Competitive Information for Shuppet [Black/White]
Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Shuppet? 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.
Shuppet is an interesting Ghost-typed Pokemon. Shuppet is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Shuppet can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Shuppet's only type-related weaknesses are Dark and Ghost.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Cursed Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Sucker Punch / Payback
- Shadow Sneak / Astonish
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Shuppet (Cursed Body)
Shuppet is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Shuppet from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Shuppet's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cursed Body, if Shuppet is hit by an attack there is a 30% chance that move gets disabled.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Shuppet moves after the target).
♦ Shadow Sneak is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ghost-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Astonish is a physical STAB-boosted 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Shuppet this turn).
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Item: Life Orb / Spell Tag
Ability: Cursed Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Psychic
- Dark Pulse
Special Sweeper Shuppet (Cursed Body)
Shuppet is a notable Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Shuppet from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Shuppet's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cursed Body, if Shuppet is hit by an attack there is a 30% chance that move gets disabled.
♦ Ominous Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ 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 Shuppet's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Frisk
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 225 Hp / 236 Atk / 49 SpD
Moveset:
- Gunk Shot / Thief
- Trick Room
- Torment
- Disable
Shuppet Physical Tank (Lead Trick Room Pokemon)
Shuppet is an astounding Physical Tank. This moveset attempts to take a great amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Focus Sash helps protect Shuppet from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Frisk, on switch-in Shuppet identifies a random foe's held item.
♦ Thief is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Shuppet has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
♦ Torment is a status move (target can't select the same move twice in a row).
♦ Disable is a status move (for 4 turns, disables the target's last move used).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Shuppet? 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: Cursed Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Sucker Punch / Payback
- Shadow Sneak / Astonish
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Shuppet (Cursed Body)
Shuppet is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Shuppet from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Shuppet's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cursed Body, if Shuppet is hit by an attack there is a 30% chance that move gets disabled.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Shuppet moves after the target).
♦ Shadow Sneak is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ghost-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Astonish is a physical STAB-boosted 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Shuppet this turn).
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Item: Life Orb / Spell Tag
Ability: Cursed Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
- Icy Wind
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Psychic
Doubles Special Sweeper Shuppet (Cursed Body)
Shuppet is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Shuppet from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Shuppet's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cursed Body, if Shuppet is hit by an attack there is a 30% chance that move gets disabled.
♦ Ominous Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ 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 Shuppet's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Shuppet 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 Shuppet 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 Shuppet
- Moves: Mimic + Imprison
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Magic Coat, Protect, Snatch, Shadow Sneak, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Thunder Wave, Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Shuppet's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Ominous Wind
Most notable and possible best moves for Shuppet
- Destiny Bond
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Shuppet in Black and White
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