Competitive Information for Durant [Sword/Shield]
Bug / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Durant? 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.
GothitelleTogekissIncineroarLaprasRaichuCoalossalDragapultRegielekiSpectrierArcheops
Durant is a phenomenal Bug and Steel-typed Pokemon. Durant are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Durant's only type-related weakness is Fire.
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 Atk / 156 Spe
Moveset:
- Iron Head
- X-Scissor
- Stomping Tantrum
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Durant (Popular/Trending)
Durant is a wonderful Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Durant from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Durant's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hustle, Durant's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x.
◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Durant's last move failed).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Durant this turn).
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Item: Blunder Policy / Focus Sash
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 84 SpD / 172 Spe
Moveset:
- First Impression / X-Scissor
- Superpower
- Iron Head
- Stone Edge
Physical Sweeper Durant (Hustle)
Durant is popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Durant from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Hustle, Durant's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x. With a Blunder Policy equipped to it, if Durant misses due to accuracy, its speed is raised by 2 stages then the Blunder Policy gets consumed.
◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Durant's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Stone Edge is a physical 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Power Herb
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 222 Hp / 243 Atk / 43 Spe
Moveset:
- Bug Bite
- Shadow Claw
- Iron Defense
- Baton Pass
Durant Physical Tank (Baton Passant)
Durant is popular Physical Tank for single battles. It's designed to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Hustle, Durant's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x. With a Power Herb equipped to it, Durant's two-turn moves complete in one turn (except sky drop) then the Power Herb gets consumed.
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Durant's defense by 2 stages).
◆ Baton Pass is a status move (Durant switches, passing stat changes and more).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Naughty (+Atk, -SpD)
EVs: 119 Hp / 200 Atk / 191 Spe
Moveset:
- Bug Bite
- Stone Edge
- Iron Defense
- Baton Pass
Durant Physical Sweeper (Baton Passant 2)
Durant is a sensational Physical Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Durant's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hustle, Durant's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x.
◆ Stone Edge is a physical 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Durant's defense by 2 stages).
◆ Baton Pass is a status move (Durant switches, passing stat changes and more).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Durant? 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.
GothitelleTogekissIncineroarLaprasRaichuCoalossalDragapultRegielekiSpectrierArcheops
Item: Blunder Policy / Focus Sash
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 84 SpD / 172 Spe
Moveset:
- First Impression / X-Scissor
- Rock Slide / Stone Edge
- Superpower
- Iron Head
Doubles Physical Sweeper Durant (Hustle)
Durant is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Durant from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Hustle, Durant's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x. With a Blunder Policy equipped to it, if Durant misses due to accuracy, its speed is raised by 2 stages then the Blunder Policy gets consumed.
◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Stone Edge is a physical 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Durant's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Durant 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 Durant 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 Durant
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Hustle + Item: Blunder policy
- 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, Helping Hand, First Impression
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Durant's stats
- Agility
- Hone Claws
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Durant
- Baton Pass
- Entrainment
- First Impression
- Helping Hand
- Iron Head
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Stomping Tantrum
- Superpower
- Toxic
- X-Scissor
Common Effort Values for Durant in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 100/252/0/0/0/156 )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Optimize Durant's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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