What is a good competitive moveset for Litleo? 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.
Litleo is a notable Fire and Normal-typed Pokemon. Litleo is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Litleo can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Litleo is weak to Fighting, Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Litleo Item: Firium Z / Life Orb Ability: Unnerve Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Moveset: - Overheat / Flamethrower - Hyper Voice / Round - Dark Pulse / Snarl - Solar Beam
Special Sweeper Litleo (Unnerve)
Litleo is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Litleo's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Unnerve, while Litleo is active it prevents opposing pokemon from using their berries.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Litleo's special attack by 2 stages). ♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target). ♦ Hyper Voice is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes). ♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn). ♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage). ♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Litleo? 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.
Species: Litleo Item: Normalium Z / Life Orb Ability: Unnerve Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Moveset: - Hyper Voice / Round - Heat Wave / Incinerate - Snarl / Dark Pulse - Solar Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Litleo (Unnerve)
Litleo is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Litleo's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Unnerve, while Litleo is active it prevents opposing pokemon from using their berries.
♦ Hyper Voice is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes). ♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn). ♦ Heat Wave is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes). ♦ Incinerate is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem). ♦ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage). ♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Litleo 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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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 Litleo 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 Litleo
Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Yawn + Protect
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
Moves with Priority: Protect, Snatch, Helping Hand
Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp, Yawn
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