Competitive Information for Naganadel [Sun/Moon]
Poison / Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Naganadel? 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.
Naganadel is a notable Poison and Dragon-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Naganadel when battling in the 7th generation meta. Naganadel is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Naganadel is weak to Dragon, Ground, Ice, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Dragonium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 180 Hp / 252 SpA / 76 Spe
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Flamethrower / Heat Wave
- Thunderbolt
Special Sweeper Naganadel (Beast Boost)
Naganadel is a sensational Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Naganadel's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Beast Boost, Naganadel's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Sludge Wave is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to poison adjacent pokemon).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Naganadel? 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.
Item: Poisonium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 180 Hp / 252 SpA / 76 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Heat Wave / Flamethrower
- Air Cutter
Doubles Special Sweeper Naganadel (Beast Boost)
Naganadel is a sensational Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Naganadel's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Beast Boost, Naganadel's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Naganadel's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Air Cutter is a special 60-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Naganadel 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 Naganadel 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 Naganadel
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Helping Hand, Protect, Snatch
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Naganadel's stats
- Fell Stinger
- Nasty Plot
Most notable and possible best moves for Naganadel
- Hidden Power
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Naganadel in Sun and Moon
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