Competitive Information for Lycanroc (midnight) [Sun/Moon]
Rock
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Lycanroc-midnight? 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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Lycanroc is a notable Rock-typed Pokemon. Lycanroc is a usual Pokemon to see in Generation 7. Lycanroc is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Scarf
Ability: No Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Iron Tail / Iron Head
- Stone Edge
- Fire Punch
- Thunder Punch / Thunder Fang
Physical Sweeper Lycanroc-Midnight (Popular/Trending)
Lycanroc is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Scarf will increase Lycanroc's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Lycanroc's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With No Guard, every move used by or against Lycanroc will always hit.
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Stone Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Thunder Fang is a physical 65-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze. 10% chance to flinch).
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Item: Dragonium Z / Life Orb
Ability: No Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage
- Brick Break / Return
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Iron Head
Physical Sweeper Lycanroc-Midnight (No Guard)
Lycanroc is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Lycanroc's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With No Guard, every move used by or against Lycanroc will always hit. Brick Break was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Lycanroc-midnight? 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: Rockium Z / Life Orb
Ability: No Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Outrage
- Brick Break / Return
- Iron Head
Doubles Physical Sweeper Lycanroc-Midnight (No Guard)
Lycanroc is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Lycanroc's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With No Guard, every move used by or against Lycanroc will always hit. Brick Break was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Lycanroc afterwards).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Lycanroc-midnight 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 Lycanroc-midnight 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 Lycanroc-midnight
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Lycanroc-midnight's stats
- Bulk Up
- Howl
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Lycanroc-midnight
- Bulk Up
- Counter
- Crunch
- Fire Punch
- Hidden Power
- Howl
- Iron Head
- Iron Tail
- Outrage
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Snarl
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Taunt
- Thunder Fang
- Thunder Punch
- Toxic
- Zen Headbutt
Common Effort Values for Lycanroc-midnight in Sun and Moon
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Optimize Lycanroc-midnight's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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