What is a good competitive moveset for Ledian? 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.
Ledian is a spectacular Bug and Flying-typed Pokemon. Ledian are common Pokemon to see in the DP metagame. Ledian is weak to Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Ledian is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Ledian from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Ledian's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Early Bird, Ledian's sleep counter drops by 2 instead of 1. Solar Beam was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Silver Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)). ♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes). ♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight). ♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Ledian cannot move next turn). ♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ledian? 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.
Ledian is popular Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Ledian from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Ledian's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Early Bird, Ledian's sleep counter drops by 2 instead of 1. Solar Beam was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes). ♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Silver Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)). ♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight). ♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Ledian cannot move next turn). ♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Ledian 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Ledian 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 Ledian
Moves: Sunny day + Solar Beam
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
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, Endure, Protect, Mach Punch
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