Competitive Information for Toucannon [Sun/Moon]
Normal / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Toucannon? 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.
Toucannon is a stupendous Normal and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to see Toucannon show up as a Sun/Moon opponent. Toucannon is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Flyinium Z / King's Rock
Ability: Skill Link
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Beak Blast
- Return
- Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb
- Rock Blast
Physical Sweeper Toucannon (Skill Link)
Toucannon is a decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Skill Link, Toucannon's multi-hit attacks always hit the maximum number of times.
♦ Beak Blast is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Flying-type move (burns on contact with your Toucannon before it moves).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Bullet Seed is a physical 25-base power Grass-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Rock Blast is a physical 25-base power Rock-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
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Item: Flyinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Beak Blast
- Return
- Knock Off
- Seed Bomb
Physical Sweeper Toucannon (Sheer Force)
Toucannon is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Toucannon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Toucannon. With Sheer Force, Toucannon's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Beak Blast is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Flying-type move (burns on contact with your Toucannon before it moves).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Toucannon? 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: Flyinium Z / King's Rock
Ability: Skill Link
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Beak Blast
- Return
- Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb
- Rock Blast
Doubles Physical Sweeper Toucannon (Skill Link)
Toucannon is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Skill Link, Toucannon's multi-hit attacks always hit the maximum number of times.
♦ Beak Blast is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Flying-type move (burns on contact with your Toucannon before it moves).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Bullet Seed is a physical 25-base power Grass-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Rock Blast is a physical 25-base power Rock-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
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Item: Flyinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Beak Blast
- Return
- Knock Off
- Seed Bomb
Doubles Physical Sweeper Toucannon (Sheer Force)
Toucannon is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Toucannon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Toucannon. With Sheer Force, Toucannon's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Beak Blast is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Flying-type move (burns on contact with your Toucannon before it moves).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Toucannon 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 Toucannon 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 Toucannon
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Skill link + Item: King's rock
- Ability: Sheer force + Item: Life orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Fury Attack
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Sky Attack
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Smash
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Snore
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Steel Wing
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Bullet Seed
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Rock Blast
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Heat Wave
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Gunk Shot
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flash Cannon
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flame Charge
- Moves with Priority: Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break, Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Toucannon's stats
- Flame Charge
- Steel Wing
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Toucannon
- Boomburst
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Toucannon in Sun and Moon
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