Competitive Information for Skarmory [Diamond/Pearl]
Steel / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Skarmory? 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.
Skarmory is a fabulous Steel and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's common to see Skarmory show up as a Diamond/Pearl opponent. Skarmory can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Skarmory's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Fire.
Item: Leftovers / Shed Shell
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Roost / Brave Bird
- Spikes
- Stealth Rock
- Whirlwind
Physical Wall Skarmory (Popular/Trending)
Skarmory is a decent Physical Wall. This moveset is designed to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Skarmory last longer regaining it's life every turn. With Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Skarmory's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Spikes is a status move (hurts grounded foes on switch-in. max 3 layers).
♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness).
♦ Whirlwind is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Night Slash / Assurance
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Steel Wing
Physical Sweeper Skarmory (Sturdy)
Skarmory is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Skarmory's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sturdy, ohko moves fail when used against Skarmory.
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Assurance is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Steel Wing is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Skarmory's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 232 Def / 24 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird
- Roost
- Spikes
- Whirlwind
Skarmory Physical Wall (Standard Skarmory)
Skarmory is a decent Physical Wall. The purpose of this moveset is to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Skarmory last longer regaining it's it's life every turn. With Sturdy, ohko moves fail when used against Skarmory. Skarmory should first lay Spikes to force the opponent to make a rather painful decision when switching in and out of the battlefield. Roost can wear out Life Orb users, such as Metagross and Gyarados, while keeping Skarmory up-to-shape for the next assault. Whirlwind is great against Pokemon such as Bulk Up Conkeldurr or merely shuffling for extra damage from the opponent landing on Spikes. Brave Bird ties it all together nicely with it being a high Base Power STAB move that handles threats nicely, especially Fighting-types such as Machamp and Scrafty.
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Spikes is a status move (hurts grounded foes on switch-in. max 3 layers).
♦ Whirlwind is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Stealth Rock
- Drill Peck
- Whirlwind
- Swords Dance
Skarmory Physical Sweeper (Skars Aplenty)
Skarmory is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Skarmory last longer regaining it's life every turn. With Sturdy, ohko moves fail when used against Skarmory. This Skarmory has the Stealth Rock/Whirlwind combo it sets up Stealth Rock and can then Whirlwind its opponents away.
♦ Drill Peck is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Flying-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Whirlwind is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Skarmory's attack by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Skarmory? 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: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Rock Slide
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Night Slash / Assurance
Doubles Physical Sweeper Skarmory (Sturdy)
Skarmory is a notable Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Skarmory's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sturdy, ohko moves fail when used against Skarmory.
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ 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).
♦ Assurance is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Skarmory 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 Skarmory 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 Skarmory
- Moves: Whirlwind + Spikes
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Feint
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Skarmory's stats
- Agility
- Curse
- Iron Defense
- Ominous Wind
- Steel Wing
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Skarmory
- Brave Bird
- Drill Peck
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Spikes
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Whirlwind
Common Effort Values for Skarmory in Diamond and Pearl
- Impish Nature ( 252/0/252/0/0/4/ )
- Impish Nature ( 252/0/252/0/4/0/ )
- Optimize Skarmory's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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