Competitive Information for Necrozma (ultra) [Sword/Shield]
Psychic / Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Necrozma-ultra? 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 a wonderful Psychic and Dragon-typed Pokemon. Necrozma are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Necrozma is weak to Bug, Dark, Dragon, Fairy, Ghost, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Neuroforce
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 244 Hp / 252 Atk / 12 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage
- Psycho Cut / Psychic Fangs
- Earthquake
- Sunsteel Strike
Physical Sweeper Necrozma-Ultra (Neuroforce)
Necrozma is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Necrozma's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Necrozma's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Neuroforce, Necrozma's attacks that are super effective against the target do 1.25x damage.
◆ Psycho Cut is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Sunsteel Strike is a physical 100-base power Steel-type move (ignores the abilities of other pokemon).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Neuroforce
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 244 Hp / 252 SpA / 12 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Photon Geyser / Psychic
- Dragon Pulse
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon / Hyper Voice
Special Sweeper Necrozma-Ultra (Neuroforce)
Necrozma is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Necrozma's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Necrozma's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Neuroforce, Necrozma's attacks that are super effective against the target do 1.25x damage. Flash Cannon was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-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-ultra? 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 Band
Ability: Neuroforce
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 244 Hp / 252 Atk / 12 Spe
Moveset:
- Breaking Swipe / Outrage
- Earthquake
- Psycho Cut / Psychic Fangs
- Rock Slide
Doubles Physical Sweeper Necrozma-Ultra (Neuroforce)
Necrozma is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Necrozma's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Necrozma's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Neuroforce, Necrozma's attacks that are super effective against the target do 1.25x damage.
◆ Outrage is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Necrozma afterwards).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Psycho Cut is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Neuroforce
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 244 Hp / 252 SpA / 12 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice
- Heat Wave
- Photon Geyser / Psychic
- Dragon Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Necrozma-Ultra (Neuroforce)
Necrozma is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice) and increases Necrozma's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Necrozma's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Neuroforce, Necrozma's attacks that are super effective against the target do 1.25x damage.
◆ 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).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
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Item: Room Service / Life Orb
Ability: Neuroforce
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Outrage
- Psycho Cut / Psychic Fangs
- Earthquake
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Necrozma-Ultra (Neuroforce)
Necrozma is a legendary Offensive Trick Room for single battles. Life Orb boosts the power of Necrozma's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Neuroforce, Necrozma's attacks that are super effective against the target do 1.25x damage. With a Room Service equipped to it, if trick room is active, Necrozma's speed is lowered by 1 stage then the Room Service gets consumed.
◆ Psycho Cut is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ 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-ultra 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-ultra 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-ultra
- 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: Ally Switch, Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break, Psychic Fangs
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Necrozma-ultra'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-ultra
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Stored Power
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Necrozma-ultra in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Necrozma-ultra's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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