Competitive Information for Mudsdale [Sword/Shield]
Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Mudsdale? 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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Mudsdale is an outstanding Ground-typed Pokemon. Mudsdale is a pretty common Pokemon to see in Generation 8. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Mudsdale is weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Sitrus Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- High Horsepower
- Rock Slide
- Heavy Slam / Iron Head
- Protect
Physical Tank Mudsdale (Popular/Trending)
Mudsdale is a stupendous Physical Tank for single battles. It is primarily designed to take a mighty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. The Sitrus Berry will restore 1/4th of Mudsdale's max HP when it reaches below half health and gets consumed. Life Orb boosts the power of Mudsdale's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Inner Focus, Mudsdale cannot be made to flinch. Immune to intimidate.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Heavy Slam is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the heavier your Mudsdale than the target).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Mudsdale this turn).
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Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 244 Hp / 252 Atk / 12 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Close Combat / Low Sweep
- Rock Slide / Double-Edge
- Iron Head / Heavy Slam
Physical Sweeper Mudsdale (Own Tempo)
Mudsdale is a notable Physical Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Mudsdale's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Own Tempo, Mudsdale cannot be confused. Immune to intimidate. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Mudsdale's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ High Horsepower is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
◆ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Mudsdale's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Low Sweep is a physical 65-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Heavy Slam is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the heavier your Mudsdale than the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Mudsdale? 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: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 244 Hp / 252 Atk / 12 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Close Combat / Low Sweep
- Iron Head / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Mudsdale (Own Tempo)
Mudsdale is an outstanding Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Mudsdale's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Own Tempo, Mudsdale cannot be confused. Immune to intimidate. Iron Head was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Mudsdale's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ High Horsepower is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Mudsdale's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Low Sweep is a physical 65-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Mudsdale 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 Mudsdale 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 Mudsdale
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Mudsdale's stats
- Iron Defense
Most notable and possible best moves for Mudsdale
- Body Press
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Heavy Slam
- High Horsepower
- Iron Head
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Mudsdale in Sword and Shield
- Brave Nature ( 252/252/0/0/4/0 )
- Brave Nature ( 252/116/132/0/4/0 )
- Optimize Mudsdale's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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