Competitive Information for Marshadow [Sword/Shield]
Fighting / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
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 spectacular Fighting and Ghost-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to find yourself dealing with Marshadow when battling in the 8th generation meta. Marshadow is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Marshadow is weak to Fairy, Flying, Ghost, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 212 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Force Palm
- Poltergeist / Shadow Claw
- Outrage
- Foul Play / Knock Off
Physical Sweeper Marshadow (Technician)
Marshadow is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset 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 or less power get boosted by 1.5x power. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Marshadow's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Force Palm is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ 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).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ 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).
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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.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 212 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Force Palm
- Poltergeist / Shadow Claw
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Outrage
Doubles Physical Sweeper Marshadow (Technician)
Marshadow is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. 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 or less power get boosted by 1.5x power. In this case it would boosts Force Palm and Rock Tomb. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Marshadow's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Force Palm is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ 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 make the foes flinch).
◆ 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).
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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.
Damage Modifiers:
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.
Competitive SS Move and Ability Combos for Marshadow
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves boosted by Technician: Swift (BP: 60), Thief (BP: 60), Snore (BP: 50), False Swipe (BP: 40), Rock Tomb (BP: 60), Revenge (BP: 60), Shadow Punch (BP: 60), Feint (BP: 30), Payback (BP: 50), Assurance (BP: 60), Force Palm (BP: 60), Shadow Sneak (BP: 40), Echoed Voice (BP: 40), Round (BP: 60), Acrobatics (BP: 55), Smack Down (BP: 50)
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Feint, Sucker Punch, Shadow Sneak
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Marshadow's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Calm Mind
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Marshadow
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Marshadow in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Marshadow's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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