Competitive Information for Lunatone [Sun/Moon]


Rock / Psychic
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Levitate ability are immune to Ground attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Lunatone? 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.
Lunatone is a sensational Rock and Psychic-typed Pokemon. Lunatone are common Pokemon to see in the SM metagame. Lunatone is weak to Bug, Dark, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Psychium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Moonblast
- Ice Beam
Special Sweeper Lunatone (Levitate)
Lunatone is a sensational Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Lunatone's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Lunatone is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Moonblast is a special 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Lunatone? 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: Psychium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Moonblast
Doubles Special Sweeper Lunatone (Levitate)
Lunatone is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Lunatone's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Lunatone is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Moonblast is a special 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 208 Def / 48 SpD
Moveset:
- Toxic
- Pain Split
- Defense Curl
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Lunatone (Levitate)
Lunatone is a remarkable Defensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Lunatone from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Levitate, Lunatone is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Pain Split is a status move (shares hp of Lunatone and target equally).
♦ Defense Curl is a status move (raises your Lunatone's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Lunatone 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 Lunatone 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 Lunatone
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Gravity + Hypnosis
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Hypnosis
Moves that boost Lunatone's stats
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Cosmic Power
- Defense Curl
- Harden
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Lunatone
- Baton Pass
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Lunatone in Sun and Moon
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