Competitive Information for Ledian [Sun/Moon]
Bug / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Ledian? 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.
Ledian is a wonderful Bug and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's common to see Ledian show up as a Sun/Moon opponent. Ledian is weak to Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Buginium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Iron Fist / Early Bird
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Bug Buzz / Silver Wind
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Giga Drain / Solar Beam
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Ledian (Iron Fist)
Ledian is popular Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Ledian from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Iron Fist, Ledian's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted.
♦ Silver Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Ledian recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Ledian 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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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ledian? 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: Flyinium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Iron Fist / Early Bird
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz
- Giga Drain / Solar Beam
- Hyper Beam / Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Ledian (Iron Fist)
Ledian is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Ledian from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Iron Fist, Ledian's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Ledian recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Ledian 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 Ledian 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 Ledian 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 Ledian
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Ability: Iron fist + Item: Punching glove
- 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
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Dizzy Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Drain Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Focus Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Ice Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Mach Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Power-Up Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Thunder Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Dynamic Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Comet Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Mega Punch
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect, Mach Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog, Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Ledian's stats
- Agility
- Curse
- Ominous Wind
- Power-Up Punch
- Silver Wind
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Ledian
- Baton Pass
- Hidden Power
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Ledian in Sun and Moon
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