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Competitive Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Movesets and Strategies for Skuntank

Base Stats for Skuntank

Poison / Dark

Abilities:
,

Evolutions / Family:
Stunky
Skuntank

Weakness Chart for Poison/Dark-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

0.5x

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

2x

0.5x

0x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Skuntank? 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.

Common team mates for Skuntank in Pokemon Diamond/Pearl:

BronzongGyaradosMagnezoneFlygonExeggutorRegirockPurugly

Skuntank is a decent Poison and Dark-typed Pokemon. It's super common to see Skuntank show up as a Diamond/Pearl opponent. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Skuntank's only type-related weakness is Ground.

Species: Skuntank
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Night Slash / Sucker Punch
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw / Astonish
- Poison Jab

Physical Sweeper Skuntank (Aftermath)

Skuntank is popular Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Skuntank's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Skuntank's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Aftermath, if Skuntank is koed with a contact move that move's user loses 1/4 its max hp.

♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ 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).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).

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Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Skuntank? 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.

Common team mates for Skuntank in Pokemon Diamond/Pearl:

BronzongGyaradosMagnezoneFlygonExeggutorRegirockPurugly

Species: Skuntank
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Night Slash / Sucker Punch
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw / Astonish
- Poison Jab

Doubles Physical Sweeper Skuntank (Aftermath)

Skuntank is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Skuntank's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Skuntank's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Aftermath, if Skuntank is koed with a contact move that move's user loses 1/4 its max hp.

♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ 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).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).

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Movepool

Wondering what moves can Skuntank 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Skuntank 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 Skuntank

Moves: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Swagger + Punishment
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Snatch, Feint, Sucker Punch
Moves that Break Screens: Defog
Moves that inflict status: Toxic

Most notable and possible best moves for Skuntank

Crunch
Explosion
Other
Poison Jab
Protect
Pursuit
Rest
Taunt
Toxic

Common Effort Values for Skuntank in Diamond and Pearl

Careful Nature ( 32/196/0/0/252/28/ )
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Competitive Information for Skuntank [Diamond/Pearl]