Competitive Information for Stunky [Diamond/Pearl]
Poison / Dark
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Stunky? 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.
Stunky is pretty popular Poison and Dark-typed Pokemon. Stunky is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Stunky can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Stunky's only type-related weakness is Ground.
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
- Dig
Physical Sweeper Stunky (Aftermath)
Stunky is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Stunky's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Stunky's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Aftermath, if Stunky is koed with a contact move that move's user loses 1/4 its max hp.
♦ 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).
♦ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Stunky? 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: Aftermath
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Night Slash / Sucker Punch
- Slash / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw / Astonish
- Dig
Doubles Physical Sweeper Stunky (Aftermath)
Stunky is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Stunky's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Stunky's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Aftermath, if Stunky is koed with a contact move that move's user loses 1/4 its max hp.
♦ 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).
♦ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Stunky 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 Stunky 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 Stunky
- 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 Stunky
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Stunky in Diamond and Pearl
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