Competitive Information for Galarian Darumaka [Sword/Shield]
Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Darumaka-galar? 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.
Darumaka is a remarkable Ice-typed Pokemon. Darumaka is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Darumaka can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Darumaka is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Blunder Policy / Shell Bell
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 80 Hp / 252 Atk / 88 Def / 88 SpD
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Fire Punch
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Ice Punch / Ice Fang
- Zen Headbutt / Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Darumaka-Galar (Hustle)
Darumaka is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Shell Bell item option is to help Darumaka recover from the recoil damage it may take from Flare Blitz. With Hustle, Darumaka's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x. Zen Headbutt or Rock Slide are added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Blunder Policy equipped to it, if Darumaka misses due to accuracy, its speed is raised by 2 stages then the Blunder Policy gets consumed.
◆ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darumaka's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darumaka's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Ice Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Darumaka-galar? 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: Blunder Policy / Shell Bell
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 80 Hp / 252 Atk / 88 Def / 88 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Flare Blitz / Fire Punch
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Ice Punch / Ice Fang
Doubles Physical Sweeper Darumaka-Galar (Hustle)
Darumaka is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Shell Bell item option is to help Darumaka recover from the recoil damage it may take from Flare Blitz. With Hustle, Darumaka's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x. With a Blunder Policy equipped to it, if Darumaka misses due to accuracy, its speed is raised by 2 stages then the Blunder Policy gets consumed.
◆ Flare Blitz is a physical 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. Thaws Darumaka).
◆ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darumaka's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darumaka's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Ice Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Darumaka-galar 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 Darumaka-galar 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 Darumaka-galar
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Ability: Hustle + Item: Blunder policy
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Darumaka-galar's stats
- Belly Drum
- Power-Up Punch
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Darumaka-galar
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Darumaka-galar in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Darumaka-galar's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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