Competitive Information for Mothim [Diamond/Pearl]
Bug / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Mothim? 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.
Mothim is an outstanding Bug and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's almost common to see Mothim show up as a Diamond/Pearl opponent. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Mothim is weak to Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Charti Berry
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- U-turn / Bug Bite
- Return / Secret Power
- Thief
- Roost
Physical Sweeper Mothim
Mothim is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Mothim from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Mothim's bug-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Mothim steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Thief is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Mothim has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
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Item: Charti Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Bug Buzz / Signal Beam
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
Special Sweeper Mothim
Mothim is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Mothim's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Mothim's bug-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ 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).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse 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).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 60-base power Grass-type move (Mothim recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Mothim? 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: Focus Sash / Charti Berry
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- U-turn / Bug Bite
- Return / Secret Power
- Thief
- Roost
Doubles Physical Sweeper Mothim
Mothim is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Mothim from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Mothim's bug-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Mothim steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Thief is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Mothim has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
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Item: Charti Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Bug Buzz / Signal Beam
- Psychic
- Energy Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Mothim
Mothim is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Mothim's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Mothim's bug-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ 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).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Mothim 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 Mothim 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 Mothim
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- 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: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Mothim's stats
- Ominous Wind
- Silver Wind
Most notable and possible best moves for Mothim
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Mothim in Diamond and Pearl
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