Competitive Information for Meganium [Sun/Moon]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Meganium? 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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Meganium is pretty popular Grass-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Meganium when battling in the 7th generation meta. Meganium is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Groundium Z / Leftovers
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Iron Tail
- Petal Blizzard
- Swords Dance
Physical Sweeper Meganium (Popular/Trending)
Meganium is a phenomenal 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 Meganium last longer regaining it's it's health every turn. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Meganium's attacking stat is 1.5x with grass attacks.
♦ Iron Tail is a physical 100-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Petal Blizzard is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Meganium's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Groundium Z / Leftovers
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Aromatherapy
- Leech Seed / Giga Drain
- Swords Dance
- Toxic
Special Wall Meganium (Popular/Trending)
Meganium is an awesome Special Wall. It's goal is to take a great amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Meganium last longer regaining it's it's vitality every turn. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Meganium's attacking stat is 1.5x with grass attacks.
♦ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Meganium every turn).
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Meganium recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Meganium's attack by 2 stages).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Item: Grassium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Leaf Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Petal Blizzard / Seed Bomb
- Double-Edge / Return
- Outrage / Dragon Tail
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
Physical Sweeper Meganium (Leaf Guard)
Meganium is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Leaf Guard, if sunny day is active Meganium cannot be statused and rest will fail for it.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Meganium afterwards).
♦ Dragon Tail is a physical 60-base power Dragon-type move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Meganium's last move failed).
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Item: Grassium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Leaf Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Ancient Power
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Meganium (Leaf Guard)
Meganium is a notable Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Meganium's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Leaf Guard, if sunny day is active Meganium cannot be statused and rest will fail for it.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Meganium's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Meganium cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Ancient Power is a special 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 20 Hp / 235 Atk / 1 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dragon Tail
- Seed Bomb
- Sunny Day
- Earthquake
Meganium Physical Sweeper (Best Set Evah)
Meganium is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Meganium's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Meganium's attacking stat is 1.5x with grass attacks.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Sunny Day is a status move (for 5 turns, intense sunlight powers fire moves).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Meganium? 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: Grassium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Leaf Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Petal Blizzard
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Double-Edge / Return
- Outrage / Dragon Tail
Doubles Physical Sweeper Meganium (Leaf Guard)
Meganium is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Leaf Guard, if sunny day is active Meganium cannot be statused and rest will fail for it.
♦ Petal Blizzard is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Meganium afterwards).
♦ Dragon Tail is a physical 60-base power Dragon-type move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Item: Grassium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Leaf Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Ancient Power
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Meganium (Leaf Guard)
Meganium is a decent Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Meganium's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Leaf Guard, if sunny day is active Meganium cannot be statused and rest will fail for it.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Meganium's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Meganium cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Ancient Power is a special 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Meganium 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 Meganium 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 Meganium
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Safeguard + Petal dance
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Grassy terrain + Secret power
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Overgrow + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Meganium's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Meganium
- Aromatherapy
- Dragon Tail
- Earthquake
- Energy Ball
- Frenzy Plant
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power
- Iron Tail
- Leech Seed
- Light Screen
- Petal Blizzard
- Protect
- Reflect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Swords Dance
- Synthesis
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Meganium in Sun and Moon
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Calm Nature ( 252/0/0/4/252/0/ )
- Optimize Meganium's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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