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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for Lunatone

Base Stats for Lunatone

Rock / Psychic

Abilities:

Evolutions / Family:
Lunatone

Weakness Chart for Rock/Psychic-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

2x

0.5x

2x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

2x

0.5x

2x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Lunatone? 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.

Lunatone is a wonderful Rock and Psychic-typed Pokemon. Lunatone are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Lunatone is weak to Bug, Dark, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.

Species: Lunatone
Item: Expert Belt / Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Earth Power / Ice Beam
- Moonblast

Special Sweeper Lunatone (Levitate)

Lunatone is popular Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Lunatone's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Levitate, Lunatone is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it. Earth Power or Ice Beam are added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Moonblast is a special 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Lunatone? 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: Lunatone
Item: Expert Belt / Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Moonblast / Earth Power

Doubles Special Sweeper Lunatone (Levitate)

Lunatone is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Lunatone's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Levitate, Lunatone is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it. Moonblast or Earth Power are added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Power Gem is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Moonblast is a special 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).

Species: Lunatone
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 208 Def / 48 SpD
Moveset:
- Toxic
- Pain Split
- Defense Curl
- Trick Room

Defensive Trick Room Lunatone (Levitate)

Lunatone is a marvelous Defensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Lunatone from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Levitate, Lunatone is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it. Earth Power or Ice Beam are added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
♦ Pain Split is a status move (shares hp of Lunatone and target equally).
♦ Defense Curl is a status move (raises your Lunatone's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).

Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Lunatone 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 Lunatone 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 Lunatone

Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Pain Split + Toxic
Moves: Stored Power + Psych Up
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
Move: Meteor Beam + Item: Power Herb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Ally Switch

Optimize Lunatone's EVs for Sword/Shield

Competitive Information for Lunatone [Sword/Shield]