Competitive Information for Lunatone [Sword/Shield]
Rock / Psychic
Abilities:
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 pretty decent Rock and Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to find yourself dealing with Lunatone when battling in the 8th generation meta. Lunatone is weak to Bug, Dark, Ghost, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Expert Belt / Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk |
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Ice Beam / Earth Power
- Moonblast
Special Sweeper Lunatone (Levitate)
Lunatone is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It's meant 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. Ice Beam or Earth Power are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ 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 large 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)).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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.
Item: Expert Belt / Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk |
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Power Gem / Ancient Power
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Moonblast / Earth Power
Doubles Special Sweeper Lunatone (Levitate)
Lunatone is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It's purpose 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. Moonblast or Earth Power are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ 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 good 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).
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 spectacular 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. Ice Beam or Earth Power are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ 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.
Damage Modifiers:
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: Swagger + Psych Up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- 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
Most notable and possible best moves for Lunatone
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Lunatone in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Lunatone's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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