Competitive Information for Deino [Sword/Shield]
Dark / Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Deino? 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.
Deino is a pretty decent Dark and Dragon-typed Pokemon. Deino is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Deino can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Deino is weak to Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Fighting, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Blunder Policy / Shell Bell
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 192 Hp / 252 Atk / 32 Def / 32 SpD
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Rush
- Superpower
- Crunch / Bite
- Head Smash / Body Slam
Physical Sweeper Deino (Hustle)
Deino is a marvelous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Shell Bell item option is to help Deino recover from the recoil damage it may take from Head Smash. With Hustle, Deino's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x. With a Blunder Policy equipped to it, if Deino misses due to accuracy, its speed is raised by 2 stages then the Blunder Policy gets consumed.
◆ Dragon Rush is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Deino's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Head Smash is a physical 150-base power Rock-type move (has 1/2 recoil).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Deino? 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: 192 Hp / 252 Atk / 32 Def / 32 SpD
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Rush
- Superpower
- Crunch / Bite
- Head Smash / Body Slam
Doubles Physical Sweeper Deino (Hustle)
Deino is popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Shell Bell item option is to help Deino recover from the recoil damage it may take from Head Smash. With Hustle, Deino's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x. With a Blunder Policy equipped to it, if Deino misses due to accuracy, its speed is raised by 2 stages then the Blunder Policy gets consumed.
◆ Dragon Rush is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Deino's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Head Smash is a physical 150-base power Rock-type move (has 1/2 recoil).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Deino 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 Deino 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 Deino
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Hustle + Item: Blunder policy
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Double Hit + Item: King's Rock
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Deino's stats
- Nasty Plot
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Deino
- Head Smash
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Deino in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Deino's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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