Entrainment changed the target's Ability to the Pokémon that used Entrainment's Ability? As far as I know, it doesn't tell you what ability said target had. Trace is a good way to figure out what ability a Pokémon has, although Trace isn't a very widespread Ability.

 

[rivershock]

Entrainment's ability change shows the original ability as it's changing it, in the same way as an ability activation is displayed. (So if the Pokemon had Effect Spore, it'd show Effect Spore, then replace it with the user's ability, displaying that too.) Trace is useless in a horde situation because it doesn't specify which Pokemon was Traced.

Note that Zangoose is one of the easier ones to determine. Just try poisoning it, its only other ability is Immunity. (As for killing the Sevipers, Ominous Wind should work seeing as Zangoose is immune.)


Sorry for being off-topic a bit, but someone surely would have had to respond to that anyway. ;p