Competitive Information for Monferno [Diamond/Pearl]
Fire / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Monferno? 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.
Monferno is a pretty decent Fire and Fighting-typed Pokemon. Monferno is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Monferno is weak to Flying, Ground, Psychic, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Blaze Kick / Flare Blitz
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Shadow Claw
- U-turn / Return
Physical Sweeper Monferno
Monferno is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Monferno from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Monferno's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Monferno's fire-type attacks have 1.5x power. U-turn was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 1/3 recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Monferno).
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Monferno's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Monferno switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Vacuum Wave
- Snore
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Monferno
Monferno is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Monferno from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Monferno's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Monferno's fire-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Vacuum Wave is a special STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Fighting-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Monferno must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Monferno? 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: Blaze
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Blaze Kick / Flare Blitz
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Rock Slide
- Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Monferno
Monferno is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Monferno's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Monferno's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Monferno's fire-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 1/3 recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Monferno).
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Monferno's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Vacuum Wave
- Snore
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Monferno
Monferno is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Monferno from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Monferno's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Monferno's fire-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Monferno's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Vacuum Wave is a special STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Fighting-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Monferno must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Monferno 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 Monferno 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 Monferno
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Blaze + Item: Focus sash
- 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
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Mach Punch, Fake Out, Helping Hand, Feint, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Monferno's stats
- Bulk Up
- Nasty Plot
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Monferno
- Fake Out
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Monferno in Diamond and Pearl
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