Competitive Information for Greninja [Sun/Moon]
Water / Dark
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Greninja? 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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Greninja is a marvelous Water and Dark-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to see Greninja show up as a Sun/Moon opponent. Greninja can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Greninja is weak to Bug, Electric, Fairy, Fighting, and Grass-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Expert Belt
Ability: Protean
Nature: Hasty (+Spe, -Def)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Gunk Shot
- Rock Slide
- U-turn
- Spikes / Dig
Physical Sweeper Greninja (Popular/Trending)
Greninja is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Greninja's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Protean, Greninja's type changes to match the type of the move it is about to use.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Greninja switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Spikes is a status move (hurts grounded foes on switch-in. max 3 layers).
♦ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
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Item: Life Orb / Expert Belt
Ability: Protean
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Extrasensory
- Spikes
Special Sweeper Greninja (Popular/Trending)
Greninja is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Greninja's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Protean, Greninja's type changes to match the type of the move it is about to use.
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Spikes is a status move (hurts grounded foes on switch-in. max 3 layers).
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Item: Buginium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Battle Bond
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 188 Hp / 252 Atk / 68 Spe
Moveset:
- U-turn / Return
- Night Slash / Brutal Swing
- Waterfall
- Ice Punch
Physical Sweeper Greninja (Battle Bond)
Greninja is popular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Greninja from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Battle Bond, after koing a pokemon: becomes ash-greninja water shuriken: 20 power hits 3x. U-turn was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Brutal Swing is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Waterium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Battle Bond
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 188 Hp / 252 SpA / 68 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Water Pledge
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Extrasensory
- Dark Pulse
Special Sweeper Greninja (Battle Bond)
Greninja is an astounding Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Greninja from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Battle Bond, after koing a pokemon: becomes ash-greninja water shuriken: 20 power hits 3x.
♦ Water Pledge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (use with grass or fire pledge for added effect).
♦ 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).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Expert Belt
Ability: Protean
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dark Pulse
- Extrasensory
- Ice Beam
- Surf / Hydro Cannon
Greninja Special Sweeper (Go Ninja Greninja Go)
Greninja is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Protean, Greninja's type changes to match the type of the move it is about to use.
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Hydro Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Water-type move (Greninja cannot move next turn).
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Item: Red Card
Ability: Protean
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 120 Hp / 252 SpA / 136 SpD
Moveset:
- Scald / Toxic Spikes
- Shadow Sneak
- Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam
Greninja Special Tank (Special Ninja)
Greninja is a decent Special Tank. It was designed to take a large amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Protean, Greninja's type changes to match the type of the move it is about to use.
♦ Toxic Spikes is a status move (poisons grounded foes on switch-in. max 2 layers).
♦ Shadow Sneak is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Ghost-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Protean
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Grass Knot
- Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam
- Hydro Pump
Greninja Special Sweeper (Greninjorb)
Greninja 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 Greninja's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Protean, Greninja's type changes to match the type of the move it is about to use.
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Hydro Pump is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Water-type move that deals a high amount of damage.
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Protean
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Scald
- Grass Knot
- Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam
Greninja Special Sweeper (Special )
Greninja is popular Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Greninja's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Protean, Greninja's type changes to match the type of the move it is about to use.
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Greninja? 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: Rockium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Battle Bond
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 188 Hp / 252 Atk / 68 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Ice Punch / U-turn
- Night Slash / Brutal Swing
- Waterfall
Doubles Physical Sweeper Greninja (Battle Bond)
Greninja is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Greninja from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Battle Bond, after koing a pokemon: becomes ash-greninja water shuriken: 20 power hits 3x. Ice Punch or U-turn are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Greninja switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Brutal Swing is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Waterium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Battle Bond
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 188 Hp / 252 SpA / 68 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Bubble
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Extrasensory
- Dark Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Greninja (Battle Bond)
Greninja is a remarkable Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Greninja from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Battle Bond, after koing a pokemon: becomes ash-greninja water shuriken: 20 power hits 3x.
♦ Bubble is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Water-type move (10% chance to lower the foes speed 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).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Greninja 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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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Greninja 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 Greninja
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Battle bond + Move: Water shuriken
- Ability: Torrent + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Snatch, Quick Attack, Shadow Sneak, Water Shuriken
- Moves that inflict status: Scald, Toxic
Moves that boost Greninja's stats
- Power-Up Punch
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Greninja
- Dark Pulse
- Dig
- Extrasensory
- Gunk Shot
- Hidden Power
- Hidden Power Fire
- Hydro Cannon
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Low Kick
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Scald
- Spikes
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Toxic Spikes
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Greninja in Sun and Moon
- Hasty Nature ( 0/252/0/4/0/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Optimize Greninja's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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