Competitive Information for Lycanroc [Sword/Shield]
Rock
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Lycanroc? 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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Lycanroc is a notable Rock-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to see Lycanroc show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Lycanroc is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Rock Incense
Ability: Sand Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat
- Rock Slide
- Endure / Endeavor
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Lycanroc (Popular/Trending)
Lycanroc is a spectacular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Lycanroc from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Sand Rush, if sandstorm is active Lycanroc's speed is doubled; immunity to sandstorm. With a Rock Incense equipped to it, Lycanroc's rock-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Endure is a status move (Lycanroc survives attacks this turn with at least 1 hp).
◆ Endeavor is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (lowers the target's hp to your Lycanroc's hp).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Lycanroc this turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Sand Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 224 Hp / 252 Atk / 16 Def / 16 SpD
Moveset:
- Close Combat
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Drill Run
- Psychic Fangs
Physical Sweeper Lycanroc (Sand Rush)
Lycanroc is a remarkable Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Lycanroc from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Lycanroc's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Sand Rush, if sandstorm is active Lycanroc's speed is doubled; immunity to sandstorm.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Lycanroc? 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: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Sand Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 224 Hp / 252 Atk / 16 Def / 16 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Close Combat
- Drill Run
- Psychic Fangs
Doubles Physical Sweeper Lycanroc (Sand Rush)
Lycanroc is a fabulous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Lycanroc from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Lycanroc's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Sand Rush, if sandstorm is active Lycanroc's speed is doubled; immunity to sandstorm.
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Lycanroc's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Lycanroc 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 Lycanroc 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 Lycanroc
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Quick Guard, Accelerock, Quick Attack, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break, Psychic Fangs
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Lycanroc's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Howl
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Lycanroc
- Accelerock
- Close Combat
- Endeavor
- Endure
- Howl
- Play Rough
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Snarl
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Lycanroc in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Optimize Lycanroc's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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