Competitive Information for Mr. Mime [Sword/Shield]
Psychic / Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Mr. Mime? 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.
ChanseyShuckleHattereneIndeedee-FLiepardAmoongussTogekissWhimsicottPrimarinaDarmanitan-Galar
Mr. Mime is a wonderful Psychic and Fairy-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to see Mr. Mime show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Mr. Mime is weak to Ghost, Poison, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Iron Ball / Babiri Berry
Ability: Soundproof
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Helping Hand
- Protect
- Skill Swap
- Trick Room
Physical Wall Mr. Mime (Popular/Trending)
Mr. Mime is a sensational Physical Wall for single battles. It is designed to take a hefty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Iron Ball will halve the user's speed and are generally not recommended unless being used with Trick Room. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. With Soundproof, Mr. Mime is immune to sound-based moves including heal bell.
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Mr. Mime this turn).
◆ Skill Swap is a status move (your Mr. Mime and the target trade abilities).
◆ 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!
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Item: Focus Sash / Throat Spray
Ability: Technician
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Dazzling Gleam
- Round
- Energy Ball
Special Sweeper Mr. Mime (Technician)
Mr. Mime is an extraordinary Special Sweeper for single battles. It's 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 Round) and raises Mr. Mime's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Mr. Mime from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Technician, Mr. Mime's moves of 60 or less power get boosted by 1.5x power.
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Mr. Mime on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Mr. Mime? 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.
ChanseyShuckleHattereneIndeedee-FLiepardAmoongussTogekissWhimsicottPrimarinaDarmanitan-Galar
Item: Focus Sash / Throat Spray
Ability: Technician
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam
- Icy Wind
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Mr. Mime (Technician)
Mr. Mime is an outstanding Special Sweeper for double battles. This moveset attempts 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 Round) and raises Mr. Mime's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Mr. Mime from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Technician, Mr. Mime's moves of 60 or less power get boosted by 1.5x power. In this case it would boosts Icy Wind and Round.
◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Mr. Mime on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Technician
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 240 Hp / 16 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Dazzling Gleam
- Round
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Mr. Mime (Technician)
Mr. Mime is a sensational Offensive Trick Room for single battles. Focus Sash helps protect Mr. Mime from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Technician, Mr. Mime's moves of 60 or less power get boosted by 1.5x power. With a Twisted Spoon equipped to it, Mr. Mime's psychic-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Mr. Mime on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Mr. Mime 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 Mr. Mime 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 Mr. Mime
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Nasty plot + Stored power
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Moves: Psyshock + Tickle
- Ability: Technician + Move: Stored power
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves boosted by Technician: Confusion (BP: 50), Pound (BP: 40), Thief (BP: 60), Snore (BP: 50), Icy Wind (BP: 55), Mud-Slap (BP: 20), Covet (BP: 60), Fake Out (BP: 40), Aerial Ace (BP: 60), Magical Leaf (BP: 60), Shock Wave (BP: 60), Payback (BP: 50), Charge Beam (BP: 50), Round (BP: 60), Stored Power (BP: 20), Infestation (BP: 20), Power-Up Punch (BP: 40)
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Follow Me, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Sucker Punch, Quick Guard, Wide Guard, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic, Hypnosis
Moves that boost Mr. Mime's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Iron Defense
- Nasty Plot
- Power-Up Punch
- Skull Bash
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Mr. Mime
- Ally Switch
- Baton Pass
- Dazzling Gleam
- Fake Out
- Helping Hand
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Skill Swap
- Stored Power
- Taunt
- Teleport
- Thunder Wave
- Toxic
- Trick Room
Common Effort Values for Mr. Mime in Sword and Shield
- Relaxed Nature ( 252/0/252/0/4/0 )
- Calm Nature ( 164/0/244/0/96/0 )
- Optimize Mr. Mime's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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