Competitive Information for Mienshao [Sun/Moon]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Mienshao? 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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Mienshao is a phenomenal Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's a not-uncommon sight to see Mienshao out in the 7th generation battlefield. Mienshao is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Scarf
Ability: Regenerator
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick
- Poison Jab
- U-turn
- Knock Off
Physical Sweeper Mienshao (Popular/Trending)
Mienshao is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Scarf will increase Mienshao's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Mienshao's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Regenerator, Mienshao restores 1/3 of its maximum hp rounded down when it switches out.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Mienshao switches out after damaging 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).
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Item: Fightinium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Reckless
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Jump Kick
- U-turn / Rock Slide
- Knock Off
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Mienshao (Reckless)
Mienshao is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Mienshao from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Reckless, Mienshao's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not struggle. U-turn or Rock Slide are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (Mienshao is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Mienshao switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ 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).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Mienshao? 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: Fightinium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Reckless
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Jump Kick
- Rock Slide
- U-turn / Return
- Knock Off
Doubles Physical Sweeper Mienshao (Reckless)
Mienshao is popular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Mienshao from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Reckless, Mienshao's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not struggle. U-turn was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (Mienshao is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Mienshao switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ 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).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Mienshao 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 Mienshao 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 Mienshao
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- 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
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Helping Hand, Feint, Quick Guard, Wide Guard, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Mienshao's stats
- Bulk Up
- Calm Mind
- Meditate
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Mienshao
- Baton Pass
- Drain Punch
- Facade
- Fake Out
- High Jump Kick
- Knock Off
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Stone Edge
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Mienshao in Sun and Moon
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 24/252/0/0/0/232/ )
- Optimize Mienshao's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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