What is a good competitive moveset for Honedge? 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.
Honedge is a decent Steel and Ghost-typed Pokemon. Honedge is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Honedge can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Honedge is weak to Dark, Fire, Ghost, and Ground-typed attacks.
Species: Honedge Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band Ability: No Guard Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 88 Hp / 252 Atk / 168 SpD Moveset: - Shadow Claw - Close Combat / Sacred Sword - Iron Head - Psycho Cut
Physical Sweeper Honedge (No Guard)
Honedge is popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Honedge's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With No Guard, every move used by or against Honedge will always hit. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Honedge's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio). ◆ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Honedge's defense and special defense by 1 stage). ◆ Sacred Sword is a physical 90-base power Fighting-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes). ◆ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch). ◆ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Honedge? 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.
Species: Honedge Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band Ability: No Guard Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 88 Hp / 252 Atk / 168 SpD Moveset: - Rock Slide - Shadow Claw - Close Combat - Iron Head
Doubles Physical Sweeper Honedge (No Guard)
Honedge is an astounding Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Honedge's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With No Guard, every move used by or against Honedge will always hit. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Honedge's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch). ◆ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio). ◆ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Honedge's defense and special 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 Honedge 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Honedge 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 Honedge
Moves: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Endure + Reversal
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Substitute + Reversal
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Wide Guard, Shadow Sneak
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Honedge's stats
Autotomize
Iron Defense
Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Honedge
Destiny Bond
Protect
Reflect
Rest
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Honedge in Sword and Shield
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