Note: Pokemon with the Lightning Rod ability are immune to Electric attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Plusle? 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.
Plusle is an astounding Electric-typed Pokemon. Plusle is a pretty common Pokemon to see in Generation 7. Plusle's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Plusle is an astounding Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Plusle from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Lightning Rod, Plusle draws electric moves to itself to raise sp. atk by 1; electric immunity.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target). ♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon). ♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target). ♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn). ♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Plusle must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target). ♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Plusle? 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.
Plusle is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Plusle from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Lightning Rod, Plusle draws electric moves to itself to raise sp. atk by 1; electric immunity.
♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon). ♦ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage). ♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target). ♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn). ♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Plusle must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target). ♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Plusle 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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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 Plusle 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 Plusle
Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Wish + Baton pass
Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Attack
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