Competitive Information for Staraptor [Sun/Moon]
Normal / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Staraptor? 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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Staraptor is a decent Normal and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Staraptor when battling in the 7th generation meta. Staraptor is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Choice Scarf / Choice Band
Ability: Reckless
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird
- Close Combat
- Double-Edge
- U-turn
Physical Sweeper Staraptor (Popular/Trending)
Staraptor is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Staraptor's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Choice Scarf will increase Staraptor's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Reckless, Staraptor's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not struggle.
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Staraptor's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Staraptor switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Reckless
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 12 SpD / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Close Combat / Revenge
- U-turn
Physical Sweeper Staraptor (Reckless)
Staraptor is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Staraptor from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Reckless, Staraptor's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not struggle.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Staraptor's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Revenge is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Staraptor is damaged by the target).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Staraptor switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: White Herb
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Naughty (+Atk, -SpD)
EVs: 46 Atk / 233 Def / 231 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brave Bird
- Sky Attack
- Return
- Substitute
Staraptor Physical Sweeper (A Star Is Born*)
Staraptor is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Staraptor's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Close Combat). With Intimidate, on switch-in Staraptor lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Staraptor takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Staraptor? 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: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Reckless
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 12 SpD / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Close Combat / Revenge
- U-turn
Doubles Physical Sweeper Staraptor (Reckless)
Staraptor is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Staraptor from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Reckless, Staraptor's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not struggle.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Staraptor's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Revenge is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Staraptor is damaged by the target).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Staraptor switches out after damaging the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Staraptor 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 Staraptor 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 Staraptor
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Recoil moves boosted by Reckless: Double-Edge, Take Down, Brave Bird
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Detect, Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Staraptor's stats
- Agility
- Ominous Wind
- Steel Wing
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Staraptor
- Brave Bird
- Close Combat
- Defog
- Double-Edge
- Final Gambit
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Staraptor in Sun and Moon
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252/ )
- Optimize Staraptor's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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