Competitive Information for Gumshoos (totem) [Sun/Moon]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Gumshoos-totem? 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.
Gumshoos is an awesome Normal-typed Pokemon. It's super common to find yourself dealing with Gumshoos when battling in the 7th generation meta. Gumshoos's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Normalium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 128 Hp / 252 Atk / 64 Def / 64 SpD
Moveset:
- Return / Hyper Fang
- Earthquake
- Crunch
- Iron Head
Physical Sweeper Gumshoos-Totem (Adaptability)
Gumshoos is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Gumshoos's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Adaptability, Gumshoos's same-type attack bonus (stab) is 2 instead of 1.5. With a Normalium Z equipped to it, if Gumshoos has a normal move, this item allows it to use a normal z-move.
◆ Hyper Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Gumshoos-totem? 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 / Life Orb
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 128 Hp / 252 Atk / 64 Def / 64 SpD
Moveset:
- Return / Hyper Fang
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Crunch
- Iron Head
Doubles Physical Sweeper Gumshoos-Totem (Adaptability)
Gumshoos is a marvelous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Gumshoos's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Adaptability, Gumshoos's same-type attack bonus (stab) is 2 instead of 1.5. With a Normalium Z equipped to it, if Gumshoos has a normal move, this item allows it to use a normal z-move.
◆ Hyper Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Gumshoos-totem 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 Gumshoos-totem 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 Gumshoos-totem
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Yawn
Moves that boost Gumshoos-totem's stats
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Gumshoos-totem
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Gumshoos-totem in Sun and Moon
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