Competitive Information for Mareanie [Sword/Shield]
Poison / Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Mareanie? 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.
Mareanie is an awesome Poison and Water-typed Pokemon. Mareanie is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Mareanie can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Mareanie is weak to Electric, Ground, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Merciless
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 216 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- Liquidation
- Poison Jab / Poison Sting
- Knock Off / Bite
- Facade / Covet
Physical Sweeper Mareanie (Merciless)
Mareanie is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Mareanie's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Mareanie's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Merciless, Mareanie's attacks are critical hits if the target is poisoned. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Poison Sting is a physical STAB-boosted 15-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ 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).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Mareanie is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Covet is a physical 60-base power Normal-type move (if your Mareanie has no item, it steals the target's).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Merciless
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 216 Hp / 252 SpA / 40 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Surf / Scald
- Ice Beam / Frost Breath
- Round / Snore
Special Sweeper Mareanie (Merciless)
Mareanie is an awesome Special Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and raises Mareanie's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Mareanie's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Merciless, Mareanie's attacks are critical hits if the target is poisoned.
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ 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).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Frost Breath is a special 60-base power Ice-type move (always results in a critical hit).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Mareanie must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Mareanie? 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: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Merciless
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 216 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- Liquidation
- Poison Jab / Poison Sting
- Knock Off / Bite
- Facade / Covet
Doubles Physical Sweeper Mareanie (Merciless)
Mareanie is a marvelous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Mareanie's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Mareanie's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Merciless, Mareanie's attacks are critical hits if the target is poisoned. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Poison Sting is a physical STAB-boosted 15-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ 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).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Mareanie is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Covet is a physical 60-base power Normal-type move (if your Mareanie has no item, it steals the target's).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Merciless
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 216 Hp / 252 SpA / 40 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Surf / Scald
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Round / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Mareanie (Merciless)
Mareanie is an outstanding Special Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and raises Mareanie's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Mareanie's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Merciless, Mareanie's attacks are critical hits if the target is poisoned.
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ 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).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Mareanie must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Mareanie learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Mareanie 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 Mareanie
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Magic Coat, Protect, Wide Guard
- Moves that inflict status: Scald, Toxic
Moves that boost Mareanie's stats
- Iron Defense
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Mareanie
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Mareanie in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Mareanie's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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