Competitive Information for Manectric (mega) [Sword/Shield]
Electric
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Manectric-mega? 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.
Manectric is a sensational Electric-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to find yourself dealing with Manectric when battling in the 8th generation meta. Manectric's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Item: Manectite
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Snarl
Special Sweeper Manectric-Mega (Intimidate)
Manectric is a remarkable Special Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Intimidate, on switch-in Manectric lowers the attack of opponents by 1 stage. With a Manectite equipped to it, if held by a manectric, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
◆ Overheat is a special 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Manectric's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Manectric cannot move next turn).
◆ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Manectric-mega? 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: Manectite
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Discharge / Thunderbolt
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Snarl
Doubles Special Sweeper Manectric-Mega (Intimidate)
Manectric is an outstanding Special Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Intimidate, on switch-in Manectric lowers the attack of opponents by 1 stage. With a Manectite equipped to it, if held by a manectric, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Manectric cannot move next turn).
◆ Overheat is a special 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Manectric's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Manectric-mega 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 Manectric-mega 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 Manectric-mega
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Psychic Fangs
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Manectric-mega's stats
- Agility
- Charge
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Manectric-mega
- Howl
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Manectric-mega in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Manectric-mega's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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