Competitive Information for Meloetta (pirouette) [Sun/Moon]
Base Stats for Meloetta-Pirouette
Normal / Fighting
Abilities:
Serene GraceSerene Grace: This Pokemon's moves have their secondary effect chance doubled.
Bug
Dark
Dragon
Electric
Fairy
Fighting
Fire
Flying
Ghost
0.5x
0.5x
2x
2x
2x
0x
Grass
Ground
Ice
Normal
Poison
Psychic
Rock
Steel
Water
2x
0.5x
¼x
½x
2x
4x
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Meloetta-pirouette? 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.
Meloetta is popular Normal and Fighting-typed Pokemon. Meloetta are common Pokemon to see in the SM metagame. Meloetta is weak to Fairy, Fighting, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Species: Meloetta-Pirouette
Item: Fightinium Z / King's Rock
Ability: Serene Grace
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 Atk / 36 SpD / 20 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Return / Strength
- Knock Off
- Shadow Claw
Item: Fightinium Z / King's Rock
Ability: Serene Grace
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 Atk / 36 SpD / 20 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Return / Strength
- Knock Off
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Meloetta-Pirouette (Serene Grace)
Meloetta is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Serene Grace, Meloetta's moves have their secondary effect chance doubled.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Meloetta's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Meloetta recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Meloetta recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Meloetta-pirouette? 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.
Species: Meloetta-Pirouette
Item: Fightinium Z / King's Rock
Ability: Serene Grace
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 Atk / 36 SpD / 20 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Return / Strength
- Knock Off
- Shadow Claw
Item: Fightinium Z / King's Rock
Ability: Serene Grace
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 252 Atk / 36 SpD / 20 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Return / Strength
- Knock Off
- Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Meloetta-Pirouette (Serene Grace)
Meloetta is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Serene Grace, Meloetta's moves have their secondary effect chance doubled.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Meloetta's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Meloetta recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Meloetta recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Species: Meloetta-Pirouette
Item: Fightinium Z / King's Rock
Ability: Serene Grace
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 216 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Return / Strength
- Knock Off
- Trick Room
Item: Fightinium Z / King's Rock
Ability: Serene Grace
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 216 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Return / Strength
- Knock Off
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Meloetta-Pirouette (Serene Grace)
Meloetta is a legendary Offensive Trick Room. With Serene Grace, Meloetta's moves have their secondary effect chance doubled.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Meloetta's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Meloetta recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Meloetta recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Meloetta-pirouette 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.
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Damage Modifiers:
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Meloetta-pirouette 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-pirouette
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Perish Song + Protect
- Ability: Serene Grace + Item: King's Rock
- 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: Fire Punch
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Ice Punch
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Energy Ball
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Charge Beam
- Ability: Serene Grace + Additional Effect Move: Focus Blast
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Protect, Magic Coat, Snatch, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
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