Competitive Information for Starmie [Ruby/Sapphire]
Water / Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Starmie? 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.
Starmie is a marvelous Water and Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to see Starmie show up as a Ruby/Sapphire opponent. Starmie can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Starmie is weak to Bug, Dark, Electric, Ghost, and Grass-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hydro Pump / Surf
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic
Special Sweeper Starmie (Popular/Trending)
Starmie is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Don't forget before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Starmie last longer regaining it's stamina every turn. With Natural Cure, Starmie has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Water-type move (hits foes. power doubles against dive).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Mystic Water
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 132 Hp / 252 SpA / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Waterfall
- Psychic
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Thunderbolt
Special Sweeper Starmie (Natural Cure)
Starmie is a notable Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts 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 Natural Cure, Starmie has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Waterfall is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Starmie? 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.
Item: Mystic Water
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 132 Hp / 252 SpA / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Waterfall
- Psychic
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
Doubles Special Sweeper Starmie (Natural Cure)
Starmie is a sensational Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Previously before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Natural Cure, Starmie has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Waterfall is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Starmie 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 Starmie 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 Starmie
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Starmie's stats
- Cosmic Power
- Harden
- Rapid Spin
Most notable and possible best moves for Starmie
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Psychic
- Rapid Spin
- Recover
- Reflect
- Rest
- Surf
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Starmie in Ruby and Sapphire
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Optimize Starmie's EV spread for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
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