Competitive Information for Deoxys (attack) [Diamond/Pearl]
Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Deoxys-attack? 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.
Deoxys is a stupendous Psychic-typed Pokemon. Deoxys is a usual Pokemon to see in Generation 4. Deoxys is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Deoxys is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 128 Def / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Superpower
- Zen Headbutt
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Deoxys-Attack (Pressure)
Deoxys is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Deoxys from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Deoxys's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Pressure, if Deoxys is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Deoxys's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 128 Def / 252 SpA / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Psycho Boost / Psychic
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Flash Cannon
Special Sweeper Deoxys-Attack (Pressure)
Deoxys is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Deoxys from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Deoxys's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Pressure, if Deoxys is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% 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 Deoxys-attack? 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 / Razor Fang
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 128 Def / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Superpower
- Double-Edge / Return
- Zen Headbutt
Doubles Physical Sweeper Deoxys-Attack (Pressure)
Deoxys is a legendary Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Deoxys from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Pressure, if Deoxys is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Deoxys's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 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).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 128 Def / 252 SpA / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Psycho Boost / Psychic
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Flash Cannon
Doubles Special Sweeper Deoxys-Attack (Pressure)
Deoxys is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Deoxys from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Deoxys's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Pressure, if Deoxys is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash / Silk Scarf
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 128 Def / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Superpower
- Zen Headbutt
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Deoxys-Attack (Pressure)
Deoxys is a legendary Offensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Deoxys from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Pressure, if Deoxys is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Deoxys's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Deoxys-attack learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Deoxys-attack 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 Deoxys-attack
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Magic Coat, Protect, Snatch, Extreme Speed
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Deoxys-attack's stats
- Agility
- Amnesia
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Cosmic Power
- Iron Defense
- Meteor Mash
Most notable and possible best moves for Deoxys-attack
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Psycho Boost
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Teleport
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Deoxys-attack in Diamond and Pearl
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