Competitive Information for Meloetta [Sun/Moon]
Normal / Psychic
Abilities:
This Pokemon's moves have their secondary effect chance doubled.
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Movesets for Singles
Looking for a competitive moveset for Meloetta? These builds are optimized for Sun/Moon Single Battles. The movesets and EVs are designed to maximize damage against common opponents and threats in the Sun/Moon metagame. Check out the expert movesets below to boost your battle performance and dominate your opponents!
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Discover the strength of Meloetta, a terrific Pokémon known for its Normal and Psychic typing! It's to see Meloetta show up as a Sun/Moon opponent. Its only type-related weaknesses are Bug and Dark. Delve into Meloetta's movesets below and strategize for victory!
Item: Psychium Z / King's Rock
Ability: Serene Grace
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Def / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Hyper Voice / Relic Song
- Energy Ball
- Thunderbolt
Meloetta is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Serene Grace, Meloetta's moves have their secondary effect chance doubled.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Relic Song is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Normal-type move (10% chance to sleep foes. meloetta transforms).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
Need a strong doubles moveset for Meloetta? These builds are perfect for VGC (Pokémon Video Game Championship) and other competitive Sun/Moon Double Battles. The VGC is the ultimate test of strategy and skill, and these movesets and EVs are designed to excel against multiple opponents at once while providing essential support to your team. Dominate the Sun/Moon metagame with these expert-crafted setups!
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Item: Normalium Z / King's Rock
Ability: Serene Grace
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Def / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Relic Song
- Dazzling Gleam
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Energy Ball
Meloetta is a legendary Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Serene Grace, Meloetta's moves have their secondary effect chance doubled.
♦ Relic Song is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Normal-type move (10% chance to sleep foes. meloetta transforms).
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Psychium Z / King's Rock
Ability: Serene Grace
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 160 Hp / 96 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Hyper Voice / Relic Song
- Energy Ball
- Trick Room
Meloetta is a legendary Offensive Trick Room. With Serene Grace, Meloetta's moves have their secondary effect chance doubled.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Relic Song is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Normal-type move (10% chance to sleep foes. meloetta transforms).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Want to know what moves Meloetta can learn? Check out the full list of moves available in the Pokemon Sun/Moon generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by type, category, accuracy, and power. Moves in bold get the same-type attack bonus (STAB) when used by Meloetta.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Meloetta 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 Meloetta
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Perish song + Protect
- Ability: Serene grace + Item: King's rock
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Confusion
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Energy Ball
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Fire Punch
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Fling
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Ice Punch
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Low Sweep
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Power-Up Punch
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Psybeam
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Psychic
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Relic Song
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Rock Smash
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Secret Power
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Shadow Ball
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Signal Beam
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Snore
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Thunder Punch
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Thunderbolt
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Focus Blast
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Thunder
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Charge Beam
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Zen Headbutt
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect, Snatch, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Meloetta's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Hone Claws
- Power-Up Punch
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Meloetta
- Celebrate
- Close Combat
- Drain Punch
- Hidden Power
- Hyper Voice
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Psychic
- Relic Song
- Rest
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Work Up
Common Effort Values for Meloetta in Sun and Moon
- Hasty Nature ( 0/252/0/4/0/252/ )
- Naive Nature ( 0/96/0/160/0/252/ )
- Optimize Meloetta's Defensive EV-spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
Usage Data
Explore the latest analytical usage data for this Pokémon from various VGC and online competitions. We use this data to develop our strategies and movesets. The data is categorized by competition and skill level: top-ranking trainers, mid-level players, and entry-level players.
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