Competitive Information for Mr. Mime [Diamond/Pearl]


Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Mr. Mime? 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.
Mr. Mime is a phenomenal Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to see Mr. Mime show up as a Diamond/Pearl opponent. Mr. Mime is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Filter
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball / Solar Beam
Special Sweeper Mr. Mime (Filter)
Mr. Mime is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Mr. Mime from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Mr. Mime's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Filter, Mr. Mime receives 3/4 damage from supereffective attacks.
♦ Psybeam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Mr. Mime's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% 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).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Mr. Mime? 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 / Choice Specs
Ability: Filter
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball / Solar Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Mr. Mime (Filter)
Mr. Mime is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Mr. Mime from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Mr. Mime's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Filter, Mr. Mime receives 3/4 damage from supereffective attacks.
♦ Psybeam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Mr. Mime's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% 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).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
Item: Focus Sash / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Filter
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 240 Hp / 16 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Shadow Ball
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Mr. Mime (Filter)
Mr. Mime is an interesting Offensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Mr. Mime from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Filter, Mr. Mime receives 3/4 damage from supereffective attacks.
♦ Psybeam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Mr. Mime's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Mr. Mime 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 Mr. Mime 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 Mr. Mime
- Moves: Sunny Day + Solar Beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych Up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Follow Me, Magic Coat, Snatch, Helping Hand
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Most notable and possible best moves for Mr. Mime
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Mr. Mime in Diamond and Pearl
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