Passimian build and sets

Q: What is the best Passimian build in Pokémon Champions?

The most used tournament build is Passimian @ Black Belt with Defiant and Close Combat, Gunk Shot, Protect and Rock Slide (1 teams).

Q: What item should Passimian hold?

The most used items in tournaments are Black Belt (50%) and Choice Scarf (50%).

Tier DReg M-CUpdated Nov 11

FightingAbilities: Receiver · Defiant

#1 tournament set

1 teams

Items: Black Belt
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Jolly

Close Combat
Gunk Shot
Protect
Rock Slide

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Tournament usage: 0%
Win rate: 40.5%
Top cuts: 0
Games: 6

Base stats

HP100
Attack120
Defense90
Sp. Atk40
Sp. Def60
Speed80
Total490

In Reg M-C, Passimian showed up on 0% of tournament teams (2 teams through Nov 10, 2026), with a 40.5% win rate and 0 top cut appearances.

Most used tournament builds

The full Passimian sets that show up most on tournament teams (item, ability and all 4 moves).

Black Belt

Defiant

Close Combat
Gunk Shot
Protect
Rock Slide

1 teams · best finish: 27th

Choice Scarf

Defiant

Beat Up
Close Combat
Electroweb
Rock Slide

1 teams · best finish: 51st

Items, moves and abilities

Items

Black Belt50%
Choice Scarf50%

Moves

Close Combat100%
Rock Slide100%
Gunk Shot50%
Protect50%
Beat Up50%
Electroweb50%

Abilities

Defiant100%

Nature (stat alignment)

Jolly100%

Passimian Speed

Final Speed at level 50. Trick Room: the minimum. Tailwind doubles any value.

Pokémon	Base	Min (TR)	0 SP	32 SP	Max	Scarf
Passimian	80	90	100	132	145	217

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Most common partners

% of teams with Passimian that also bring each Pokémon.

Weaknesses and resistances

Damage multiplier of each move type against this Pokémon's types.

4x weakness

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2x weakness

Flying
Psychic
Fairy

Resists (½)

Bug
Rock
Dark

Resists (¼)

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Immune

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best Passimian build in Pokémon Champions?

The most used tournament build is Passimian @ Black Belt with Defiant and Close Combat, Gunk Shot, Protect and Rock Slide (1 teams).

What item should Passimian hold?

The most used items in tournaments are Black Belt (50%) and Choice Scarf (50%).

What is Passimian's Speed at level 50?

Base 80: 90 at minimum (Trick Room), 132 with 32 SP and a neutral nature, and 145 with 32 SP and a Speed nature.