Competitive Information for Sentret [Diamond/Pearl]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sentret? 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.
Sentret is an astounding Normal-typed Pokemon. Sentret is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Sentret can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Sentret's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 172 Hp / 252 Atk / 84 Def
Moveset:
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw
- Aqua Tail
- Sucker Punch
Physical Sweeper Sentret
Sentret is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Sentret from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Sentret's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Sentret's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sentret? 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 / Choice Band
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 172 Hp / 252 Atk / 84 Def
Moveset:
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw
- Aqua Tail
- Sucker Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sentret
Sentret is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Sentret from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Sentret's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Sentret's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sentret 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 Sentret 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 Sentret
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- 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: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Follow Me, Helping Hand, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Sentret's stats
- Amnesia
- Charge Beam
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Sentret
- Baton Pass
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Sentret in Diamond and Pearl
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