Primeape (Choice Band Set)

"ItsOnLikDK"

Ok so first off lets talk about Primeape, obviously he is more desirable in the physical spectrum of potential pokemon sweeping or revenge killing. This pokemon also possesses a great movepool for the standard metagame in which the 4th Generation generally contains. With these thoughts in mind we also can look at the impressive stats below which show a high level of both Attack and Speed.

Now keeping in mind that we are focusing on the using the high speed and attack possessed in Primeape, so let me begin discussing one of my favorite builds below.

Item Held:  Choice Band

Nature: Jolly

Effort Value Spread:

252 Atk EVs, 252 Spd EVs, and 4 Hp EVs

This gives us the average overall stats for this pokemon at:

HP~ 272

Attack~ 309

Defense~ 156

Sp. Atk~ 140

Sp. Def~ 176

Speed~ 317

Along with the following interchangeable moveset:

Close Combat

Ice/Fire/Thunderpunch

Seed Bomb/Earthquake

U-Turn

   

So looking at what we have above, we can notice that this Primeape can be quite the contender! The reason behind Close Combat is due to the great base power it has along with STAB boost, making it quite the necessity. Any of the three elemental punches will add extra type coverage, preferably Ice or Thunder Punch as it helps eliminate direct threats from the weakness to Flying types, as well as sweep off potential problems such as dragon and bulky water types. Seed bomb is for the unexpected smack to pokemon such as Swampert, Quagsire, and such who would normally wall this pokemon forcing a switch. U-Turn is for the save exit when switching into a bad matchup, or for damage on Psychic which we are also weak to, and dark types as well. 

I hope this moveset is of some use wether for personal use or reference, or even food for thought. Thank you.

~A*M*P~