What is a good competitive moveset for Kubfu? 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.
Kubfu is a pretty decent Fighting-typed Pokemon. Kubfu is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Kubfu is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Species: Kubfu Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band Ability: Inner Focus Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Moveset: - Close Combat / Brick Break - Body Slam - Iron Head - Fire Punch
Physical Sweeper Kubfu
Kubfu is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Kubfu's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Inner Focus, Kubfu cannot be made to flinch. immune to intimidate.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Kubfu's defense and special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune). ♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target). ♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Kubfu? 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: Kubfu Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band Ability: Inner Focus Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Moveset: - Close Combat / Brick Break - Body Slam - Iron Head - Fire Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Kubfu
Kubfu is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Kubfu's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Inner Focus, Kubfu cannot be made to flinch. immune to intimidate.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Kubfu's defense and special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune). ♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target). ♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Kubfu 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 Kubfu 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 Kubfu
Moves: Endure + Reversal
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Substitute + Reversal
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Most notable and possible best moves for Kubfu
Protect
Rest
Common Effort Values for Kubfu in Sword and Shield
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