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 sensational Dark-typed Pokemon. Liepard are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Liepard is weak to Bug, Fairy, and Fighting-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Eject Button
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Fake Out / Copycat
- Charm
- Fake Tears / Foul Play
- Thunder Wave
Physical Sweeper Liepard (Analytic)
Liepard is a marvelous 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 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).
♦ Charm is a status move (lowers the target's attack 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).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
Item: Focus Sash / Eject Button
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Fake Out / Copycat
- Charm / Charm
- Fake Tears / Fake Tears
- Thunder Wave / Thunder Wave
Support Liepard (Analytic)
Liepard is a phenomenal 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).
♦ Charm is a status move (lowers the target's attack by 2 stages).
♦ Charm is a status move (lowers the target's attack 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).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
Item: Focus Sash / Eject Button
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Charm
- Copycat / Yawn
- Fake Tears
- Thunder Wave
Physical Wall Liepard (Analytic)
Liepard is a spectacular Physical Wall. It's purpose is to take a nice 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).
♦ Yawn is a status move (puts the target to sleep after 1 turn).
♦ Fake Tears is a status move (lowers the target's special defense by 2 stages).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Foul Play / Throat Chop
- Play Rough
- Seed Bomb
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Liepard (Unburden)
Liepard is a pretty 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. Life Orb boosts the power of Liepard's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Throat Chop is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dark Pulse / Snarl
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Shadow Ball
- Grass Knot
Special Sweeper Liepard (Unburden)
Liepard is popular Special Sweeper. It attempts 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. Life Orb boosts the power of Liepard's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. 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).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Foul Play / Throat Chop
- Play Rough
- Seed Bomb
- Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Liepard (Unburden)
Liepard is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It is meant 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. Life Orb boosts the power of Liepard's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Throat Chop is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Snarl / Dark Pulse
- Shadow Ball
- Grass Knot
Doubles Special Sweeper Liepard (Unburden)
Liepard is a notable Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is 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. Life Orb boosts the power of Liepard's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. 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).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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: 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
Create a build
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