Competitive Information for Gumshoos (totem) [Sun/Moon]

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Base Stats for Gumshoos-Totem

Normal

Abilities:

AdaptabilityAdaptability: This Pokemon's same-type attack bonus (STAB) is 2 instead of 1.5.

Evolutions / Family:
Gumshoos

Weakness Chart for Normal-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

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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 a pretty decent Normal-typed Pokemon. Gumshoos are common Pokemon to see in the SM metagame. Gumshoos's only type-related weakness is Fighting.

Species: Gumshoos-Totem
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 / Stomping Tantrum
- Crunch
- Iron Head

Physical Sweeper Gumshoos-Totem (Adaptability)

Gumshoos is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It is meant 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.

♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ 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).
♦ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Gumshoos's last move failed).
♦ 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).

No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array ( )

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.

Doubles Physical Sweeper Gumshoos-Totem (Adaptability)

Gumshoos is an awesome Physical Sweeper. 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.

♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ 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 pkmn 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).

No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array ( )

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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Extended Move Details:Additional move information such as Risk versus Reward Statistics or Move power versus specific type-matchups

Damage Modifiers:

Type-matchup: Sort through and determine which moves would best work versus an opponent of the typing you select.

Apply STABS.T.A.B : Same-Type Attack Bonus
These moves are always highlighted below in bold. When this box is checked, the bonus is calculated into the Versus column when a type-matchup is selected.

Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.

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
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

Optimize Gumshoos-totem's EVs for Sun/Moon