Competitive Information for Liepard [Sun/Moon]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Liepard? 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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Liepard is a stupendous Dark-typed Pokemon. It's almost common to see Liepard show up as a Sun/Moon opponent. Liepard is weak to Bug, Fairy, and Fighting-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers / Darkinium Z
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Moveset:
- Foul Play / Knock Off
- U-turn
- Copycat
- Encore
Physical Wall Liepard (Popular/Trending)
Liepard is a pretty decent Physical Wall. It attempts to take a decent amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Liepard last longer regaining it's health every turn. With Prankster, Liepard's status moves have priority raised by 1 but dark types are immune.
♦ Knock Off is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Liepard switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Copycat is a status move (uses the last move used in the battle).
♦ Encore is a status move (target repeats its last move for its next 3 turns).
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Item: Leftovers / Darkinium Z
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dark Pulse
- Copycat
- Encore
- Nasty Plot
Special Sweeper Liepard (Popular/Trending)
Liepard is a decent Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Liepard last longer regaining it's it's vitality every turn. With Prankster, Liepard's status moves have priority raised by 1 but dark types are immune.
♦ Copycat is a status move (uses the last move used in the battle).
♦ Encore is a status move (target repeats its last move for its next 3 turns).
♦ Nasty Plot is a status move (raises your Liepard's special attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 144 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 Def / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Knock Off / Night Slash
- Return / Slash
- Shadow Claw
- Play Rough
Physical Sweeper Liepard (Unburden)
Liepard is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Liepard from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 144 Hp / 56 Def / 252 SpA / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Dark Pulse / Snarl
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Shadow Ball
- Grass Knot
Special Sweeper Liepard (Unburden)
Liepard is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Liepard from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Snarl is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Liepard cannot move next turn).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Limber
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Foul Play
- Fake Tears
- Encore
- Swagger
Liepard Physical Sweeper (Black Panthers)
Liepard is a decent Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Liepard last longer regaining it's health every turn. With Limber, Liepard cannot be paralyzed. gaining this ability while paralyzed cures it.
♦ Fake Tears is a status move (lowers the target's special defense by 2 stages).
♦ Encore is a status move (target repeats its last move for its next 3 turns).
♦ Swagger is a status move (raises the target's attack by 2 stages and confuses it).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Liepard? 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: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 144 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 Def / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Knock Off / Night Slash
- Return / Slash
- Shadow Claw
- Play Rough
Doubles Physical Sweeper Liepard (Unburden)
Liepard is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Liepard from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 144 Hp / 56 Def / 252 SpA / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Snarl / Dark Pulse
- Shadow Ball
- Grass Knot
Doubles Special Sweeper Liepard (Unburden)
Liepard is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Liepard from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Liepard cannot move next turn).
♦ Snarl is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Liepard 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 Liepard 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 Liepard
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Ability: Unburden + Item: Mirror herb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Snatch, Fake Out, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Liepard's stats
- Hone Claws
- Nasty Plot
Most notable and possible best moves for Liepard
- Charm
- Copycat
- Dark Pulse
- Encore
- Fake Out
- Foul Play
- Hidden Power
- Knock Off
- Nasty Plot
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Substitute
- Sucker Punch
- Sunny Day
- Taunt
- Taunt
- Thunder Wave
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Yawn
Common Effort Values for Liepard in Sun and Moon
- Impish Nature ( 252/4/252/0/0/0/ )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Optimize Liepard's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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