Competitive Information for Meditite [Black/White]
Fighting / Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Meditite? 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.
Meditite is an extraordinary Fighting and Psychic-typed Pokemon. Meditite is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Meditite's only type-related weaknesses are Flying and Ghost.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Drain Punch
- Double-Edge / Return
- Zen Headbutt / Psycho Cut
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Meditite (Pure Power)
Meditite is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Meditite is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until equipping Eviolite became the goto option. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Meditite from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Meditite's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pure Power, Meditite's attack is doubled.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Meditite recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Psycho Cut is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Shadow Ball
- Signal Beam
- Vacuum Wave
Special Sweeper Meditite
Meditite is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Meditite is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite makes it possibly stronger than it's final form. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Meditite from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Meditite's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pure Power, Meditite's attack is doubled.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Vacuum Wave is a special STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Fighting-type move (usually goes first).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Meditite? 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: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Drain Punch
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Return
- Zen Headbutt / Psycho Cut
Doubles Physical Sweeper Meditite (Pure Power)
Meditite is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Meditite is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until equipping Eviolite became the goto option. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Meditite from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Meditite's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pure Power, Meditite's attack is doubled.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Meditite recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Psycho Cut is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Telepathy
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Shadow Ball
- Signal Beam
- Vacuum Wave
Doubles Special Sweeper Meditite (Telepathy)
Meditite is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Meditite is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Meditite from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Meditite's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Telepathy, Meditite does not take damage from attacks made by its allies.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Vacuum Wave is a special STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Fighting-type move (usually goes first).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Meditite 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 Meditite 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 Meditite
- Moves: Swagger + Psych Up
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Moves: Pain Split + Toxic
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Detect, Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Feint, Bullet Punch, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Most notable and possible best moves for Meditite
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Meditite in Black and White
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