Competitive Information for Cufant [Sword/Shield]
Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Cufant? 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.
Cufant is a sensational Steel-typed Pokemon. Cufant is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Cufant can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Cufant is weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Eject Pack
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 104 Hp / 252 Atk / 76 Def / 76 SpD
Moveset:
- Steel Roller / Iron Head
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Rock Slide / Double-Edge
- High Horsepower / Stomping Tantrum
Physical Sweeper Cufant (Sheer Force)
Cufant is a marvelous Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Cufant'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 Cufant. With Sheer Force, Cufant's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Cufant's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Cufant's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Cufant's last move failed).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Cufant? 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.
Item: Life Orb / Eject Pack
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 104 Hp / 252 Atk / 76 Def / 76 SpD
Moveset:
- Steel Roller / Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- High Horsepower / Double-Edge
- Superpower
Doubles Physical Sweeper Cufant (Sheer Force)
Cufant is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Cufant'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 Cufant. With Sheer Force, Cufant's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects. High Horsepower was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Cufant's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Cufant's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Cufant 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 Cufant 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 Cufant
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Body Press + Curse
- Moves: Body Press + Defense Curl
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Ability: Sheer force + Item: Life orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Mud Shot
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Body Slam
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Bulldoze
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Earth Power
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fling
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Iron Head
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Smash
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Snore
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Stomp
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Tomb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Play Rough
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Slide
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Zen Headbutt
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that boost Cufant's stats
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Iron Defense
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Cufant
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
Common Effort Values for Cufant in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Cufant's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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