Pokémon Sword and Shield: How to Evolve Pancham into No. 112 Pangoro

PokémonSword and Shield may not have the entire National Dex at its disposal, butthere are still 72 Pokémon that don’t simply evolve at a certain level. On topof those, even more are on the way in the upcoming expansions.

With PokémonSword and Pokémon Shield, a few evolution methods have been altered fromprevious games, and, of course, there are some new Pokémon to evolve throughincreasingly peculiar and specific ways.

Here, you’llfind out where to find Pancham as well as how to evolve Pancham into Pangoro.

Where to find Pancham in Pokémon Sword and Shield

Pancham was introduced to the world of Pokémon in Generation VI (Pokémon X and Y), with its distinctly panda-looking appearance earning Pancham immediate appeal.

Pancham hasalways required the same steps to evolve into Pangoro across its appearances inthree generations of Pokémon games, including Generation VIII.

In PokémonSword and Shield, you likely won’t have much trouble trying to catch a Panchamas, in line with their classification of being a Playful Pokémon, Pancham isvery aggressive in the overworld of the Wild Area.

Here’s whereyou can find Pancham:

Route3: Random encounter in the grass
EastLake Axwell: Intense Sun, Overcast Conditions, Sandstorms, Snowing, Snowstorms,Thunderstorms
RollingFields: All Weather Conditions
WestLake Axewell: Intense Sun, Overcast Conditions

As you cansee, if you want to find a Pancham in the wild quickly, you’re best off headingover to the Rolling Fields region of the Wild Area.

You’ll beable to see Pancham in the overworld, and will likely be chased by one or twoof them as they’re rather forward in the wild.

How to catch Pancham in Pokémon Sword and Shield

Pancham isinvariably found at a low level across its many spawning locations, ranging fromlevel 7 at West Lake Axewell to level 15 at East Lake Axewell.

As such,catching a Pancham is very easy. The fighting-type Pokémon can be caught with astandard Poké Ball at the beginning of the encounter. Or, to all-but guaranteea catch, use a Great Ball or Ultra Ball straight away.

If you findthat you do need to weaken the Pancham before catching it, keep in mind that it’sa fighting-type Pokémon.

This meansthat flying, psychic, and fairy-type moves are super-effective against Pancham,while bug, dark, and rock-type moves aren’t very effective and are suitable forslowly cutting down its HP bar.

It is,however, also possible to catch Pancham’s evolution, Pangoro, in the wild.Often seen wandering around the Wild Area, you can find a high-level Pangoro inthese locations:

BridgeField: Wandering in Intense Sun and Overcast Conditions
DappledGrove: Wandering in Intense Sun, Sandstorms, Snowing, and Snowstorms
Lakeof Outrage: Overcast Conditions (Random Encounter)
RollingFields: Wandering in Intense Sun, Normal Conditions, Overcast Conditions, Rain,and Thunderstorms

How to evolve Pancham into Pangoro

Pokémon Sword and Shield evolve Pancham into Pangoro

It’s one ofthe simpler odd evolution methods, but it can be easy to miss if you’re toilingto level-up and evolve Pancham into Pangoro.

To evolvePancham into Pangoro, you’ll need your Pancham to be at level 31 or above andfor it to then level-up while you have a dark-type Pokémon in your party.

Pokémon Sword and Shield Pancham evolve into Pangoro

As you cansee in the image above, Obstagoon (dark-normal type) is in the team, andPancham is at or above level 31. So, next time it levels up, the Pancham willevolve into a Pangoro.

Here’s alist of all of the dark-type Pokémon in Pokémon Sword and Shield (at the timeof writing) that you can have in your team to enable Pancham to evolve into thefighting-dark type Pangoro:

Pokémon	Type
Nickit	Dark
Thievul	Dark
Zigzagoon	Dark-Normal
Linoone	Dark-Normal
Obstagoon	Dark-Normal
Nuzleaf	Grass-Dark
Shiftry	Grass-Dark
Purrloin	Dark
Liepard	Dark
Crawdaunt	Water-Dark
Pangoro	Fighting-Dark
Gallade	Psychic-Fighting
Stunky	Poison-Dark
Skuntank	Poison-Dark
Umbreon	Dark
Scraggy	Dark-Fighting
Scrafty	Dark-Fighting
Impidimp	Dark-Fairy
Morgrem	Dark-Fairy
Grimmsnarl	Dark-Fairy
Pawniard	Dark-Steel
Bisharp	Dark-Steel
Vullaby	Dark-Flying
Mandibuzz	Dark-Flying
Drapion	Poison-Dark
Inkay	Dark-Psychic
Malamar	Dark-Psychic
Sneasel	Dark-Ice
Weavile	Dark-Ice
Sableye	Dark-Ghost
Morpeko	Electric-Dark
Tyranitar	Rock-Dark
Deino	Dark-Dragon
Zweilous	Dark-Dragon
Hydreigon	Dark-Dragon

If you haveany of the above Pokémon in your team when you see your Pancham level-up up tolevel 32 or higher, it will evolve into a Pangoro.

Should you not have any of those Pokémon yet, here’s how to catch and evolve Zigzagoon, Linoone, and Obstagoon, as well as how to catch and evolve Inkay into Malamar.

It’s also worth noting that Hydreigon and Tyranitar are among the best Pokémon in Sword and Shield, so it’s well worth hunting them down if you haven’t done so already.

How to use Pangoro (strengths and weaknesses)

Pangoro’sgreatest strength is the Daunting Pokémon’s attack, for which it has a veryhigh base stat line.

The Pokémonlearns many physical attacks to capitalise on its lofty attack stat, includingCircle Throw, Low Sweep, Slash, Crunch, and Hammer Arm.

While itsspeed is low, defence, special attack, and special defence are middling,Pangoro’s HP base stat line is pretty good.

As afighting-dark type Pokémon, Pangoro has very few weaknesses, with fighting andflying-type moves being super effective against the Pokémon. However,fairy-type moves are even more powerful against Pangoro, so try to avoid allequal-level or stronger Pokémon that boast fairy-type moves.

Threedifferent abilities are available to Pangoro: Iron Fist, Mold Breaker, andScrappy.

The Iron Fistability increases the power of punching moves (like Fire Punch, Ice Punch, andThunder Punch) by 20 per cent. Having Mold Breaker means that the Pangoro’smoves won’t be affected by the opponent’s abilities.

Pangoro’spotential hidden ability is Scrappy, which allows it to block Intimidate andhit ghost-type Pokémon with its fighting and normal-type moves – which ghost-typePokémon are usually immune to.

There youhave it: your Pancham just evolved into a Pangoro. You now have a dark-fightingtype Pokémon that is very powerful when it comes to using physical attacks.

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