Competitive Information for Ninjask [Diamond/Pearl]
Bug / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Ninjask? 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.
Ninjask is a stupendous Bug and Flying-typed Pokemon. Ninjask are common Pokemon to see in the DP metagame. Ninjask can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Ninjask is weak to Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers / Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 248 Hp / 244 Def / 16 Spe
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / Leech Life
- Baton Pass
- Protect
- Substitute / Double-Edge
Physical Wall Ninjask (Popular/Trending)
Ninjask is an awesome Physical Wall. It's goal is to take a considerable amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Ninjask last longer regaining it's it's health every turn. Focus Sash helps protect Ninjask from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Speed Boost, Ninjask's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
♦ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 20-base power Bug-type move (Ninjask recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Baton Pass is a status move (Ninjask switches, passing stat changes and more).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Ninjask this turn).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Ninjask takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
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Item: Focus Sash / Charti Berry
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 136 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Night Slash / Thief
- X-Scissor / U-turn
- Metal Claw
Physical Sweeper Ninjask (Speed Boost)
Ninjask is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Ninjask from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Speed Boost, Ninjask's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Thief is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Ninjask has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (Ninjask switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Metal Claw is a physical 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Ninjask's attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 241 Hp / 30 Def / 237 Spe
Moveset:
- Baton Pass
- Sandstorm
- Substitute
- Screech
Ninjask Support (What I Want)
Ninjask is popular Support. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Ninjask last longer regaining it's HP every turn. With Speed Boost, Ninjask's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
♦ Sandstorm is a status move (for 5 turns, a sandstorm rages).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Ninjask takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Screech is a status move (lowers the target's defense by 2 stages).
Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Substitute
- Baton Pass
- Protect
- Dig
Ninjask Physical Sweeper (Untouchable Speedster*)
Ninjask is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Ninjask from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Speed Boost, Ninjask's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. Throw off your opponent to BP your speed into another Pokemon that can absorb the incoming hit.
♦ Baton Pass is a status move (Ninjask switches, passing stat changes and more).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Ninjask this turn).
♦ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ninjask? 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: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 136 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Night Slash / Thief
- X-Scissor / U-turn
- Metal Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Ninjask (Speed Boost)
Ninjask is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Ninjask from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Speed Boost, Ninjask's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Thief is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Ninjask has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (Ninjask switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Metal Claw is a physical 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Ninjask's attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 248 Hp / 192 Atk / 68 Spe
Moveset:
- Protect
- Baton Pass
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
Ninjask Physical Tank (Quick Cacada*)
Ninjask is a spectacular Physical Tank. It is primarily designed to take a mighty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Focus Sash helps protect Ninjask from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Speed Boost, Ninjask's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. Ninjask's absurd Speed allows it to set up on almost any Pokemon lacking Taunt.Swords Dance is vital to this set, as Speed Boost and Swords Dance work in conjunction to pass as many boosts to the next Pokemon as quickly as possible. Substitute is also an important move, as it allows Ninjask to attain more boosts in safety. Furthermore, passing a Substitute along with the boosts provided by Ninjask can often mean the difference between a swift victory and a wasted slot on the team.
♦ Baton Pass is a status move (Ninjask switches, passing stat changes and more).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Ninjask takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Ninjask's attack by 2 stages).
Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Ninjask 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 Ninjask 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 Ninjask
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Speed boost + Move: Protect
- Ability: Speed boost + Move: Baton pass
- 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 Ninjask's stats
- Agility
- Harden
- Metal Claw
- Ominous Wind
- Silver Wind
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Ninjask
- Aerial Ace
- Baton Pass
- Double-Edge
- Leech Life
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
- Toxic
- U-turn
- X-Scissor
Common Effort Values for Ninjask in Diamond and Pearl
- Jolly Nature ( 248/0/244/0/0/16/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 252/4/0/0/0/252/ )
- Optimize Ninjask's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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