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 interesting Psychic-typed Pokemon. Musharna are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. 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 a marvelous Physical Wall for single battles. It is meant to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Telepathy, Musharna does not take damage from attacks made by its allies. With a Aguav Berry equipped to it, restores 33% max hp at 1/4 max hp or less; confuses if -spd nature then the Aguav Berry gets consumed. With a Mental Herb equipped to it, cures Musharna of attract, disable, encore, heal block, taunt, torment then the Mental Herb gets consumed.
◆ 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).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 220 Hp / 36 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Misty Explosion / Moonblast
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Musharna (Synchronize)
Musharna is a phenomenal Special Sweeper for single battles. 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.
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Musharna on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ 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).
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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 an awesome Support for single battles. 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).
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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
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Misty Explosion
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Musharna (Synchronize)
Musharna is a wonderful Special Sweeper for double battles. 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).
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Musharna 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: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 220 Hp / 36 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Misty Explosion / Moonblast
- Energy Ball
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Musharna (Synchronize)
Musharna is a stupendous Offensive Trick Room for single battles. 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. With a Twisted Spoon equipped to it, Musharna's psychic-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Musharna on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ 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).
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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: 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 Musharna'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 Musharna
- Ally Switch
- Baton Pass
- Helping Hand
- Imprison
- Light Screen
- Moonblast
- Protect
- Psychic
- Reflect
- Rest
- Rock Tomb
- Stored Power
- Toxic
- 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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