Competitive Information for Muk [Diamond/Pearl]
Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Muk? 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.
Muk is an awesome Poison-typed Pokemon. Muk is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 4. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Muk's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic.
Item: Black Sludge / Wide Lens
Ability: Sticky Hold
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Poison Jab / Gunk Shot
- Fire Punch
- Curse
- Pain Split / Explosion
Special Wall Muk (Popular/Trending)
Muk is a remarkable Special Wall. It's designed to take a considerable amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Wide Lens will help improve the accuracy of Muk's moves. With Sticky Hold, Muk cannot lose its held item due to another pokemon's attack.
♦ Gunk Shot is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Curse is a status move (curses if ghost, else -1 spe, +1 atk, +1 def).
♦ Pain Split is a status move (shares hp of Muk and target equally).
♦ Explosion is a physical 500-base power Normal-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. your Muk faints).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Stench
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Return / Body Slam
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
Physical Sweeper Muk (Stench)
Muk is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Stench, no competitive use.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Muk? 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: Stench
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Poison Jab
- Return / Body Slam
- Fire Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Muk (Stench)
Muk is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Stench, no competitive use.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Muk 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 Muk 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 Muk
- Moves: Mimic + Imprison
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Shadow Sneak
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Muk's stats
- Acid Armor
- Curse
- Harden
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Muk
- Curse
- Dynamic Punch
- Explosion
- Fire Punch
- Focus Punch
- Gunk Shot
- Pain Split
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Rest
- Substitute
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Muk in Diamond and Pearl
- Careful Nature ( 252/0/4/0/252/0/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 212/252/0/0/40/4/ )
- Optimize Muk's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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