Competitive Information for Lopunny [Diamond/Pearl]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Lopunny? 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.
Lopunny is an astounding Normal-typed Pokemon. Lopunny are common Pokemon to see in the DP metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Lopunny's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Cute Charm
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Strength
- Jump Kick / Sky Uppercut
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
Physical Sweeper Lopunny
Lopunny is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Lopunny's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Lopunny's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cute Charm, 30% chance of infatuating pokemon of the opposite gender if they make contact.
♦ Strength is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Jump Kick is a physical 85-base power Fighting-type move (if miss, Lopunny 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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Item: Flame Orb
Ability: Klutz
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Switcheroo
- Baton Pass
- Agility
- Ice Punch
Lopunny Support (Switch Em Up)
Lopunny is a sensational Support. Flame Orb will burn Lopunny at the end of the turn. With Klutz, Lopunny's held item has no effect except macho brace. fling cannot be used.
♦ Baton Pass is a status move (Lopunny switches, passing stat changes and more).
♦ Agility is a status move (raises your Lopunny's speed by 2 stages).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Flame Orb
Ability: Klutz
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 100 Def / 100 SpD / 56 Spe
Moveset:
- Switcheroo
- Encore
- Ice Punch
- Fire Punch
Lopunny Double Wall (Honey Bunny)
Lopunny is a notable Double Wall. It is designed to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Flame Orb will burn Lopunny at the end of the turn. With Klutz, Lopunny's held item has no effect except macho brace. fling cannot be used.
♦ Encore is a status move (the target repeats its last move for 4-8 turns).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Lopunny? 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: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Cute Charm
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Strength
- Jump Kick / Sky Uppercut
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Lopunny
Lopunny is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Lopunny's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Lopunny's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cute Charm, 30% chance of infatuating pokemon of the opposite gender if they make contact.
♦ Strength is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Jump Kick is a physical 85-base power Fighting-type move (if miss, Lopunny 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 Lopunny 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 Lopunny 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 Lopunny
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- 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: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Magic Coat, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Lopunny's stats
- Agility
- Charge Beam
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Lopunny
- Baton Pass
- Fake Out
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Lopunny in Diamond and Pearl
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