Competitive Information for Riolu [Diamond/Pearl]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Riolu? 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.
Riolu is an interesting Fighting-typed Pokemon. Riolu is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Riolu can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Riolu's only type-related weaknesses are Flying and Psychic.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Steadfast
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Sky Uppercut
- Blaze Kick
- Shadow Claw
- Crunch / Return
Physical Sweeper Riolu (Steadfast)
Riolu is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Riolu's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Riolu's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Steadfast, if Riolu flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage. Crunch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Sky Uppercut is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fighting-type move (can hit pokemon using bounce or fly).
♦ Blaze Kick is a physical 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Riolu? 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: Steadfast
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- High Jump Kick / Sky Uppercut
- Rock Slide
- Blaze Kick
Doubles Physical Sweeper Riolu (Steadfast)
Riolu is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Riolu's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Riolu's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Steadfast, if Riolu flinches its speed is raised by 1 stage.
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (if miss, Riolu takes 1/2 damage it would've dealt).
♦ Sky Uppercut is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fighting-type move (can hit pokemon using bounce or fly).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Blaze Kick is a physical 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Riolu 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 Riolu 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 Riolu
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Follow Me, Helping Hand, Protect, Bullet Punch, Feint, Quick Attack, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Riolu's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Iron Defense
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Riolu
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Riolu in Diamond and Pearl
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