Competitive Information for Duosion [Sword/Shield]
Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Duosion? 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.
Duosion is an astounding Psychic-typed Pokemon. Duosion is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Duosion is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 176 Hp / 80 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball / Night Shade
- Flash Cannon
Special Sweeper Duosion (Magic Guard)
Duosion is a marvelous Special Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Duosion's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Duosion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Magic Guard negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage making it an amazing item for Duosion. With Magic Guard, Duosion can only be damaged by direct attacks.
◆ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Night Shade is a special 0-base power Ghost-type move (does damage equal to your Duosion's level).
◆ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Duosion? 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 / Choice Specs
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 176 Hp / 80 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball / Night Shade
- Flash Cannon
Doubles Special Sweeper Duosion (Magic Guard)
Duosion is an interesting Special Sweeper for double battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Duosion's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Duosion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Magic Guard negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage making it an amazing item for Duosion. With Magic Guard, Duosion can only be damaged by direct attacks.
◆ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Night Shade is a special 0-base power Ghost-type move (does damage equal to your Duosion's level).
◆ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 176 Hp / 80 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball / Night Shade
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Duosion (Magic Guard)
Duosion is a stupendous Offensive Trick Room for single battles. Focus Sash helps protect Duosion from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Duosion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Magic Guard negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage making it an amazing item for Duosion. With Magic Guard, Duosion can only be damaged by direct attacks.
◆ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Night Shade is a special 0-base power Ghost-type move (does damage equal to your Duosion's level).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Duosion 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 Duosion 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 Duosion
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Ability: Magic guard + Item: Life orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Duosion's stats
- Acid Armor
- Calm Mind
- Iron Defense
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Duosion
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stored Power
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Duosion in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Duosion's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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