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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for Absol

Base Stats for Absol

Dark

Abilities:
,
,

Evolutions / Family:
Absol

Weakness Chart for Dark-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

2x

0.5x

2x

0.5x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Absol? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.

Common team mates for Absol in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

DusclopsMetagrossRegielekiTornadusRillaboomGlastrierUrshifuTaurosIndeedee-FWhimsicott

Absol is a phenomenal Dark-typed Pokemon. Absol are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Absol is weak to Bug, Fairy, and Fighting-typed attacks.

Species: Absol
Item: Scope Lens / Razor Claw
Ability: Super Luck
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat
- Night Slash
- Sucker Punch
- Protect

Physical Sweeper Absol (Popular/Trending)

Absol is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Absol critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Absol's Super Luck ability will double these chances even further. With Super Luck, Absol's critical hit ratio is raised by 1 stage.

♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Absol's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Absol this turn).

Species: Absol
Item: Scope Lens / Eject Pack
Ability: Super Luck
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Knock Off / Night Slash
- Close Combat
- Play Rough / Double-Edge
- Psycho Cut

Physical Sweeper Absol (Super Luck)

Absol is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Absol critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Absol's Super Luck ability will double these chances even further. With Super Luck, Absol's critical hit ratio is raised by 1 stage. Play Rough was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Knock Off is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Absol's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).

Species: Absol
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Super Luck
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 68 Hp / 220 Atk / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Psycho Cut
- Shadow Claw
- Payback
- Megahorn

Absol Physical Sweeper (All-out)

Absol is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Absol's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Super Luck, Absol's critical hit ratio is raised by 1 stage.

♦ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Payback is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Absol moves after the target).
♦ Megahorn is a physical 120-base power Bug-type move that deals a gigantic amount of damage.

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Absol? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.

Common team mates for Absol in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

DusclopsMetagrossRegielekiTornadusRillaboomGlastrierUrshifuTaurosIndeedee-FWhimsicott

Species: Absol
Item: Scope Lens / Eject Pack
Ability: Super Luck
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Knock Off / Night Slash
- Rock Slide
- Close Combat
- Psycho Cut / Play Rough

Doubles Physical Sweeper Absol (Super Luck)

Absol is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Absol critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Absol's Super Luck ability will double these chances even further. With Super Luck, Absol's critical hit ratio is raised by 1 stage. Psycho Cut or Play Rough are added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Knock Off is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Absol's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Absol 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 Absol can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Absol

Moves: Wish + Baton Pass
Moves: Swagger + Foul play
Moves: Swagger + Psych Up
Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
Moves: Perish Song + Protect
Ability: Super Luck + Item: Scope Lens
Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Detect, Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Feint, Sucker Punch

Most notable and possible best moves for Absol

Baton Pass
Bounce
Close Combat
Detect
Feint
Night Slash
Play Rough
Protect
Rock Slide
Sucker Punch
Taunt
X-Scissor

Common Effort Values for Absol in Sword and Shield

Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
Adamant Nature ( 244/252/4/0/4/4 )
Optimize Absol's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield

Competitive Information for Absol [Sword/Shield]