Competitive Information for Luxray [Diamond/Pearl]
Electric
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Luxray? 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.
Luxray is a wonderful Electric-typed Pokemon. It's normal to see Luxray show up as a Diamond/Pearl opponent. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Luxray's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Night Slash / Crunch
- Superpower
- Return / Strength
- Spark / Thunder Fang
Physical Sweeper Luxray (Intimidate)
Luxray is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Luxray's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Luxray's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Intimidate, on switch-in Luxray lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Luxray's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Spark is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Thunder Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze. 10% chance to flinch).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Luxray? 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: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Night Slash / Crunch
- Superpower
- Return / Strength
- Spark / Thunder Fang
Doubles Physical Sweeper Luxray (Intimidate)
Luxray is a notable Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Luxray's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Luxray's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Intimidate, on switch-in Luxray lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Luxray's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Spark is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Thunder Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze. 10% chance to flinch).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Luxray 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 Luxray 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 Luxray
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Luxray's stats
- Charge
- Charge Beam
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Luxray
- Howl
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Luxray in Diamond and Pearl
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