Competitive Information for Buneary [Diamond/Pearl]


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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Buneary? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Buneary is a spectacular Normal-typed Pokemon. Buneary is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Buneary can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Buneary's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Klutz
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Headbutt
- Jump Kick / Sky Uppercut
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
Physical Sweeper Buneary
Buneary is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Buneary from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Buneary's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Klutz, Buneary's held item has no effect except macho brace. fling cannot be used.
♦ Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Jump Kick is a physical 85-base power Fighting-type move (if miss, Buneary takes 1/2 damage it would've dealt).
♦ Sky Uppercut is a physical 85-base power Fighting-type move (can hit pokemon using bounce or fly).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Buneary? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Klutz
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Headbutt
- Jump Kick / Sky Uppercut
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Buneary
Buneary is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Buneary from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Buneary's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Klutz, Buneary's held item has no effect except macho brace. fling cannot be used.
♦ Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Jump Kick is a physical 85-base power Fighting-type move (if miss, Buneary takes 1/2 damage it would've dealt).
♦ Sky Uppercut is a physical 85-base power Fighting-type move (can hit pokemon using bounce or fly).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Buneary 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 Buneary can perform in Diamond/Pearl. 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 DP Move and Ability Combos for Buneary
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Ability: Klutz + Move: Switcheroo
- 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
- Move: Double Hit + Item: King's Rock
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect, Fake Out, Quick Attack
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Buneary's stats
- Agility
- Charge Beam
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Buneary
- Baton Pass
- Fake Out
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Buneary in Diamond and Pearl
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