Competitive Information for Indeedee [Sword/Shield]
Psychic / Normal
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Indeedee? 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.
Indeedee is popular Psychic and Normal-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty usual sight to see Indeedee out in the 8th generation battlefield. Indeedee's only type-related weaknesses are Bug and Dark.
Item: Focus Sash / Psychic Seed
Ability: Psychic Surge
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam
- Expanding Force
- Imprison
- Trick Room
Special Sweeper Indeedee (Popular/Trending)
Indeedee is a marvelous Special Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Indeedee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Psychic Surge, on switch-in Indeedee summons psychic terrain. With a Psychic Seed equipped to it, if the terrain is psychic terrain, raises Indeedee's sp. Def by 1 stage then the Psychic Seed gets consumed.
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Indeedee on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ Imprison is a status move (no foe can use any move known by your Indeedee).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/is10a36c
Item: Terrain Extender / Focus Sash
Ability: Psychic Surge
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 40 Def / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Terrain Pulse / Psychic
- Hyper Voice / Tri Attack
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Indeedee (Psychic Surge)
Indeedee is a stupendous Special Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Indeedee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Psychic Surge, on switch-in Indeedee summons psychic terrain. With a Terrain Extender equipped to it, Indeedee's use of electric/grassy/misty/psychic terrain lasts 8 turns instead of 5.
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Tri Attack is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
◆ 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).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/is11a36c
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Indeedee? 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: Focus Sash
Ability: Psychic Surge
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Expanding Force
- Helping Hand
- Imprison
- Trick Room
Doubles Special Sweeper Indeedee (Popular VGC)
Indeedee is an outstanding Special Sweeper for double battles. This particular build was popular during past competitions. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Indeedee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Psychic Surge, on switch-in Indeedee summons psychic terrain.
◆ Helping Hand is a status move (one adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn).
◆ Imprison is a status move (no foe can use any move known by your Indeedee).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/id10a36c
Item: Terrain Extender / Focus Sash
Ability: Psychic Surge
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 40 Def / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Tri Attack
- Dazzling Gleam / Draining Kiss
- Terrain Pulse / Psychic
- Energy Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Indeedee (Psychic Surge)
Indeedee is a phenomenal Special Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Indeedee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Psychic Surge, on switch-in Indeedee summons psychic terrain. With a Terrain Extender equipped to it, Indeedee's use of electric/grassy/misty/psychic terrain lasts 8 turns instead of 5.
◆ Tri Attack is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Draining Kiss is a special 50-base power Fairy-type move (Indeedee recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
◆ Terrain Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Normal-type move (Indeedee on terrain: power doubles, type varies).
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/id11a36c
Item: Terrain Extender / Focus Sash
Ability: Psychic Surge
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 164 Hp / 92 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Terrain Pulse / Psychic
- Hyper Voice / Tri Attack
- Energy Ball
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Indeedee (Psychic Surge)
Indeedee is pretty popular Offensive Trick Room for single battles. Focus Sash helps protect Indeedee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Psychic Surge, on switch-in Indeedee summons psychic terrain. With a Terrain Extender equipped to it, Indeedee's use of electric/grassy/misty/psychic terrain lasts 8 turns instead of 5.
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Tri Attack is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/id12a36c
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Indeedee 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 Indeedee 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 Indeedee
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Ability: Psychic surge + Move: Expanding force
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Fake Out
Moves that boost Indeedee's stats
- Calm Mind
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Indeedee
- Dazzling Gleam
- Expanding Force
- Fake Out
- Hyper Voice
- Imprison
- Mystical Fire
- Protect
- Rest
- Stored Power
- Tri Attack
- Trick Room
Common Effort Values for Indeedee in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Indeedee's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
Related Videos
Here are various how-to-use and competitive moveset analysis video guides for Indeedee in Sword/Shield. These featured videos will most likely contain additional strategies and combos not listed on our site. Disclaimer: All videos belong to their respective owners along with the views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the videos. They belong solely to the author and not to us.
We currently do not have any competitive video guides for Indeedee in Sword/Shield
Want to have your Competitive Pokemon videos sponsored on our site? Contact us!
Some builds on this page have been hidden, click here to display them
Here are the best movesets for Indeedee. Top rated Indeedee Sword/Shield movesets. You can find Indeedee builds Sword/Shield. Indeedee movesets Sword/Shield are listed here. VGC Indeedee Competitive Movesets can be found here. Find various EV spreads, find the best nature for Indeedee in Sword/Shield along with competitive movesets. Basic info and Movesets for evolution