Competitive Information for Stakataka [Sun/Moon]
Rock / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Stakataka? 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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Stakataka is popular Rock and Steel-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to see Stakataka show up as a Sun/Moon opponent. Stakataka is weak to Fighting, Ground, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Air Balloon / Figy Berry
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Lonely (+Atk, -Def)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Gyro Ball
- Trick Room
Physical Tank Stakataka (Popular/Trending)
Stakataka is an outstanding Physical Tank. It's purpose is to take a mighty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Stakataka is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. With Beast Boost, Stakataka's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Stone Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Gyro Ball is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Stakataka than the target).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Item: Normalium Z / Chople Berry
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Iron Head
- Superpower
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
Physical Sweeper Stakataka (Beast Boost)
Stakataka is an astounding Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Beast Boost, Stakataka's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Stakataka's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Stakataka? 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: Rockium Z / Chople Berry
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Double-Edge / Return
- Iron Head
Doubles Physical Sweeper Stakataka (Beast Boost)
Stakataka is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Beast Boost, Stakataka's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Normalium Z / Chople Berry
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Iron Head
- Superpower
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Stakataka (Beast Boost)
Stakataka is pretty popular Offensive Trick Room. With Beast Boost, Stakataka's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Stakataka's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Stakataka 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 Stakataka 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 Stakataka
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Bide, Magic Coat, Protect, Wide Guard
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Stakataka's stats
- Autotomize
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Stakataka
- Earthquake
- Gyro Ball
- Hidden Power
- Light Screen
- Other
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Superpower
- Toxic
- Trick Room
Common Effort Values for Stakataka in Sun and Moon
- Lonely Nature ( 252/252/0/0/4/0/ )
- Lonely Nature ( 4/252/0/0/252/0/ )
- Optimize Stakataka's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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