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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for Liepard

Base Stats for Liepard

Dark

Abilities:
,
,

Evolutions / Family:
Purrloin
Liepard

Weakness Chart for Dark-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

2x

0.5x

2x

0.5x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

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.

Common team mates for Liepard in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

TorkoalVenusaurHatterenePorygon2SwampertStakatakaRegielekiIndeedee-FMimikyuMetagross

Liepard is a sensational Dark-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty common sight to see Liepard out in the 8th generation battlefield. Liepard is weak to Bug, Fairy, and Fighting-typed attacks.

Species: Liepard
Item: Focus Sash / Flame Orb
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Hasty (+Spe, -Def)
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Snarl
- Copycat
- Fake Tears
- Screech

Special Sweeper Liepard (Popular/Trending)

Liepard is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It tries 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. Flame Orb will burn Liepard at the end of the turn. With Prankster, Liepard's status moves have priority raised by 1 but dark types are immune.

♦ Snarl is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Screech is a status move (lowers the target's defense by 2 stages).

Species: Liepard
Item: Focus Sash / Flame Orb
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Fake Out
- Copycat
- Fake Tears / Foul Play
- Screech

Physical Sweeper Liepard (Popular/Trending)

Liepard is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It is 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. Flame Orb will burn Liepard at the end of the turn. With Prankster, Liepard's status moves have priority raised by 1 but dark types are immune.

♦ Fake Out is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. first turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
♦ 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).
♦ Screech is a status move (lowers the target's defense by 2 stages).

Species: Liepard
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 144 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 Def / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Knock Off / Night Slash
- Play Rough / Slash
- Shadow Claw
- Psycho Cut

Physical Sweeper Liepard (Unburden)

Liepard is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal 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.

♦ Knock Off is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-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).
♦ 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).

Species: Liepard
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 a spectacular Special Sweeper. It attempts 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 boosts 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.

♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ 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).

Species: Liepard
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 pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It is meant 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.

♦ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ 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.

Common team mates for Liepard in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

TorkoalVenusaurHatterenePorygon2SwampertStakatakaRegielekiIndeedee-FMimikyuMetagross

Species: Liepard
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 144 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 Def / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Knock Off / Night Slash
- Play Rough / Slash
- Shadow Claw
- Psycho Cut

Doubles Physical Sweeper Liepard (Unburden)

Liepard is a decent 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 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.

♦ Knock Off is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-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).
♦ 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).

Species: Liepard
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 decent Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed 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 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).
♦ 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.

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: Swagger + Foul play
Moves: Swagger + Psych Up
Moves: Swagger + Screech
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

Most notable and possible best moves for Liepard

Copycat
Fake Out
Fake Tears
Foul Play
Protect
Screech
Snarl
Trick

Common Effort Values for Liepard in Sword and Shield

Hasty Nature ( 0/4/0/252/0/252 )
Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
Optimize Liepard's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield

Competitive Information for Liepard [Sword/Shield]