Competitive Information for Mantine [Sword/Shield]
Water / Flying
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Water Absorb ability are immune to Water attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Mantine? 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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Mantine is an outstanding Water and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Mantine when battling in the 8th generation meta. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Mantine's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Rock.
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hurricane
- Hydro Pump / Scald
- Protect
- Tailwind
Special Sweeper Mantine (Popular/Trending)
Mantine is a stupendous Special Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Mantine's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, Mantine's speed is doubled during rainy weather.
◆ Hydro Pump is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Water-type move that deals a serious amount of damage.
◆ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Mantine this turn).
◆ Tailwind is a status move (for 4 turns, allies' speed is doubled).
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Item: Wacan Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 140 Hp / 116 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Mantine (Swift Swim)
Mantine is a notable Special Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Mantine's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, Mantine's speed is doubled during rainy weather. With a Wacan Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective electric-type attack then the Wacan Berry gets consumed.
◆ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Mantine cannot move next turn).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Water Veil
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 217 Hp / 218 SpA / 75 Spe
Moveset:
- Scald
- Mirror Coat
- Ice Beam
- Surf
Mantine Special Tank (Flying Orb)
Mantine is a remarkable Special Tank for single battles. This moveset is designed to take a substantial amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Mantine's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Water Veil, Mantine cannot be burned. Gaining this ability while burned cures it.
◆ Mirror Coat is a special 0-base power Psychic-type move (if hit by special attack, returns double damage).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Mantine? 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: Wacan Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 140 Hp / 116 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Surf / Scald
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Twister
Doubles Special Sweeper Mantine (Swift Swim)
Mantine is a sensational Special Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Mantine's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, Mantine's speed is doubled during rainy weather. With a Wacan Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective electric-type attack then the Wacan Berry gets consumed.
◆ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ 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).
◆ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to make the foes flinch).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Mantine 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 Mantine 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 Mantine
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Body Press + Curse
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Wide Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Scald, Toxic
Moves that boost Mantine's stats
- Agility
- Amnesia
- Curse
Most notable and possible best moves for Mantine
- Earthquake
- Hurricane
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Scald
- Tailwind
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Mantine in Sword and Shield
- Modest Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Serious Nature ( 116/0/0/252/0/140 )
- Optimize Mantine's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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