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Competitive Pokemon Sun/Moon Movesets and Strategies for Type--null

Base Stats for Type: Null

Normal

Abilities:

Evolutions / Family:
Type: Null Silvally-Ghost
Silvally-Steel Silvally-Rock
Silvally-Psychic Silvally-Poison
Silvally-Ice Silvally-Ground
Silvally-Grass Silvally-Flying
Silvally Silvally-Fire
Silvally-Fighting Silvally-Fairy
Silvally-Electric Silvally-Dragon
Silvally-Dark Silvally-Bug
Silvally-Water

Weakness Chart for Normal-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

2x

0x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Type: Null? 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.

Type: Null is a pretty decent Normal-typed Pokemon. Type: Null is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Type: Null's only type-related weakness is Fighting.

Species: Type: Null
Item: Normalium Z / Eviolite
Ability: Battle Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Shadow Claw
- Dragon Claw
- Iron Head

Physical Sweeper Type: Null (Battle Armor)

Type: Null is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Type: Null is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Battle Armor, Type: Null cannot be struck by a critical hit.

♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).

Species: Type: Null
Item: Normalium Z / Eviolite
Ability: Battle Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Tri Attack / Round
- Signal Beam
- Air Slash
- Icy Wind

Special Sweeper Type: Null (Battle Armor)

Type: Null is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Type: Null is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolte was added to the mix. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Battle Armor, Type: Null cannot be struck by a critical hit.

♦ Tri Attack is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Air Slash is a special 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Type: Null? 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.

Species: Type: Null
Item: Normalium Z / Eviolite
Ability: Battle Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Rock Slide
- Shadow Claw
- Iron Head

Doubles Physical Sweeper Type: Null (Battle Armor)

Type: Null is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Type: Null is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolte was added to the mix. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Battle Armor, Type: Null cannot be struck by a critical hit.

♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).

Species: Type: Null
Item: Normalium Z / Eviolite
Ability: Battle Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Razor Wind / Tri Attack
- Icy Wind
- Signal Beam
- Air Slash

Doubles Special Sweeper Type: Null (Battle Armor)

Type: Null is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Type: Null is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached to it. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Battle Armor, Type: Null cannot be struck by a critical hit.

♦ Razor Wind is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Tri Attack is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-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).
♦ Air Slash is a special 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Type: Null 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Type: Null 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 Type: Null

Moves: Swagger + Punishment
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Double Hit + Item: King's Rock
Moves with Priority: Protect, Magic Coat

Optimize Type: Null's EVs for Sun/Moon

Competitive Information for Type: Null [Sun/Moon]