Competitive Information for Ninjask [Sword/Shield]
Bug / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Ninjask? 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.
Ninjask is a decent Bug and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's common to find yourself dealing with Ninjask when battling in the 8th generation meta. Ninjask is weak to Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Expert Belt / Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 132 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 4 SpD / 116 Spe
Moveset:
- Dig
- Leech Life
- Dual Wingbeat / Acrobatics
- Baton Pass / Flail
Physical Tank Ninjask (Popular/Trending)
Ninjask is an outstanding Physical Tank for single battles. It's primary goal is to take a considerable amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Expert Belt boosts the damage of Ninjask's super effective moves by 20%. Focus Sash helps protect Ninjask from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Speed Boost, Ninjask's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
◆ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (Ninjask recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Dual Wingbeat is a physical STAB-boosted 40-base power Flying-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
◆ Acrobatics is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Ninjask has no held item).
◆ Baton Pass is a status move (Ninjask switches, passing stat changes and more).
◆ Flail is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (more power the less hp your Ninjask has left).
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Item: Focus Sash / Charti Berry
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 136 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / Leech Life
- Double-Edge / Slash
- Dual Wingbeat / Acrobatics
- Night Slash / Thief
Physical Sweeper Ninjask (Infiltrator)
Ninjask is an interesting Physical Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Ninjask from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed.
◆ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (Ninjask recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Dual Wingbeat is a physical STAB-boosted 40-base power Flying-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
◆ Acrobatics is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Ninjask has no held item).
◆ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Ninjask has no item, it steals the target's).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 241 Hp / 30 Def / 237 Spe
Moveset:
- Baton Pass
- Sandstorm
- Substitute
- Screech
Ninjask Support (What I Want)
Ninjask is an interesting Support for single battles. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Ninjask last longer regaining it's vitality every turn. With Speed Boost, Ninjask's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
◆ Sandstorm is a status move (for 5 turns, a sandstorm rages. Rock: 1.5x spd).
◆ Substitute is a status move (Ninjask takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
◆ Screech is a status move (lowers the target's defense by 2 stages).
Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Substitute
- Baton Pass
- Protect
- Dig
Ninjask Physical Sweeper (Untouchable Speedster*)
Ninjask is a decent Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Ninjask from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Speed Boost, Ninjask's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. Throw off your opponent to BP your speed into another Pokemon that can absorb the incoming hit.
◆ Baton Pass is a status move (Ninjask switches, passing stat changes and more).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Ninjask this turn).
◆ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ninjask? 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: Focus Sash / Charti Berry
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 136 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / Leech Life
- Double-Edge / Slash
- Dual Wingbeat / Acrobatics
- Night Slash / Thief
Doubles Physical Sweeper Ninjask (Infiltrator)
Ninjask is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Ninjask from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed.
◆ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (Ninjask recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Dual Wingbeat is a physical STAB-boosted 40-base power Flying-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
◆ Acrobatics is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Ninjask has no held item).
◆ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Ninjask has no item, it steals the target's).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 248 Hp / 192 Atk / 68 Spe
Moveset:
- Protect
- Baton Pass
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
Ninjask Physical Tank (Quick Cacada*)
Ninjask is a remarkable Physical Tank for double battles. It's goal is to take a decent amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Focus Sash helps protect Ninjask from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Speed Boost, Ninjask's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. Ninjask's absurd Speed allows it to set up on almost any Pokemon lacking Taunt.Swords Dance is vital to this set, as Speed Boost and Swords Dance work in conjunction to pass as many boosts to the next Pokemon as quickly as possible. Substitute is also an important move, as it allows Ninjask to attain more boosts in safety. Furthermore, passing a Substitute along with the boosts provided by Ninjask can often mean the difference between a swift victory and a wasted slot on the team.
◆ Baton Pass is a status move (Ninjask switches, passing stat changes and more).
◆ Substitute is a status move (Ninjask takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
◆ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Ninjask's attack by 2 stages).
Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Ninjask 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 Ninjask 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 Ninjask
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Speed boost + Move: Protect
- Ability: Speed boost + Move: Baton pass
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Ninjask's stats
- Agility
- Harden
- Hone Claws
- Metal Claw
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Ninjask
- Acrobatics
- Baton Pass
- Dig
- Dual Wingbeat
- Endure
- Flail
- Leech Life
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Round
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Ninjask in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 132/252/4/0/4/116 )
- Lonely Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Optimize Ninjask's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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