Competitive Information for Reuniclus [Sword/Shield]
Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Reuniclus? 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.
Reuniclus is a stupendous Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Reuniclus when battling in the 8th generation meta. Reuniclus is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Odd Incense
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
EVs: 172 Hp / 84 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Focus Blast
- Thunder
- Skill Swap
- Trick Room / Expanding Force
Double Wall Reuniclus (Popular/Trending)
Reuniclus is a spectacular Double Wall for single battles. It's designed to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Life Orb boosts the power of Reuniclus's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Magic Guard negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage making it an amazing item for Reuniclus. With Magic Guard, Reuniclus can only be damaged by direct attacks. With a Odd Incense equipped to it, Reuniclus's psychic-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Thunder is a special 110-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze. Can't miss in rain).
◆ Skill Swap is a status move (your Reuniclus and the target trade abilities).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Reuniclus on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 192 Hp / 64 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Energy Ball / Grass Knot
- Shadow Ball / Night Shade
- Flash Cannon
Special Sweeper Reuniclus (Magic Guard)
Reuniclus is a fabulous Special Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Reuniclus's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Reuniclus's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Magic Guard negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage making it an amazing item for Reuniclus. With Magic Guard, Reuniclus can only be damaged by direct attacks.
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Reuniclus 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).
◆ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Night Shade is a special 0-base power Ghost-type move (does damage equal to your Reuniclus's level).
◆ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Flame Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Moveset:
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- Trick
- Recover
Reuniclus Physical Wall (Flame Orb Fetus)
Reuniclus is an interesting Physical Wall for single battles. It is primarily designed to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Flame Orb will burn Reuniclus at the end of the turn. With Magic Guard, Reuniclus can only be damaged by direct attacks. Reuniclus is a fantastic Pokemon, you can reduce the attack on its rival, with the flame orb while prevents problems of state, usa recuperar to recover PS, psyshock receives STAB and serves to Blissey. Focus Blast is for Tyranitar or other dark/rock. The reason for that incorporate it into my team was by their incredible statistics and possibilities.
◆ Focus Blast is a special 120-base power Fighting-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Trick is a status move (Reuniclus switches its held item with the target's).
◆ Recover is a status move (heals your Reuniclus by 50% of its max hp).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Reuniclus? 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: Magic Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 192 Hp / 64 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Energy Ball / Grass Knot
- Shadow Ball / Night Shade
- Flash Cannon
Doubles Special Sweeper Reuniclus (Magic Guard)
Reuniclus is an outstanding Special Sweeper for double battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Reuniclus's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Reuniclus's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Magic Guard negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage making it an amazing item for Reuniclus. With Magic Guard, Reuniclus can only be damaged by direct attacks.
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Reuniclus 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).
◆ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Night Shade is a special 0-base power Ghost-type move (does damage equal to your Reuniclus's level).
◆ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 192 Hp / 64 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Energy Ball / Grass Knot
- Shadow Ball / Night Shade
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Reuniclus (Magic Guard)
Reuniclus is a stupendous Offensive Trick Room for single battles. Life Orb boosts the power of Reuniclus's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Magic Guard negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage making it an amazing item for Reuniclus. With Magic Guard, Reuniclus can only be damaged by direct attacks. With a Twisted Spoon equipped to it, Reuniclus's psychic-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Reuniclus 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).
◆ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Night Shade is a special 0-base power Ghost-type move (does damage equal to your Reuniclus's level).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Reuniclus 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 Reuniclus 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 Reuniclus
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Ability: Magic guard + Item: Life orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Reuniclus's stats
- Acid Armor
- Calm Mind
- Iron Defense
- Power-Up Punch
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Reuniclus
- Energy Ball
- Expanding Force
- Focus Blast
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Psychic
- Reflect
- Rest
- Shadow Ball
- Skill Swap
- Stored Power
- Thunder
- Toxic
- Trick Room
Common Effort Values for Reuniclus in Sword and Shield
- Sassy Nature ( 172/0/84/0/252/0 )
- Quiet Nature ( 252/0/0/252/4/0 )
- Optimize Reuniclus's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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