Competitive Information for Keldeo [Sun/Moon]
Water / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Keldeo? 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.
HeatranZapdosScizor-MegaChanseyExcadrillGarchompTapu%20BuluVictiniJirachiBeedrill-Mega
Keldeo is pretty popular Water and Fighting-typed Pokemon. Keldeo is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 7. Keldeo can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Keldeo is weak to Electric, Fairy, Flying, Grass, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers / Waterium Z
Ability: Justified
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Secret Sword
- Scald / Hydro Pump
- Icy Wind
- Calm Mind
Special Sweeper Keldeo (Popular/Trending)
Keldeo is a legendary Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Keldeo last longer regaining it's it's health points every turn. With Justified, Keldeo's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ Hydro Pump is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Water-type move that deals a extensive amount of damage.
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Keldeo's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Waterium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Justified
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Secret Sword
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Icy Wind
Special Sweeper Keldeo (Justified)
Keldeo is a legendary Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Keldeo's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Justified, Keldeo's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ Secret Sword is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Fighting-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Keldeo cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Keldeo? 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: Waterium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Justified
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Secret Sword
- Icy Wind
- Hyper Beam / Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Keldeo (Justified)
Keldeo is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Keldeo's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Justified, Keldeo's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ Secret Sword is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Fighting-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Keldeo cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Keldeo 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 Keldeo 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 Keldeo
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Guard, Aqua Jet
- Moves that inflict status: Scald, Toxic
Moves that boost Keldeo's stats
- Calm Mind
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Keldeo
- Calm Mind
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power
- Hidden Power Electric
- Hidden Power Grass
- Hidden Power Poison
- Hydro Pump
- Icy Wind
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Scald
- Secret Sword
- Stone Edge
- Substitute
- Surf
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Keldeo in Sun and Moon
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Keldeo's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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