Competitive Information for Munna [Sword/Shield]
Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Munna? 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.
Munna is a sensational Psychic-typed Pokemon. Munna is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Munna can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Munna is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 96 Hp / 120 Def / 252 SpA / 40 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Munna (Synchronize)
Munna is a stupendous Special Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Munna's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Munna's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Synchronize, if another pokemon burns/poisons/paralyzes Munna it also gets that status.
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Munna on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ Moonblast is a special 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% 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 Munna? 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 Specs
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 96 Hp / 120 Def / 252 SpA / 40 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Moonblast
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Munna (Synchronize)
Munna is a decent Special Sweeper for double battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Munna's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Munna's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Synchronize, if another pokemon burns/poisons/paralyzes Munna it also gets that status.
◆ Moonblast is a special 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack 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 (Munna on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 220 Hp / 184 Def / 104 SpD
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam
- Energy Ball
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Munna (Synchronize)
Munna is a phenomenal Defensive Trick Room for single battles. Focus Sash helps protect Munna from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Synchronize, if another pokemon burns/poisons/paralyzes Munna it also gets that status.
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Munna on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ Moonblast is a special 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Munna 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 Munna 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 Munna
- Moves: Gravity + Hypnosis
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Endure, Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Hypnosis, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Munna's stats
- Amnesia
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Munna
- Baton Pass
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stored Power
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Munna in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Munna's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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