What is a good competitive moveset for Mienfoo? 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.
Mienfoo is a phenomenal Fighting-typed Pokemon. Mienfoo is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Mienfoo can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Mienfoo is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Species: Mienfoo Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band Ability: Reckless Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Moveset: - High Jump Kick / Close Combat - Knock Off - U-turn / Rock Slide - Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Mienfoo (Reckless)
Mienfoo is a spectacular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Mienfoo from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Mienfoo's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Reckless, Mienfoo's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not struggle. U-turn or Rock Slide are added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Mienfoo is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses). ◆ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Mienfoo's defense and special defense by 1 stage). ◆ 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). ◆ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Mienfoo switches out after damaging the target). ◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch). ◆ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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 Mienfoo? 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: Mienfoo Item: Life Orb / Choice Band Ability: Reckless Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Moveset: - High Jump Kick / Close Combat - Rock Slide - Knock Off - Poison Jab
Doubles Physical Sweeper Mienfoo (Reckless)
Mienfoo is a decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Mienfoo's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Mienfoo's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Reckless, Mienfoo's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not struggle.
◆ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Mienfoo is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses). ◆ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Mienfoo's defense and special defense by 1 stage). ◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch). ◆ 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). ◆ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Mienfoo 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 Mienfoo 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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