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 an extraordinary 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:
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Wicked Blow / Darkest Lariat
- Thunder Punch / Body Slam
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Urshifu-Gmax (Unseen Fist)
Urshifu is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's 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. 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, all contact moves hit through protection. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Urshifu recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Wicked Blow is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (always results in a critical hit).
♦ Darkest Lariat is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Dark-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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 / Choice Band
Ability: Unseen Fist
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 92 SpD / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Wicked Blow / Darkest Lariat
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Rock Slide
- Ice Punch / Body Slam
Doubles Physical Sweeper Urshifu-Gmax (Unseen Fist)
Urshifu is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It is meant 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, all contact moves hit through protection. Ice Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Darkest Lariat is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Dark-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Urshifu's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ 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).
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: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- 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, Protect, Helping Hand, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Most notable and possible best moves for Urshifu-gmax
- Protect
- Rest
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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