What is a good competitive moveset for Marshadow? 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.
Marshadow is a decent Fighting and Ghost-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to see Marshadow show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Marshadow is weak to Fairy, Flying, Ghost, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Marshadow is a legendary Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Marshadow's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Technician, Marshadow's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Marshadow's attack and defense by 1 stage). ♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Marshadow's defense and special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item). ♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Marshadow afterwards). ♦ Blaze Kick is a physical 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Marshadow? 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.
Species: Marshadow Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band Ability: Technician Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA) EVs: 212 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Spe Moveset: - Superpower / Close Combat - Poltergeist / Shadow Claw - Rock Slide / Rock Tomb - Outrage
Doubles Physical Sweeper Marshadow (Technician)
Marshadow is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Marshadow's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Technician, Marshadow's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Marshadow's attack and defense by 1 stage). ♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Marshadow's defense and special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item). ♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage). ♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Marshadow afterwards).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Marshadow 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Marshadow 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.
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