Competitive Information for Musharna [Sword/Shield]
Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Musharna? 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.
Musharna is an awesome Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to find yourself dealing with Musharna when battling in the 8th generation meta. Musharna is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Aguav Berry / Mental Herb
Ability: Telepathy
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Ally Switch
- Helping Hand
- Imprison
- Trick Room / Psychic
Physical Wall Musharna (Popular/Trending)
Musharna is an astounding Physical Wall. This moveset is designed to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Telepathy, Musharna does not take damage from attacks made by its allies.
♦ Helping Hand is a status move (one adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn).
♦ Imprison is a status move (no foe can use any move known by your Musharna).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 220 Hp / 36 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Misty Explosion / Moonblast
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Musharna (Synchronize)
Musharna is pretty popular Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Musharna's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Musharna'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 Musharna it also gets that status.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Misty Explosion is a special 100-base power Fairy-type move (Musharna faints. Musharna on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
♦ Moonblast is a special 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Stored Power / Shadow Ball
- Calm Mind
- Moonlight
- Baton Pass / Energy Ball
Musharna Support (Balls To The Walls*)
Musharna is a spectacular Support. Focus Sash helps protect Musharna from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Synchronize, if another pokemon burns/poisons/paralyzes Musharna it also gets that status.
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Musharna's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Moonlight is a status move (heals your Musharna by a weather-dependent amount).
♦ Baton Pass is a status move (Musharna switches, passing stat changes and more).
♦ 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 Musharna? 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: 220 Hp / 36 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Misty Explosion
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Musharna (Synchronize)
Musharna is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Musharna's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Musharna'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 Musharna it also gets that status.
♦ Misty Explosion is a special 100-base power Fairy-type move (Musharna faints. Musharna on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ 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).
Item: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 220 Hp / 36 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Misty Explosion / Moonblast
- Energy Ball
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Musharna (Synchronize)
Musharna is popular Offensive Trick Room. Life Orb boosts the power of Musharna'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 Musharna it also gets that status.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Misty Explosion is a special 100-base power Fairy-type move (Musharna faints. Musharna on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
♦ Moonblast is a special 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Musharna 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 Musharna 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 Musharna
- Moves: Swagger + Psych Up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Pain Split + Toxic
- Moves: Stored Power + Psych Up
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
Most notable and possible best moves for Musharna
- Ally Switch
- Helping Hand
- Imprison
- Moonblast
- Psychic
- Rock Tomb
- Trick Room
Common Effort Values for Musharna in Sword and Shield
- Sassy Nature ( 252/0/252/0/4/0 )
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/124/8/124/0 )
- Optimize Musharna's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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