Competitive Information for Mienshao [Sword/Shield]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Mienshao? 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.
Mienshao is a sensational Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to see Mienshao show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Mienshao is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Fake Out
- Coaching
- Wide Guard
Physical Sweeper Mienshao (Popular/Trending)
Mienshao is an outstanding Physical Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Mienshao from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Inner Focus, Mienshao cannot be made to flinch. Immune to intimidate.
◆ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Mienshao is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
◆ Fake Out is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. First turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
◆ Coaching is a status move (raises an ally's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Wide Guard is a status move (protects allies from multi-target moves this turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Reckless
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Close Combat
- Blaze Kick
- Knock Off
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Mienshao (Reckless)
Mienshao is popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Mienshao from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Mienshao's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Reckless, Mienshao's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not struggle.
◆ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Mienshao's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Blaze Kick is a physical 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
◆ 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).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Mienshao? 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: Focus Sash
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Fake Out
- Wide Guard
- Close Combat
- Rock Tomb
Doubles Physical Sweeper Mienshao (Popular VGC)
Mienshao is a wonderful Physical Sweeper for double battles. This particular build was popular during previous competitions. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Mienshao from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Inner Focus, Mienshao cannot be made to flinch. Immune to intimidate.
◆ Wide Guard is a status move (protects allies from multi-target moves this turn).
◆ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Mienshao's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Reckless
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Close Combat
- Rock Slide
- Blaze Kick
- Knock Off / Brutal Swing
Doubles Physical Sweeper Mienshao (Reckless)
Mienshao is a fabulous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Mienshao from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Mienshao's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Reckless, Mienshao's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not struggle.
◆ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Mienshao'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).
◆ Blaze Kick is a physical 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
◆ 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).
◆ Brutal Swing is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Mienshao 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 Mienshao 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 Mienshao
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- 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: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Helping Hand, Feint, Quick Guard, Wide Guard, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Mienshao's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Calm Mind
- Hone Claws
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Mienshao
- Ally Switch
- Baton Pass
- Close Combat
- Coaching
- Fake Out
- High Jump Kick
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Wide Guard
Common Effort Values for Mienshao in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Optimize Mienshao's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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