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Competitive Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Movesets and Strategies for Mudkip

Base Stats for Mudkip

Water

Abilities:

Evolutions / Family:
Mudkip
Marshtomp
Swampert

Weakness Chart for Water-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

2x

0.5x

2x

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0.5x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Mudkip? 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.

Mudkip is a remarkable Water-typed Pokemon. Mudkip is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Mudkip's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.

Species: Mudkip
Item: Life Orb / Mystic Water
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Double-Edge / Return
- Superpower / Rock Smash
- Rock Slide / Rollout

Physical Sweeper Mudkip

Mudkip is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Mudkip's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Mudkip from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Mudkip's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Torrent, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Mudkip's water-type attacks have 1.5x power.

♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Mudkip's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. repeats for 5 turns).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Mudkip? 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.

Species: Mudkip
Item: Life Orb / Hard Stone
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rollout
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Double-Edge / Return
- Superpower / Rock Smash

Doubles Physical Sweeper Mudkip

Mudkip is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Mudkip's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Mudkip from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Mudkip's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Torrent, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Mudkip's water-type attacks have 1.5x power.

♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. repeats for 5 turns).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Mudkip's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Mudkip 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Mudkip 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 Mudkip

Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Endure + Endeavor
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect

Optimize Mudkip's EVs for Diamond/Pearl

Competitive Information for Mudkip [Diamond/Pearl]