Competitive Information for Misdreavus [Ruby/Sapphire]

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Competitive Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire Movesets and Strategies for Misdreavus

Base Stats for Misdreavus

Ghost

Abilities:

LevitateLevitate: This Pokemon is immune to Ground; Gravity/Ingrain/Smack Down/Iron Ball nullify it.

Evolutions / Family:
Misdreavus

Weakness Chart for Ghost-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

0.5x

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0.5x

¼x

½x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Misdreavus? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.

Misdreavus is a pretty decent Ghost-typed Pokemon. Misdreavus are common Pokemon to see in the RS metagame. Misdreavus's only type-related weaknesses are Dark and Ghost.

Species: Misdreavus
Item: Magnet
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Thief
- Calm Mind

Special Sweeper Misdreavus (Levitate)

Misdreavus is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Keep in mind back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Levitate, Misdreavus is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.

♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ 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).
♦ Thief is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Misdreavus has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Misdreavus's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).

No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array ( )

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Misdreavus? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.

Doubles Special Sweeper Misdreavus (Levitate)

Misdreavus is a sensational Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. In the old days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Levitate, Misdreavus is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.

No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array ( )

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Misdreavus 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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Extended Move Details:Additional move information such as Risk versus Reward Statistics or Move power versus specific type-matchups

Damage Modifiers:

Type-matchup: Sort through and determine which moves would best work versus an opponent of the typing you select.

Apply STABS.T.A.B : Same-Type Attack Bonus
These moves are always highlighted below in bold. When this box is checked, the bonus is calculated into the Versus column when a type-matchup is selected.

Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Misdreavus can perform in Ruby/Sapphire. 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 RS Move and Ability Combos for Misdreavus

Moves: Mimic + Imprison
Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Perish Song + Protect
Moves: Pain Split + Toxic
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Snatch

Optimize Misdreavus's EVs for Ruby/Sapphire