Competitive Information for Necrozma (dawn Wings) [Sword/Shield]
Psychic / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Necrozma-dawn Wings? 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.
Necrozma is pretty popular Psychic and Ghost-typed Pokemon. Necrozma is a not-uncommon Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Necrozma is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Necrozma's only type-related weaknesses are Dark and Ghost.
Item: Colbur Berry / Kasib Berry
Ability: Prism Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Photon Geyser / Psychic
- Moongeist Beam
- Earth Power
- Hyper Voice
Special Sweeper Necrozma-Dawn Wings (Prism Armor)
Necrozma is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Prism Armor, Necrozma receives 3/4 damage from supereffective attacks. With a Colbur Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective dark-type attack then the Colbur Berry gets consumed. With a Kasib Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective ghost-type attack then the Kasib Berry gets consumed.
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Moongeist Beam is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Ghost-type move (ignores the abilities of other pokemon).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Necrozma-dawn Wings? 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: Colbur Berry / Kasib Berry
Ability: Prism Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice
- Heat Wave
- Photon Geyser / Psychic
- Moongeist Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Necrozma-Dawn Wings (Prism Armor)
Necrozma is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Prism Armor, Necrozma receives 3/4 damage from supereffective attacks. With a Colbur Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective dark-type attack then the Colbur Berry gets consumed. With a Kasib Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective ghost-type attack then the Kasib Berry gets consumed.
◆ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
◆ Photon Geyser is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Psychic-type move (physical if Necrozma's attack > special attack. Ignores abilities).
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Moongeist Beam is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Ghost-type move (ignores the abilities of other pokemon).
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Item: Colbur Berry / Kasib Berry
Ability: Prism Armor
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Photon Geyser / Psychic
- Moongeist Beam
- Earth Power
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Necrozma-Dawn Wings (Prism Armor)
Necrozma is a legendary Offensive Trick Room for single battles. With Prism Armor, Necrozma receives 3/4 damage from supereffective attacks. With a Colbur Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective dark-type attack then the Colbur Berry gets consumed. With a Kasib Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective ghost-type attack then the Kasib Berry gets consumed.
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Moongeist Beam is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Ghost-type move (ignores the abilities of other pokemon).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-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 Necrozma-dawn Wings learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Necrozma-dawn Wings 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 Necrozma-dawn Wings
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Meteor Beam + Item: Power Herb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break, Psychic Fangs
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Necrozma-dawn Wings's stats
- Autotomize
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Cosmic Power
- Dragon Dance
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
- Meteor Beam
- Rock Polish
- Swords Dance
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Necrozma-dawn Wings
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Stored Power
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Necrozma-dawn Wings in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Necrozma-dawn Wings's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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