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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for 000

Base Stats for Mimikyu-Busted

Ghost / Fairy

Abilities:

Evolutions / Family:
Mimikyu

Weakness Chart for Ghost/Fairy-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

0.25x

0x

2x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0x

2x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Mimikyu-busted? 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.

Mimikyu is an outstanding Ghost and Fairy-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to find yourself dealing with Mimikyu when battling in the 8th generation meta. Mimikyu's only type-related weaknesses are Ghost and Steel.

Species: Mimikyu-Busted
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Disguise
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 84 Hp / 252 Atk / 172 Spe
Moveset:
- Shadow Claw / Phantom Force
- Play Rough
- Wood Hammer / X-Scissor
- Slash / Facade

Physical Sweeper Mimikyu-Busted (Disguise)

Mimikyu is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Mimikyu's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Disguise, (mimikyu only) the first hit it takes is blocked and it takes 1/8 hp damage instead. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.

♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Phantom Force is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Ghost-type move (disappears turn 1. hits turn 2. breaks protection).
♦ Play Rough is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Wood Hammer is a physical 120-base power Grass-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Mimikyu is burn/poison/paralyzed).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Mimikyu-busted? 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: Mimikyu-Busted
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Disguise
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 84 Hp / 252 Atk / 172 Spe
Moveset:
- Shadow Claw / Phantom Force
- Play Rough
- Wood Hammer / X-Scissor
- Slash / Facade

Doubles Physical Sweeper Mimikyu-Busted (Disguise)

Mimikyu is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Mimikyu's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Disguise, (mimikyu only) the first hit it takes is blocked and it takes 1/8 hp damage instead. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.

♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Phantom Force is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Ghost-type move (disappears turn 1. hits turn 2. breaks protection).
♦ Play Rough is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Wood Hammer is a physical 120-base power Grass-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Mimikyu is burn/poison/paralyzed).

Species: Mimikyu-Busted
Item: Weakness Policy
Ability: Disguise
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 228 Def / 28 SpD
Moveset:
- Toxic
- Pain Split
- Bulk Up
- Trick Room

Defensive Trick Room Mimikyu-Busted (Disguise)

Mimikyu is popular Defensive Trick Room. Weakness Policy activates if Mimikyu is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Disguise, (mimikyu only) the first hit it takes is blocked and it takes 1/8 hp damage instead.

♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
♦ Pain Split is a status move (shares hp of Mimikyu and target equally).
♦ Bulk Up is a status move (raises your Mimikyu's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).

Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Mimikyu-busted 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Mimikyu-busted 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 Mimikyu-busted

Moves: Swagger + Psych Up
Moves: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
Moves: Pain Split + Toxic
Moves: Pain Split + Will-O-Wisp
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Shadow Sneak, Baby-Doll Eyes

Most notable and possible best moves for Mimikyu-busted

Protect
Rest

Common Effort Values for Mimikyu-busted in Sword and Shield

Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
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Competitive Information for Mimikyu (busted) [Sword/Shield]