Competitive Information for Skuntank [Sword/Shield]
Poison / Dark
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Skuntank? 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.
Skuntank is a stupendous Poison and Dark-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to find yourself dealing with Skuntank when battling in the 8th generation meta. Skuntank's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Stench
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Foul Play / Night Slash
- Double-Edge / Slash
- Poison Jab
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Skuntank (Stench)
Skuntank is a remarkable Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Skuntank's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Skuntank recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Stench, Skuntank's attacks without a chance to flinch gain a 10% chance to flinch.
◆ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ 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).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Black Sludge
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 213 Hp / 200 Def / 97 SpD
Moveset:
- Hone Claws
- Night Slash
- Poison Jab
- Iron Tail
Skuntank Double Wall (Physical Smell)
Skuntank is an extraordinary Double Wall for single battles. This moveset attempts to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. With Aftermath, if Skuntank is koed with a contact move that move's user loses 1/4 its max hp. With a Black Sludge equipped to it, each turn, if Skuntank is a poison type, restores 1/16 max hp; loses 1/8 if not.
◆ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Iron Tail is a physical 100-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Skuntank? 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: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Stench
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Foul Play / Night Slash
- Double-Edge / Slash
- Poison Jab
- Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Skuntank (Stench)
Skuntank is a notable Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Skuntank's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Skuntank recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Stench, Skuntank's attacks without a chance to flinch gain a 10% chance to flinch.
◆ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ 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).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Skuntank 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 Skuntank 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 Skuntank
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Feint, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Burning Jealousy, Toxic
Moves that boost Skuntank's stats
- Hone Claws
- Nasty Plot
Most notable and possible best moves for Skuntank
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Skuntank in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Skuntank's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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