Competitive Information for Skitty [Sun/Moon]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Skitty? 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.
Skitty is a fabulous Normal-typed Pokemon. Skitty is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Skitty can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Skitty's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Normalium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Normalize
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 120 Hp / 252 Atk / 28 Def / 108 SpD
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Wild Charge / Sucker Punch
- Play Rough
- Zen Headbutt
Physical Sweeper Skitty (Normalize)
Skitty is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Normalize, Skitty's moves are changed to be normal type and have 1.2x power.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Normalium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Normalize
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 120 Hp / 28 Def / 252 SpA / 108 SpD
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Skitty (Normalize)
Skitty is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Skitty's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Normalize, Skitty's moves are changed to be normal type and have 1.2x power.
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Skitty's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Skitty? 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: Normalium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Normalize
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 120 Hp / 252 Atk / 28 Def / 108 SpD
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Wild Charge / Sucker Punch
- Play Rough
- Zen Headbutt
Doubles Physical Sweeper Skitty (Normalize)
Skitty is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Normalize, Skitty's moves are changed to be normal type and have 1.2x power.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Normalium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Normalize
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 120 Hp / 28 Def / 252 SpA / 108 SpD
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Skitty (Normalize)
Skitty is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Skitty's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Normalize, Skitty's moves are changed to be normal type and have 1.2x power.
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Skitty's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Skitty 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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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Skitty 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 Skitty
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Wish + Baton pass
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Fake Out, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Skitty's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Cosmic Power
- Defense Curl
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Skitty
- Baton Pass
- Fake Out
- Hidden Power
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Skitty in Sun and Moon
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