Competitive Information for Luxray [Black/White]
Electric
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Luxray? 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.
Luxray is a fabulous Electric-typed Pokemon. Luxray are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. Luxray's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Item: Flame Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Frustration
- Wild Charge / Spark
- Superpower / Double Kick
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Luxray (Guts)
Luxray is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Luxray's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Flame Orb will burn Luxray at the end of the turn which will activate Luxray's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Luxray is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Luxray a sweet boost.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Spark is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Luxray's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Double Kick is a physical 30-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Luxray this turn).
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Item: Air Balloon
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Wild Charge
- Ice Fang / Night Slash
- Howl
- Charge
Luxray Physical Tank (Howl+charge Attacker)
Luxray is pretty popular Physical Tank. It is designed to take a considerable amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Guts, if Luxray is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage.
♦ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Howl is a status move (raises your Luxray's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Charge is a status move (+1 spd, Luxray's electric move next turn 2x power).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Luxray? 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: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Frustration
- Wild Charge / Spark
- Superpower / Double Kick
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Luxray (Guts)
Luxray is a notable Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Luxray's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Flame Orb will burn Luxray at the end of the turn which will activate Luxray's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Luxray is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Luxray a sweet boost.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Spark is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Luxray's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Double Kick is a physical 30-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Luxray this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Luxray 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.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Luxray 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 Luxray
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Guts + Item: Flame orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Luxray's stats
- Charge
- Charge Beam
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Luxray
- Howl
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Luxray in Black and White
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