What is a good competitive moveset for Linoone? 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.
Linoone is a sensational Normal-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to find yourself dealing with Linoone when battling in the 8th generation meta. Linoone's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Linoone is an outstanding Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Linoone at the end of the turn which will activate Linoone's Quick Feet ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Quick Feet, if Linoone is statused its speed is 1.5x; ignores speed drop from paralysis. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Quick Feet to seriously give Linoone a sweet boost.
◆ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Linoone is burn/poison/paralyzed). ◆ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-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). ◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Linoone this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Linoone? 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.
Linoone is an interesting Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Linoone at the end of the turn which will activate Linoone's Quick Feet ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Quick Feet, if Linoone is statused its speed is 1.5x; ignores speed drop from paralysis. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Quick Feet to seriously give Linoone a sweet boost.
◆ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Linoone is burn/poison/paralyzed). ◆ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-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). ◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Linoone this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Linoone 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 Linoone 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.
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