Competitive Information for Jynx [Sun/Moon]
Ice / Psychic
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Dry Skin ability are immune to Water attacks but also take more damage from Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Jynx? 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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Jynx is an awesome Ice and Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to see Jynx show up as a Sun/Moon opponent. Jynx is weak to Bug, Dark, Fire, Ghost, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Ice Beam
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Lovely Kiss
- Trick
Special Sweeper Jynx (Popular/Trending)
Jynx is an interesting Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Jynx from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Dry Skin, Jynx is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Lovely Kiss is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
♦ Trick is a status move (Jynx switches its held item with the target's).
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Item: Psychium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 76 Def / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Ice Beam / Frost Breath
- Shadow Ball / Signal Beam
- Energy Ball
Special Sweeper Jynx (Dry Skin)
Jynx is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Jynx from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Dry Skin, Jynx is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun. Shadow Ball or Signal Beam are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Frost Breath is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (always results in a critical hit).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse 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: Life Orb
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 1 Spe
Moveset:
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast / Rain Dance
- Mean Look
- Perish Song
Jynx Special Tank (Trapper Minaj)
Jynx is a pretty decent Special Tank. It was designed to take a substantial amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Jynx's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Dry Skin, Jynx is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun.
♦ Focus Blast is a special 120-base power Fighting-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rain Dance is a status move (for 5 turns, heavy rain powers water moves).
♦ Mean Look is a status move (prevents the target from switching out).
♦ Perish Song is a status move (all active pokemon will faint in 3 turns).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Mild (+SpA, -Def)
EVs: 198 Hp / 225 SpA / 87 SpD
Moveset:
- Nasty Plot
- Signal Beam
- Rain Dance
- Blizzard
Jynx Special Tank (Purple Minaj Clone)
Jynx is an interesting Special Tank. It's goal is to take a substantial amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Jynx's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Dry Skin, Jynx is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun.
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Rain Dance is a status move (for 5 turns, heavy rain powers water moves).
♦ Blizzard is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze foes. can't miss in hail).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Jynx? 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: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 76 Def / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Energy Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Jynx (Dry Skin)
Jynx is an awesome Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Jynx from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Dry Skin, Jynx is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Jynx cannot move next turn).
♦ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ 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: Psychium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 220 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Ice Beam / Frost Breath
- Shadow Ball / Signal Beam
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Jynx (Dry Skin)
Jynx is a marvelous Offensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Jynx from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Dry Skin, Jynx is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun. Shadow Ball or Signal Beam are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Frost Breath is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (always results in a critical hit).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse 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 Jynx 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 Jynx 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 Jynx
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Perish song + Protect
- 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: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Bide, Endure, Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect, Fake Out
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Lovely Kiss, Toxic
Moves that boost Jynx's stats
- Calm Mind
- Curse
- Meditate
- Nasty Plot
- Power-Up Punch
- Rage
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Jynx
- Counter
- Fake Out
- Hidden Power
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Lovely Kiss
- Nasty Plot
- Protect
- Psychic
- Psyshock
- Reflect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Teleport
- Toxic
- Trick
Common Effort Values for Jynx in Sun and Moon
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 8/0/0/248/0/252/ )
- Optimize Jynx's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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