What is a good competitive moveset for Kirlia? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Kirlia is a phenomenal Psychic-typed Pokemon. Kirlia is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Kirlia is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Kirlia is an astounding Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Kirlia from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Kirlia's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Synchronize, if another pokemon burns/poisons/paralyzes Kirlia it also gets that status.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense). ♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target). ♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Kirlia's special attack by 1 stage). ♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes). ♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn). ♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Kirlia? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Kirlia is an awesome Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Kirlia from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Kirlia's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Synchronize, if another pokemon burns/poisons/paralyzes Kirlia it also gets that status.
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes). ♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn). ♦ Synchronoise is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Psychic-type move (hits adjacent pokemon sharing your Kirlia's type). ♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage). ♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target). ♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Kirlia's special attack by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Kirlia learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation. Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Kirlia can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
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