Competitive Information for Necrozma [Sword/Shield]
Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Necrozma? 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 popular Psychic-typed Pokemon. Necrozma is a pretty regular Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Necrozma is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Prism Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psycho Cut / Psychic Fangs
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Knock Off / Night Slash
Physical Sweeper Necrozma (Prism Armor)
Necrozma is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It attempts 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 Prism Armor, Necrozma receives 3/4 damage from supereffective attacks.
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Outrage is a physical 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).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Prism Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Photon Geyser / Psychic
- Earth Power
- Hyper Voice
- Heat Wave
Special Sweeper Necrozma (Prism Armor)
Necrozma is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily 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 boosts 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 Prism Armor, Necrozma receives 3/4 damage from supereffective attacks.
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ 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).
◆ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Necrozma? 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: Prism Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Psycho Cut / Psychic Fangs
- Rock Slide
- Outrage / Breaking Swipe
Doubles Physical Sweeper Necrozma (Prism Armor)
Necrozma is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's purpose is 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 Prism Armor, Necrozma receives 3/4 damage from supereffective attacks.
◆ 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).
◆ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Necrozma afterwards).
◆ Breaking Swipe is a physical 60-base power Dragon-type move (100% chance to lower the foes attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
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
- Earth Power
Doubles Special Sweeper Necrozma (Prism Armor)
Necrozma is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. It tries 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 raises 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 Prism Armor, Necrozma receives 3/4 damage from supereffective attacks.
◆ 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).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Prism Armor
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Photon Geyser / Psychic
- Earth Power
- Hyper Voice
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Necrozma (Prism Armor)
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 Prism Armor, Necrozma receives 3/4 damage from supereffective attacks. With a Twisted Spoon equipped to it, Necrozma's psychic-type attacks have 1.2x 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).
◆ 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).
◆ 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 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 Necrozma 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
- 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'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
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Stored Power
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Necrozma in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Necrozma's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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