Competitive Information for Phione [Diamond/Pearl]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Phione? 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.
Phione is a wonderful Water-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty regular sight to see Phione out in the 4th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Phione's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Hydration
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Waterfall / Dive
- Return / Secret Power
- U-turn
- Knock Off / Fling
Physical Sweeper Phione (Hydration)
Phione is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Phione's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Phione's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hydration, Phione has its status cured at the end of each turn if rain dance is active.
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ 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)).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Phione switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 20-base power Dark-type move (target's item is lost and it cannot obtain another).
♦ Fling is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (flings your Phione's item at the target. power varies).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Hydration
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Bubble Beam
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Signal Beam
- Ancient Power
Special Sweeper Phione (Hydration)
Phione is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Phione's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Phione's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hydration, Phione has its status cured at the end of each turn if rain dance is active.
♦ Bubble Beam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (10% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Ancient Power is a special 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Phione? 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: Hydration
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Waterfall / Dive
- Return / Secret Power
- U-turn
- Knock Off / Fling
Doubles Physical Sweeper Phione (Hydration)
Phione is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Phione's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Phione's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hydration, Phione has its status cured at the end of each turn if rain dance is active.
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ 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)).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Phione switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 20-base power Dark-type move (target's item is lost and it cannot obtain another).
♦ Fling is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (flings your Phione's item at the target. power varies).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Hydration
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Bubble Beam
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Signal Beam
- Ancient Power
Doubles Special Sweeper Phione (Hydration)
Phione is a legendary Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Phione's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Phione's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hydration, Phione has its status cured at the end of each turn if rain dance is active.
♦ Bubble Beam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (10% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Ancient Power is a special 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Phione 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 Phione 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 Phione
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Phione's stats
- Acid Armor
- Ancient Power
Most notable and possible best moves for Phione
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Phione in Diamond and Pearl
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