Competitive Information for Lurantis [Sword/Shield]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Lurantis? 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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Lurantis is popular Grass-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to find yourself dealing with Lurantis when battling in the 8th generation meta. Lurantis is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Assault Vest / Sitrus Berry
Ability: Contrary
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 236 Hp / 196 Atk / 76 Def
Moveset:
- Superpower
- Leaf Blade / Grassy Glide
- Poison Jab
- Psycho Cut
Physical Tank Lurantis (Popular/Trending)
Lurantis is a notable Physical Tank for single battles. It was designed to take a great amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. The Sitrus Berry will restore 1/4th of Lurantis's max HP when it reaches below half health and gets consumed. With Contrary, if Lurantis has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead and vice versa. With a Assault Vest equipped to it, Lurantis's sp. Def is 1.5x, but it can only select damaging moves.
◆ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Grassy Glide is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Grass-type move (Lurantis on grassy terrain: +1 priority).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Contrary
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Leaf Blade / Petal Blizzard
- Superpower
- Knock Off / Night Slash
- Psycho Cut / Slash
Physical Sweeper Lurantis (Contrary)
Lurantis is an awesome Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Lurantis's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Lurantis's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Contrary, if Lurantis has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead and vice versa. Psycho Cut was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Petal Blizzard is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (increases your Lurantis's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 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 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Miracle Seed
Ability: Contrary
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm
- Aromatherapy / Protect
- Giga Drain
- Toxic / Synthesis
Lurantis Special Tank (Contrary Killer )
Lurantis is a decent Special Tank for single battles. It's primary goal is to take a nice amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Contrary, if Lurantis has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead and vice versa. Use Combine Lurantis's Contrary ability with Leaf Storm to deal devastating damage and get boosted sharply each time. Follow up with a Giga drain when your HP is getting low (if not Synthesis if you opted for this instead of Toxic). Aromatherapy is for Team Support With a Miracle Seed equipped to it, Lurantis's grass-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Aromatherapy is a status move (cures your Lurantis's party of all status conditions).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Lurantis this turn).
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Lurantis recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
◆ Synthesis is a status move (heals your Lurantis by a weather-dependent amount).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Lurantis? 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 / Choice Band
Ability: Contrary
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Petal Blizzard
- Superpower
- Knock Off / Night Slash
- Psycho Cut / Slash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Lurantis (Contrary)
Lurantis is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Lurantis's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Lurantis's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Contrary, if Lurantis has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead and vice versa. Psycho Cut was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Petal Blizzard is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (increases your Lurantis's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 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 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Psycho Cut is a physical 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Lurantis 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 Lurantis 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 Lurantis
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Contrary + Move: Superpower
- Ability: Contrary + Move: Leaf storm
- Ability: Leaf guard + Move: Growth
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog, Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Lurantis's stats
- Growth
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Lurantis
- Grassy Glide
- Knock Off
- Leaf Blade
- Leaf Storm
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Psycho Cut
- Rest
- Superpower
- Synthesis
- Toxic
- Weather Ball
- X-Scissor
Common Effort Values for Lurantis in Sword and Shield
- Brave Nature ( 236/196/76/0/0/0 )
- Brave Nature ( 252/156/0/0/100/0 )
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