Competitive Information for Lanturn [Gold/Silver]
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Lanturn? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Gold/Silver 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 Gold/Silver generation metagame.
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Lanturn is an awesome Water and Electric-typed Pokemon. It's almost common to find yourself dealing with Lanturn when battling in the 2nd generation meta. Lanturn is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). There were no known abilities back in the Gold/Silver Pokemon games. Lanturn's only type-related weaknesses are Grass and Ground.
Item: Leftovers / Mystic Water
Moveset:
- Surf / Hydro Pump
- Spark / Thunder Wave
- Confuse Ray
- Rest / Light Screen
Support Lanturn (Popular/Trending)
Lanturn is a wonderful Support. Remember before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Lanturn last longer regaining it's HP every turn.
♦ Hydro Pump is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Water-type move that deals a colossal amount of damage.
♦ Spark is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
♦ Confuse Ray is a status move (confuses the target).
♦ Rest is a status move (Lanturn sleeps 2 turns and restores hp and status).
♦ Light Screen is a status move (for 5 turns, your Lanturn's party has doubled special defense).
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Item: Gold Berry
Moveset:
- Return / Hyper Beam
- Protect
- Thunder Wave
- Light Screen
Physical Sweeper Lanturn (Retro)
Lanturn is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type.
♦ Hyper Beam is a physical 150-base power Normal-type move (Lanturn cannot move next turn).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Lanturn this turn).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
♦ Light Screen is a status move (for 5 turns, your Lanturn's party has doubled special defense).
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Item: Mystic Water
Moveset:
- Surf / Waterfall
- Thunderbolt / Spark
- Ice Beam
- Protect
Special Sweeper Lanturn (Retro)
Lanturn is a decent Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. In the dark days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type.
♦ Waterfall is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Spark is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Lanturn this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Lanturn 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 Lanturn can perform in Gold/Silver. 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 GS Move and Ability Combos for Lanturn
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Lanturn's stats
- Curse
Most notable and possible best moves for Lanturn
- Confuse Ray
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Spark
- Surf
- Thunder
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Lanturn in Gold and Silver
- Serious Nature ( 252/0/252/252/252/252/ )
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- Optimize Lanturn's EV spread for Pokemon Gold and Silver
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