Competitive Information for Mudsdale [Sun/Moon]
Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Mudsdale? 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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Mudsdale is an outstanding Ground-typed Pokemon. It's a almost common sight to see Mudsdale out in the 7th generation battlefield. Mudsdale is weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers / Aguav Berry
Ability: Stamina
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Heavy Slam
- Stealth Rock / Rock Slide
- Toxic
Physical Wall Mudsdale (Popular/Trending)
Mudsdale is an interesting Physical Wall. It's primary goal is to take a hefty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Mudsdale last longer regaining it's stamina every turn. With Stamina, Mudsdale's defense is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a move.
♦ Heavy Slam is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the heavier your Mudsdale than the target).
♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Item: Groundium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 244 Hp / 252 Atk / 12 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Close Combat / Low Sweep
- Rock Slide / Double-Edge
- Iron Head / Heavy Slam
Physical Sweeper Mudsdale (Own Tempo)
Mudsdale is a decent 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 Mudsdale's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Own Tempo, Mudsdale cannot be confused. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ High Horsepower is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Mudsdale's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Low Sweep is a physical 65-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heavy Slam is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the heavier your Mudsdale than the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Mudsdale? 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: Groundium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 244 Hp / 252 Atk / 12 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Close Combat / Low Sweep
- Iron Head / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Mudsdale (Own Tempo)
Mudsdale is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Mudsdale's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Own Tempo, Mudsdale cannot be confused. Iron Head was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ High Horsepower is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Mudsdale's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Low Sweep is a physical 65-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 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).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Mudsdale 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 Mudsdale 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 Mudsdale
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Mudsdale's stats
- Iron Defense
Most notable and possible best moves for Mudsdale
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Heavy Slam
- Protect
- Rest
- Return
- Rock Slide
- Rock Tomb
- Sleep Talk
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Mudsdale in Sun and Moon
- Impish Nature ( 252/4/252/0/0/0/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 252/252/0/0/4/0/ )
- Optimize Mudsdale's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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