Competitive Information for Masquerain [Diamond/Pearl]
Bug / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Masquerain? 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.
Masquerain is a stupendous Bug and Flying-typed Pokemon. Masquerain are common Pokemon to see in the DP metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Masquerain is weak to Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Charti Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Bug Buzz / Signal Beam
- Ice Beam
- Energy Ball
Special Sweeper Masquerain (Intimidate)
Masquerain is an awesome Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Masquerain's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Intimidate, on switch-in Masquerain lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ 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).
♦ Signal Beam is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-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 Masquerain? 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: Charti Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Bug Buzz / Signal Beam
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Masquerain (Intimidate)
Masquerain is an astounding Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Masquerain's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Intimidate, on switch-in Masquerain lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ 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).
♦ Signal Beam is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ 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).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Masquerain 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 Masquerain 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 Masquerain
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Psych up + Haze
- 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 Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Stun Spore, Toxic
Moves that boost Masquerain's stats
- Agility
- Ominous Wind
- Silver Wind
Most notable and possible best moves for Masquerain
- Baton Pass
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Masquerain in Diamond and Pearl
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