Competitive Information for Liepard [Sword/Shield]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Liepard? 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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Liepard is a spectacular Dark-typed Pokemon. It's common to find yourself dealing with Liepard when battling in the 8th generation meta. Liepard is weak to Bug, Fairy, and Fighting-typed attacks.
Item: Roseli Berry / Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 108 Hp / 4 Atk / 12 Def / 132 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Fake Out
- Copycat
- Fake Tears / Foul Play
- Thunder Wave
Support Liepard (Popular/Trending)
Liepard is a spectacular Support. Focus Sash helps protect Liepard from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Prankster, Liepard's status moves have priority raised by 1 but dark types are immune.
♦ Copycat is a status move (uses the last move used in the battle).
♦ Fake Tears is a status move (lowers the target's special defense by 2 stages).
♦ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
Item: Roseli Berry / Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 100 Def / 156 Spe
Moveset:
- Copycat
- Copycat
- Fake Tears
- Fake Tears / Foul Play
Physical Wall Liepard (Popular/Trending)
Liepard is an extraordinary Physical Wall. It's goal is to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Focus Sash helps protect Liepard from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Prankster, Liepard's status moves have priority raised by 1 but dark types are immune.
♦ Copycat is a status move (uses the last move used in the battle).
♦ Fake Tears is a status move (lowers the target's special defense by 2 stages).
♦ Fake Tears is a status move (lowers the target's special defense by 2 stages).
♦ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
Item: Roseli Berry / Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Copycat
- Fake Tears
- Fake Tears
- Fake Tears / Foul Play
Special Sweeper Liepard (Popular/Trending)
Liepard is popular Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Liepard from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Prankster, Liepard's status moves have priority raised by 1 but dark types are immune.
♦ Fake Tears is a status move (lowers the target's special defense by 2 stages).
♦ Fake Tears is a status move (lowers the target's special defense by 2 stages).
♦ Fake Tears is a status move (lowers the target's special defense by 2 stages).
♦ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
Item: Roseli Berry / Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Fake Tears
- Fake Tears
- Fake Tears
- Fake Tears / Foul Play
Physical Sweeper Liepard (Popular/Trending)
Liepard is popular Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Liepard from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Prankster, Liepard's status moves have priority raised by 1 but dark types are immune.
♦ Fake Tears is a status move (lowers the target's special defense by 2 stages).
♦ Fake Tears is a status move (lowers the target's special defense by 2 stages).
♦ Fake Tears is a status move (lowers the target's special defense by 2 stages).
♦ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 144 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 Def / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Knock Off / Night Slash
- Shadow Claw
- Psycho Cut
- Play Rough / Slash
Physical Sweeper Liepard (Unburden)
Liepard is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Liepard from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability. Play Rough was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
Item: Focus Sash / Throat Spray
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 144 Hp / 56 Def / 252 SpA / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Dark Pulse / Snarl
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Shadow Ball
- Burning Jealousy
Special Sweeper Liepard (Unburden)
Liepard is an interesting Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Snarl or Hyper Voice) and raises Liepard's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Liepard from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Snarl is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Liepard cannot move next turn).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Burning Jealousy is a special 70-base power Fire-type move (100% burns a target that had a stat rise this turn).
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Limber
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Foul Play
- Fake Tears
- Encore
- Swagger
Liepard Physical Sweeper (Black Panthers)
Liepard is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Liepard last longer regaining it's it's life every turn. With Limber, Liepard cannot be paralyzed. gaining this ability while paralyzed cures it.
♦ Fake Tears is a status move (lowers the target's special defense by 2 stages).
♦ Encore is a status move (target repeats its last move for its next 3 turns).
♦ Swagger is a status move (raises the target's attack by 2 stages and confuses it).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Liepard? 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: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 144 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 Def / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Knock Off / Night Slash
- Shadow Claw
- Psycho Cut
- Play Rough / Slash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Liepard (Unburden)
Liepard is an interesting Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Liepard from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability. Play Rough was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
Item: Focus Sash / Throat Spray
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 144 Hp / 56 Def / 252 SpA / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Snarl / Dark Pulse
- Shadow Ball
- Burning Jealousy
Doubles Special Sweeper Liepard (Unburden)
Liepard is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice or Snarl) and increases Liepard's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Liepard from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Liepard cannot move next turn).
♦ Snarl is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch 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).
♦ Burning Jealousy is a special 70-base power Fire-type move (100% burns a target that had a stat rise this turn).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Liepard 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 Liepard 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 Liepard
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Sucker Punch
Optimize Liepard's EVs for Sword/Shield
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