Competitive Information for Noivern [Sun/Moon]
Flying / Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Noivern? 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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Noivern is popular Flying and Dragon-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to find yourself dealing with Noivern when battling in the 7th generation meta. Noivern is weak to Dragon, Fairy, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Choice Specs / Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Boomburst
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Hurricane / Air Slash
- Flamethrower
Special Sweeper Noivern (Popular/Trending)
Noivern is an interesting Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Noivern's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Noivern's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil.
♦ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Noivern's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Hurricane is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to confuse target. can't miss in rain).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Item: Dragonium Z / Yache Berry
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 196 Hp / 252 SpA / 60 Spe
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Boomburst / Hyper Voice
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Psychic
Special Sweeper Noivern (Infiltrator)
Noivern is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil.
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Boomburst is a special 140-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Boomburst / Draco Meteor
- Hurricane
- Dragon Pulse
- Flamethrower
Noivern Special Sweeper (Manbat)
Noivern is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Scarf will increase Noivern's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil.
♦ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Noivern's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Hurricane is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to confuse target. can't miss in rain).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Boomburst / Tailwind
- Hurricane
- Draco Meteor
- Flamethrower
Noivern Special Sweeper (Speed Of Sound)
Noivern is a sensational Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Noivern from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil. With an excellent base 123 speed and also a respectable base 97 special attack, Noivern seems like a good specs user to me. Specs STAB Draco Meteor isn't going to be taken very nicely by alot of Pokemon, and Hurricane is it's secondary STAB to hit more stuff (> Air Slash cause of more power :D). U-turn is to just run away, and it's a nice option on a choiced user and a choice between Flamethrower or Focus Blast can be made to cover steel types.
Abilitywise, Infiltrator stands out to me, as it now allows Noivern to hit through Substitute, making it an even more effective revengekiller.
♦ Tailwind is a status move (for 4 turns, allies' speed is doubled).
♦ Hurricane is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to confuse target. can't miss in rain).
♦ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Noivern's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Boomburst / Hurricane
- Tailwind
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
Noivern Special Sweeper (Special Support/sweep)
Noivern is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Noivern from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil.
♦ Hurricane is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to confuse target. can't miss in rain).
♦ Tailwind is a status move (for 4 turns, allies' speed is doubled).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hurricane
- Draco Meteor
- Roost
- Flamethrower
Noivern Special Sweeper (Special Freak)
Noivern is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Noivern's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil.
♦ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Noivern's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Noivern? 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: Flyinium Z / Yache Berry
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 196 Hp / 252 SpA / 60 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Boomburst / Hyper Voice
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Heat Wave / Flamethrower
Doubles Special Sweeper Noivern (Infiltrator)
Noivern is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Boomburst is a special 140-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Noivern's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a great 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).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Noivern 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 Noivern 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 Noivern
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Snatch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break, Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Noivern's stats
- Agility
- Hone Claws
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Noivern
- Air Slash
- Boomburst
- Defog
- Draco Meteor
- Dragon Pulse
- Flamethrower
- Focus Blast
- Hurricane
- Moonlight
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Switcheroo
- Taunt
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Noivern in Sun and Moon
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Noivern's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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