Competitive Information for Stonjourner [Sword/Shield]
Rock
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Stonjourner? 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.
Stonjourner is a remarkable Rock-typed Pokemon. Stonjourner are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Stonjourner is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Air Balloon
Ability: Power Spot
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Body Press
- Rock Slide / Stone Edge
- Bulldoze / Stomping Tantrum
- Gravity
Physical Sweeper Stonjourner (Popular/Trending)
Stonjourner is an awesome Physical Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Stonjourner from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Stonjourner is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. With Power Spot, Stonjourner's allies have the power of their moves multiplied by 1.3.
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Stonjourner's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Stone Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Stonjourner's last move failed).
◆ Gravity is a status move (5 turns: no ground immunities, 1.67x accuracy).
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Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Power Spot
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Body Press
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
- Body Slam / Facade
Physical Sweeper Stonjourner (Power Spot)
Stonjourner is popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Stonjourner's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Power Spot, Stonjourner's allies have the power of their moves multiplied by 1.3. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Stonjourner's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Stonjourner's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Stonjourner's last move failed).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Stonjourner is burn/poison/paralyzed).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Stonjourner? 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: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Power Spot
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Superpower / Body Press
- Brutal Swing / Assurance
Doubles Physical Sweeper Stonjourner (Power Spot)
Stonjourner is a stupendous 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 Stonjourner's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Power Spot, Stonjourner's allies have the power of their moves multiplied by 1.3. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Stonjourner's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Stonjourner's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Stonjourner's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Brutal Swing is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Stonjourner 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 Stonjourner 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 Stonjourner
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Body Press + Curse
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Meteor Beam + Item: Power Herb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Wide Guard
Moves that boost Stonjourner's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Iron Defense
- Meteor Beam
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Stonjourner
- Body Press
- Bulldoze
- Curse
- Earthquake
- Gravity
- Heat Crash
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Stealth Rock
- Stomping Tantrum
- Stone Edge
- Superpower
- Wide Guard
Common Effort Values for Stonjourner in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/4/0/0/252 )
- Optimize Stonjourner's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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