Competitive Information for Drifloon [Diamond/Pearl]
Ghost / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Drifloon? 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.
Drifloon is a notable Ghost and Flying-typed Pokemon. Drifloon is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Drifloon can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Drifloon is weak to Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 168 Def / 88 SpD
Moveset:
- Return / Body Slam
- Sucker Punch / Payback
- Astonish
- Rollout
Physical Sweeper Drifloon (Unburden)
Drifloon is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Drifloon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ 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 Drifloon moves after the target).
♦ Astonish is a physical STAB-boosted 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. repeats for 5 turns).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 168 Def / 252 SpA / 88 SpD
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Gust
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
- Weather Ball
- Thunderbolt
Special Sweeper Drifloon (Unburden)
Drifloon is a decent Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Gust is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Flying-type move (power doubles during bounce and fly).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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)).
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Drifloon? 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
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 168 Def / 88 SpD
Moveset:
- Return / Body Slam
- Sucker Punch / Payback
- Astonish
- Rollout
Doubles Physical Sweeper Drifloon (Unburden)
Drifloon is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Drifloon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ 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 Drifloon moves after the target).
♦ Astonish is a physical STAB-boosted 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. repeats for 5 turns).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 168 Def / 252 SpA / 88 SpD
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Gust
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
- Icy Wind
- Weather Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Drifloon (Unburden)
Drifloon is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Gust is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Flying-type move (power doubles during bounce and fly).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Drifloon 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 Drifloon 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 Drifloon
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Psych up + Haze
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Ability: Unburden + Item: Mirror herb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Magic Coat, Protect, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Hypnosis, Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Drifloon's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Ominous Wind
- Silver Wind
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Drifloon
- Baton Pass
- Destiny Bond
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Drifloon in Diamond and Pearl
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