Competitive Information for Klinklang [Sword/Shield]
Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Klinklang? 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.
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Klinklang is an interesting Steel-typed Pokemon. It's normal to see Klinklang show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Klinklang is weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Weakness Policy / Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Giga Impact
- Wild Charge
- Protect
- Shift Gear / Gear Grind
Physical Tank Klinklang (Popular/Trending)
Klinklang is an awesome Physical Tank for single battles. It's primary goal is to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Weakness Policy activates if Klinklang is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. Life Orb boosts the power of Klinklang's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Klinklang's stat stages.
◆ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Klinklang this turn).
◆ Shift Gear is a status move (raises your Klinklang's speed by 2 stages and attack by 1 stage).
◆ Gear Grind is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Steel-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
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Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Steel Roller / Rock Smash
- Wild Charge
- Facade / Giga Impact
- Assurance
Physical Sweeper Klinklang (Clear Body)
Klinklang is popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Klinklang's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Klinklang recover from the recoil damage it may take from Wild Charge. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Klinklang's stat stages. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Klinklang is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Giga Impact is a physical 150-base power Normal-type move (Klinklang cannot move next turn).
◆ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
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Item: Air Balloon
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 211 Hp / 230 Atk / 69 SpD
Moveset:
- Gear Grind
- Trick Room
- Screech
- Toxic
Klinklang Physical Tank (Three Sharp Needles)
Klinklang is pretty popular Physical Tank for single battles. This moveset attempts to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Klinklang is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Klinklang's stat stages.
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
◆ Screech is a status move (lowers the target's defense by 2 stages).
◆ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Klinklang? 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.
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Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Plus
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Steel Roller / Rock Smash
- Wild Charge
- Facade / Giga Impact
- Assurance
Doubles Physical Sweeper Klinklang (Plus)
Klinklang is a sensational Physical Sweeper for double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Klinklang's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Klinklang recover from the recoil damage it may take from Wild Charge. With Plus, if an active ally has this ability or the minus ability Klinklang's sp. Atk is 1.5x. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Klinklang is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Giga Impact is a physical 150-base power Normal-type move (Klinklang cannot move next turn).
◆ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
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Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Plus
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Steel Roller / Rock Smash
- Wild Charge
- Facade / Giga Impact
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Klinklang (Plus)
Klinklang is a sensational Offensive Trick Room for single battles. Life Orb boosts the power of Klinklang's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Klinklang recover from the recoil damage it may take from Wild Charge. With Plus, if an active ally has this ability or the minus ability Klinklang's sp. Atk is 1.5x. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Klinklang is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Giga Impact is a physical 150-base power Normal-type move (Klinklang cannot move next turn).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Klinklang 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 Klinklang 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 Klinklang
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Minus + Move: Magnetic flux
- Ability: Plus + Move: Magnetic flux
- Ability: Minus + Move: Gear up
- Ability: Plus + Move: Gear up
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Endure, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Klinklang's stats
- Autotomize
- Charge
- Charge Beam
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
- Shift Gear
Most notable and possible best moves for Klinklang
- Gear Grind
- Giga Impact
- Protect
- Rest
- Shift Gear
- Steel Roller
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
- Wild Charge
Common Effort Values for Klinklang in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 252/252/0/0/0/4 )
- Jolly Nature ( 28/156/116/0/28/180 )
- Optimize Klinklang's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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