Competitive Information for Minccino [Sword/Shield]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Minccino? 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.
Minccino is a wonderful Normal-typed Pokemon. Minccino is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Minccino can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Minccino's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Covet / Facade
- Triple Axel
- Knock Off / Thief
- Aqua Tail
Physical Sweeper Minccino (Technician)
Minccino is an interesting Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Minccino's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Minccino's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Technician, Minccino's moves of 60 or less power get boosted by 1.5x power. In this case it would boosts Covet, Triple Axel and Thief. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Minccino is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Triple Axel is a physical 20-base power Ice-type move (hits 3 times. Each hit can miss, but power rises).
◆ 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).
◆ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Minccino has no item, it steals the target's).
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
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Item: King's Rock / Life Orb
Ability: Skill Link
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Retaliate
- Knock Off
- Triple Axel
- Aqua Tail
Physical Sweeper Minccino (Skill Link)
Minccino is a notable Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. King's Rock grants all attacking moves (that do not already have a chance to flinch) a 10% chance of causing each target to flinch. Life Orb boosts the power of Minccino's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Skill Link, Minccino's multi-hit attacks will always hit the maximum number of times. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Retaliate is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if an ally fainted last turn).
◆ 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).
◆ Triple Axel is a physical 20-base power Ice-type move (hits 3 times. Each hit can miss, but power rises).
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Technician
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Thunderbolt
- Dazzling Gleam
- Grass Knot
Special Sweeper Minccino (Technician)
Minccino is a phenomenal Special Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice or Round) and boosts Minccino's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Minccino's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Technician, Minccino's moves of 60 or less power get boosted by 1.5x power.
◆ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Minccino? 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: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Covet / Facade
- Triple Axel
- Knock Off / Thief
- Aqua Tail
Doubles Physical Sweeper Minccino (Technician)
Minccino is a remarkable 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 Minccino's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Minccino's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Technician, Minccino's moves of 60 or less power get boosted by 1.5x power. In this case it would boosts Covet, Triple Axel and Thief. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Minccino is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Triple Axel is a physical 20-base power Ice-type move (hits 3 times. Each hit can miss, but power rises).
◆ 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).
◆ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Minccino has no item, it steals the target's).
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
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Item: King's Rock / Life Orb
Ability: Skill Link
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Retaliate
- Knock Off
- Triple Axel
- Aqua Tail
Doubles Physical Sweeper Minccino (Skill Link)
Minccino is an interesting Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. King's Rock grants all attacking moves (that do not already have a chance to flinch) a 10% chance of causing each target to flinch. Life Orb boosts the power of Minccino's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Skill Link, Minccino's multi-hit attacks will always hit the maximum number of times. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Retaliate is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if an ally fainted last turn).
◆ 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).
◆ Triple Axel is a physical 20-base power Ice-type move (hits 3 times. Each hit can miss, but power rises).
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Technician
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Dazzling Gleam
- Thunderbolt
- Grass Knot
Doubles Special Sweeper Minccino (Technician)
Minccino is popular Special Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice or Round) and boosts Minccino's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Minccino's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Technician, Minccino's moves of 60 or less power get boosted by 1.5x power.
◆ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Minccino 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 Minccino 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 Minccino
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Skill link + Item: King's rock
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Tail Slap
- Moves boosted by Technician: Shock Wave (BP: 60), Swift (BP: 60), Covet (BP: 60), Echoed Voice (BP: 40), Mud-Slap (BP: 20), Pound (BP: 40), Round (BP: 60), Snore (BP: 50), Thief (BP: 60), Tail Slap (BP: 25), Triple Axel (BP: 20)
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Baby-Doll Eyes
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Minccino's stats
- Calm Mind
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Minccino
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Minccino in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Minccino's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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