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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for Kadabra

Base Stats for Kadabra

Psychic

Abilities:
,
,

Evolutions / Family:
Abra
Kadabra
Alakazam

Weakness Chart for Psychic-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

2x

0.5x

2x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0.5x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Kadabra? 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.

Kadabra is a pretty decent Psychic-typed Pokemon. Kadabra is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Kadabra is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.

Species: Kadabra
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Def / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk |
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Energy Ball / Grass Knot
- Dazzling Gleam / Tri Attack
- Shadow Ball / Night Shade

Special Sweeper Kadabra (Magic Guard)

Kadabra is an astounding Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Kadabra from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Kadabra'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 Kadabra. With Magic Guard, Kadabra can only be damaged by direct attacks. Dazzling Gleam was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Tri Attack is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
♦ 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 Kadabra's level).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Kadabra? 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: Kadabra
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Def / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk |
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Energy Ball / Grass Knot
- Shadow Ball / Tri Attack

Doubles Special Sweeper Kadabra (Magic Guard)

Kadabra is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Kadabra from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Kadabra'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 Kadabra. With Magic Guard, Kadabra can only be damaged by direct attacks. Shadow Ball was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Tri Attack is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).

Species: Kadabra
Item: Life Orb / Room Service
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 96 Hp / 160 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Energy Ball / Grass Knot
- Dazzling Gleam / Tri Attack
- Trick Room

Offensive Trick Room Kadabra (Magic Guard)

Kadabra is a spectacular Offensive Trick Room. Life Orb boosts the power of Kadabra'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 Kadabra. With Magic Guard, Kadabra can only be damaged by direct attacks. Dazzling Gleam was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Tri Attack is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Kadabra 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Kadabra 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 Kadabra

Moves: Swagger + Foul play
Moves: Swagger + Psych Up
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
Ability: Magic Guard + Item: Life Orb
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Ally Switch

Most notable and possible best moves for Kadabra

Protect
Rest

Common Effort Values for Kadabra in Sword and Shield

Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
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Competitive Information for Kadabra [Sword/Shield]