Competitive Information for Mawile [Sun/Moon]
Steel / Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Mawile? 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.
Mawile is an extraordinary Steel and Fairy-typed Pokemon. It's super common to find yourself dealing with Mawile when battling in the 7th generation meta. Mawile's only type-related weaknesses are Fire and Ground.
Item: Fairium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Play Rough
- Ice Punch / Double-Edge
- Iron Head
- Knock Off / Crunch
Physical Sweeper Mawile (Sheer Force)
Mawile is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Mawile's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Mawile. With Sheer Force, Mawile's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects. Ice Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 220 Hp / 240 Atk / 48 Spe
Moveset:
- Iron Head
- Baton Pass
- Rock Slide / Ice Fang
- Swords Dance
Mawile Physical Tank (Sweeping Jaw)
Mawile is a spectacular Physical Tank. It attempts to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Mawile's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Mawile. With Sheer Force, Mawile's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Baton Pass is a status move (Mawile switches, passing stat changes and more).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Mawile's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 28 Hp / 252 Atk / 228 Spe
Moveset:
- Iron Head
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Ice Punch
Mawile Physical Sweeper (Beauty That Bites)
Mawile is a sensational Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Mawile's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Mawile. With Sheer Force, Mawile's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects. Mawile's Attack reaches a sexy 538 after a single Swords Dance boost, which is further boosted by Life Orb and Sheer Force.
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Mawile's attack by 2 stages).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-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 Mawile? 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: Rockium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Play Rough
- Iron Head
- Double-Edge / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Mawile (Sheer Force)
Mawile is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Mawile's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Mawile. With Sheer Force, Mawile's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Play Rough is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Mawile 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 Mawile 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 Mawile
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Punishment
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Ability: Sheer force + Item: Life orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ice Fang
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Icy Wind
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ancient Power
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Astonish
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Bite
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Body Slam
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Crunch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Dark Pulse
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Thunder Fang
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flamethrower
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flash Cannon
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fling
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Headbutt
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ice Beam
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ice Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Iron Head
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Mud-Slap
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Poison Fang
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Power-Up Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Smash
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Secret Power
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Shadow Ball
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Sludge Bomb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Snore
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Thunder Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Tomb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Dynamic Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Focus Blast
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fire Blast
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Charge Beam
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Play Rough
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Slide
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fire Fang
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Snatch, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Mawile's stats
- Ancient Power
- Charge Beam
- Iron Defense
- Power-Up Punch
- Stockpile
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Mawile
- Baton Pass
- Hidden Power
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Mawile in Sun and Moon
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