Competitive Information for Urshifu (gmax) [Sword/Shield]
Fighting / Dark
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Urshifu-gmax? 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.
Urshifu is a decent Fighting and Dark-typed Pokemon. Urshifu are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Urshifu is weak to Fairy, Fighting, and Flying-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Unseen Fist
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 92 SpD / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Wicked Blow / Foul Play
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Ice Punch / Body Slam
- Iron Head
Physical Sweeper Urshifu-Gmax (Unseen Fist)
Urshifu is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Urshifu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Urshifu's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Unseen Fist, Urshifu's contact moves ignore the target's protection except max guard. Ice Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Urshifu's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Urshifu recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Urshifu-gmax? 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
Ability: Unseen Fist
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Detect
- Wicked Blow
- Close Combat
- Sucker Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Urshifu-Gmax (Popular VGC)
Urshifu is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. This particular build was popular during recent competitions. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Urshifu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unseen Fist, all contact moves hit through protection.
◆ Wicked Blow is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (always results in a critical hit).
◆ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Urshifu's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Sucker Punch is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. Fails if target is not attacking).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Unseen Fist
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 92 SpD / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Wicked Blow / Foul Play
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Rock Slide
- Body Slam
Doubles Physical Sweeper Urshifu-Gmax (Unseen Fist)
Urshifu is an astounding Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Urshifu from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Urshifu's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Unseen Fist, Urshifu's contact moves ignore the target's protection except max guard.
◆ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Urshifu's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Urshifu recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Urshifu-gmax 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 Urshifu-gmax 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 Urshifu-gmax
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Moves: Body Press + Bulk Up
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that boost Urshifu-gmax's stats
- Bulk Up
- Iron Defense
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Urshifu-gmax
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Taunt
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Urshifu-gmax in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Urshifu-gmax's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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