Competitive Information for Loudred [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Loudred? 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.
Loudred is popular Normal-typed Pokemon. Loudred is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Loudred's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Scrappy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Earthquake
- Hammer Arm / Brick Break
- Fire Punch
Physical Sweeper Loudred (Scrappy)
Loudred is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Loudred's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Hammer Arm). Focus Sash helps protect Loudred from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Loudred's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Scrappy, Loudred can hit ghost types with normal- and fighting-type moves.
♦ Frustration is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Loudred's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Scrappy
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Loudred (Scrappy)
Loudred is a notable Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Loudred's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Overheat). Focus Sash helps protect Loudred from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Loudred's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Scrappy, Loudred can hit ghost types with normal- and fighting-type moves.
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Overheat is a special 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Loudred's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ 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 Loudred? 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: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Scrappy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Loudred (Scrappy)
Loudred is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Loudred's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Hammer Arm). Focus Sash helps protect Loudred from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Loudred's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Scrappy, Loudred can hit ghost types with normal- and fighting-type moves.
♦ Frustration is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Loudred's speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Scrappy
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Synchronoise / Extrasensory
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Loudred (Scrappy)
Loudred is an astounding Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Loudred's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Overheat). Focus Sash helps protect Loudred from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Loudred's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Scrappy, Loudred can hit ghost types with normal- and fighting-type moves.
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Overheat is a special 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Loudred's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Synchronoise is a special 70-base power Psychic-type move (hits adjacent pokemon sharing your Loudred's type).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Loudred learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Loudred 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 Loudred
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Loudred's stats
- Defense Curl
- Howl
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Loudred
- Earthquake
- Howl
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Loudred in Black and White
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