Competitive Information for Spinda [Diamond/Pearl]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Spinda? 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.
Spinda is a notable Normal-typed Pokemon. Spinda are common Pokemon to see in the DP metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Spinda's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Psycho Cut
- Sucker Punch
- Brick Break
Physical Sweeper Spinda (Own Tempo)
Spinda is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Spinda from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Spinda's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Own Tempo, Spinda cannot be confused.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Shadow Ball
- Snore
- Water Pulse
Special Sweeper Spinda (Own Tempo)
Spinda is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Spinda's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Spinda's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Own Tempo, Spinda cannot be confused.
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Snore is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Normal-type move (Spinda must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Spinda? 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: Own Tempo
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Rock Slide
- Psycho Cut
- Sucker Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Spinda (Own Tempo)
Spinda is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Spinda from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Spinda's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Own Tempo, Spinda cannot be confused.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ 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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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Icy Wind
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Shadow Ball
- Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Spinda (Own Tempo)
Spinda is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Spinda's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Spinda's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Own Tempo, Spinda cannot be confused.
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Snore is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Normal-type move (Spinda must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Docile
EVs: 252 Hp / 128 Def / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Defense Curl
- Substitute
- Wish
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Spinda (Own Tempo)
Spinda is a remarkable Defensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Spinda from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Own Tempo, Spinda cannot be confused.
♦ Substitute is a status move (Spinda takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Wish is a status move (next turn, heals 50% of the recipient's max hp).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Spinda 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.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Spinda 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 Spinda
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Safeguard + Thrash
- Moves: Wish + Baton pass
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- 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: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Snatch, Fake Out, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Hypnosis, Toxic
Moves that boost Spinda's stats
- Calm Mind
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Spinda
- Baton Pass
- Fake Out
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Spinda in Diamond and Pearl
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