Competitive Information for Decidueye [Sun/Moon]
Grass / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Decidueye? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Decidueye is a marvelous Grass and Ghost-typed Pokemon. It's a normal sight to see Decidueye out in the 7th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Decidueye is weak to Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Decidium Z / Leftovers
Ability: Long Reach
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 248 Hp / 40 Def / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Blade
- Spirit Shackle / Shadow Claw
- Roost / Brave Bird
- Swords Dance
Physical Wall Decidueye (Popular/Trending)
Decidueye is an awesome Physical Wall. It's primary goal is to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Decidueye last longer regaining it's health points every turn. With Long Reach, Decidueye's attacks do not make contact with the target.
♦ Spirit Shackle is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (prevents the target from switching out).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical 120-base power Flying-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Decidueye's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Decidium Z / Leftovers
Ability: Long Reach
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 248 Hp / 8 SpA / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Energy Ball
- Defog
- Roost
- Swords Dance
Special Wall Decidueye (Popular/Trending)
Decidueye is an astounding Special Wall. It's designed to take a nice amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Decidueye last longer regaining it's health points every turn. With Long Reach, Decidueye's attacks do not make contact with the target.
♦ Defog is a status move (-1 evasion; clears Decidueye and target side's hazards).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Decidueye's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Grassium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Long Reach
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Blade / Seed Bomb
- Shadow Claw / Spirit Shackle
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Sucker Punch / Return
Physical Sweeper Decidueye (Long Reach)
Decidueye is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Long Reach, Decidueye's attacks do not make contact with the target. Sucker Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Spirit Shackle is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (prevents the target from switching out).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical 120-base power Flying-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Grassium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Long Reach
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
- Round / Snore
- Synthesis
Special Sweeper Decidueye (Long Reach)
Decidueye is an interesting Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Decidueye's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Long Reach, Decidueye's attacks do not make contact with the target.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Decidueye must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Synthesis is a status move (heals your Decidueye by a weather-dependent amount).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Decidueye? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Item: Grassium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Long Reach
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade
- Shadow Claw / Spirit Shackle
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Sucker Punch / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Decidueye (Long Reach)
Decidueye is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Long Reach, Decidueye's attacks do not make contact with the target. Sucker Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Spirit Shackle is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (prevents the target from switching out).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical 120-base power Flying-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Grassium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Long Reach
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
- Round / Snore
- Synthesis
Doubles Special Sweeper Decidueye (Long Reach)
Decidueye is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Decidueye's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Long Reach, Decidueye's attacks do not make contact with the target.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Decidueye must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Synthesis is a status move (heals your Decidueye by a weather-dependent amount).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Decidueye 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 Decidueye can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Decidueye
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Overgrow + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Shadow Sneak, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Decidueye's stats
- Curse
- Nasty Plot
- Ominous Wind
- Steel Wing
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Decidueye
- Acrobatics
- Baton Pass
- Brave Bird
- Curse
- Defog
- Energy Ball
- Frenzy Plant
- Haze
- Hidden Power
- Leaf Blade
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Shadow Claw
- Shadow Sneak
- Spirit Shackle
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Synthesis
- Tailwind
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Decidueye in Sun and Moon
- Impish Nature ( 248/0/40/0/0/220/ )
- Calm Nature ( 248/0/0/8/252/0/ )
- Optimize Decidueye's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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