Competitive Information for Delcatty [Sun/Moon]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Delcatty? 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.
Delcatty is pretty popular Normal-typed Pokemon. It's a almost common sight to see Delcatty out in the 7th generation battlefield. Delcatty's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Normalize
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Wild Charge / Zen Headbutt
- Play Rough
- Stomping Tantrum
Physical Sweeper Delcatty (Normalize)
Delcatty is an awesome Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Delcatty from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Normalize, Delcatty's moves are changed to be normal type and have 1.2x power.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Delcatty's last move failed).
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Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Normalize
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Delcatty (Normalize)
Delcatty is an awesome Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Delcatty from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Normalize, Delcatty's moves are changed to be normal type and have 1.2x power.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Delcatty cannot move next turn).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-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 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Delcatty's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Red Card
Ability: Cute Charm
Nature: Lonely (+Atk, -Def)
EVs: 62 Hp / 198 Atk / 250 SpD
Moveset:
- Wild Charge
- Fake Out
- Return
- Thunder Wave
Delcatty Physical Tank (Catty Cathy)
Delcatty is pretty popular Physical Tank. It's purpose is to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Cute Charm, 30% chance of infatuating pokemon of the opposite gender if they make contact.
♦ Fake Out is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. first turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Delcatty? 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.
Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Normalize
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Wild Charge / Zen Headbutt
- Play Rough
- Stomping Tantrum
Doubles Physical Sweeper Delcatty (Normalize)
Delcatty is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Delcatty from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Normalize, Delcatty's moves are changed to be normal type and have 1.2x power.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Delcatty's last move failed).
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Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Normalize
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Delcatty (Normalize)
Delcatty is an outstanding Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Delcatty from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Normalize, Delcatty's moves are changed to be normal type and have 1.2x power.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Delcatty cannot move next turn).
♦ 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 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Delcatty's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Delcatty learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Delcatty 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 Delcatty
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Wish + Baton pass
- 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, Fake Out, Helping Hand, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Delcatty's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Cosmic Power
- Defense Curl
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Delcatty
- Baton Pass
- Fake Out
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Delcatty in Sun and Moon
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