Competitive Information for Deoxys [Sun/Moon]
Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Deoxys? 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.
Deoxys is a phenomenal Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty standard sight to see Deoxys out in the 7th generation battlefield. Deoxys is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Deoxys is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 Atk / 28 Def / 28 SpD
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Superpower / Drain Punch
- Zen Headbutt
- Knock Off / Throat Chop
Physical Sweeper Deoxys (Pressure)
Deoxys is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Deoxys from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Pressure, if Deoxys is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Deoxys's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Deoxys recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
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Item: Psychium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 200 Hp / 28 Def / 252 SpA / 28 SpD
Moveset:
- Psycho Boost / Psychic
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Energy Ball
Special Sweeper Deoxys (Pressure)
Deoxys is a legendary Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Deoxys from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Pressure, if Deoxys is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ 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 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).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Deoxys? 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: Rockium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 Atk / 28 Def / 28 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Superpower
- Knock Off / Double-Edge
- Zen Headbutt
Doubles Physical Sweeper Deoxys (Pressure)
Deoxys is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Deoxys from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Pressure, if Deoxys is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. Knock Off was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Deoxys's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Psychium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 200 Hp / 28 Def / 252 SpA / 28 SpD
Moveset:
- Psycho Boost / Psychic
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Energy Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Deoxys (Pressure)
Deoxys is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Deoxys from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Pressure, if Deoxys is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ 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 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).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 Atk / 28 Def / 28 SpD
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Superpower / Drain Punch
- Zen Headbutt
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Deoxys (Pressure)
Deoxys is a legendary Offensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Deoxys from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Pressure, if Deoxys is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Deoxys's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Deoxys recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Deoxys 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 Deoxys 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 Deoxys
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Extreme Speed, Magic Coat, Snatch, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Deoxys's stats
- Agility
- Amnesia
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Cosmic Power
- Iron Defense
- Meteor Mash
- Nasty Plot
- Power-Up Punch
Most notable and possible best moves for Deoxys
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Psycho Boost
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Teleport
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Deoxys in Sun and Moon
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