Competitive Information for Mr. Rime [Sword/Shield]
Ice / Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Mr. Rime? 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.
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Mr. Rime is a decent Ice and Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Mr. Rime when battling in the 8th generation meta. Mr. Rime is weak to Bug, Dark, Fire, Ghost, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Light Clay
Ability: Screen Cleaner
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Freeze-Dry
- Light Screen
- Slack Off
- Trick Room / Expanding Force
Special Sweeper Mr. Rime (Popular/Trending)
Mr. Rime is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Mr. Rime from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Screen Cleaner, on switch-in the effects of aurora veil light screen and reflect end for both sides.
♦ Light Screen is a status move (for 5 turns, special damage to allies is halved).
♦ Slack Off is a status move (heals your Mr. Rime by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Mr. Rime on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Ice Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Ice Beam / Freeze-Dry
- Thunderbolt
- Energy Ball
Special Sweeper Mr. Rime (Ice Body)
Mr. Rime is an awesome Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Mr. Rime's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Mr. Rime's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Ice Body, if hail is active Mr. Rime heals 1/16 of its max hp each turn; immunity to hail.
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Mr. Rime on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Freeze-Dry is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. super effective on water).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Mr. Rime? 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.
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Ice Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Thunderbolt
Doubles Special Sweeper Mr. Rime (Ice Body)
Mr. Rime is an interesting Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Mr. Rime's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Mr. Rime's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Ice Body, if hail is active Mr. Rime heals 1/16 of its max hp each turn; immunity to hail.
♦ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ 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. Rime on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
Item: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Ice Body
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 228 Hp / 28 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Ice Beam / Freeze-Dry
- Thunderbolt
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Mr. Rime (Ice Body)
Mr. Rime is a stupendous Offensive Trick Room. Life Orb boosts the power of Mr. Rime's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Ice Body, if hail is active Mr. Rime heals 1/16 of its max hp each turn; immunity to hail.
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Mr. Rime on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Freeze-Dry is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. super effective on water).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Mr. Rime 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. Rime 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. Rime
- Moves: Sunny Day + Solar Beam
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych Up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Moves: Stored Power + Psych Up
- Moves: Psyshock + Tickle
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Sucker Punch, Ice Shard, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Most notable and possible best moves for Mr. Rime
- Ally Switch
- Expanding Force
- Fake Out
- Fake Tears
- Freeze-Dry
- Ice Shard
- Light Screen
- Reflect
- Slack Off
- Sucker Punch
- Trick Room
Common Effort Values for Mr. Rime in Sword and Shield
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Calm Nature ( 252/0/0/4/252/0 )
- Optimize Mr. Rime's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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