Competitive Information for Linoone [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Linoone? 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.
Linoone is an extraordinary Normal-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to see Linoone show up as a Black/White opponent. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Linoone's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Iapapa Berry
Ability: Gluttony
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Extreme Speed
- Seed Bomb
- Shadow Claw
- Belly Drum
Physical Sweeper Linoone (Popular/Trending)
Linoone is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Gluttony, when Linoone has 1/2 or less of its maximum hp it uses certain berries early.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Belly Drum is a status move (Linoone loses 50% max hp; This also maximizes Linoone's attack stat).
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Item: Flame Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Quick Feet
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 Def / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Seed Bomb
- Shadow Claw
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Linoone (Quick Feet)
Linoone is an interesting Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Linoone from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Flame Orb will burn Linoone at the end of the turn which will activate Linoone's Quick Feet ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Quick Feet, if Linoone is statused its speed is 1.5x; ignores speed drop from paralysis. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Quick Feet to seriously give Linoone a sweet boost.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Linoone this turn).
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Item: Iron Ball
Ability: Quick Feet
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 213 Hp / 243 Atk / 54 Spe
Moveset:
- Shadow Claw
- Fling
- Facade
- Return
Linoone Physical Tank (Belly Drum)
Linoone is an astounding Physical Tank. It's purpose is to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Iron Ball will halve the user's speed and are generally not recommended unless being used with Trick Room. With Quick Feet, if Linoone is statused its speed is 1.5x; ignores speed drop from paralysis. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Quick Feet to seriously give Linoone a sweet boost.
♦ Fling is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (flings your Linoone's item at the target. power varies).
♦ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Linoone is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Linoone? 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.
Item: Flame Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Quick Feet
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 Def / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Seed Bomb
- Shadow Claw
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Linoone (Quick Feet)
Linoone is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Linoone from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Flame Orb will burn Linoone at the end of the turn which will activate Linoone's Quick Feet ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Quick Feet, if Linoone is statused its speed is 1.5x; ignores speed drop from paralysis. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Quick Feet to seriously give Linoone a sweet boost.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Linoone this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Linoone 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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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Linoone 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.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Linoone
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Ability: Quick feet + Item: Flame orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Extreme Speed, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Linoone's stats
- Belly Drum
- Charge Beam
- Defense Curl
- Hone Claws
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Linoone
- Belly Drum
- Extreme Speed
- Ice Beam
- Other
- Protect
- Rest
- Seed Bomb
- Shadow Claw
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Linoone in Black and White
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252/ )
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- Optimize Linoone's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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