Competitive Information for Urshifu (rapid) [Sword/Shield]
Fighting / Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Urshifu-rapid-strike? 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.
RillaboomDragapultRotom-HeatStakatakaCoalossalClefairySpectrierIncineroarThundurusGlastrier
Urshifu is a stupendous Fighting and Water-typed Pokemon. It's a super common sight to see Urshifu out in the 8th generation battlefield. Urshifu can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Urshifu is weak to Electric, Fairy, Flying, Grass, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unseen Fist
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat
- Aqua Jet
- Surging Strikes
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Urshifu-Rapid-Strike (Popular/Trending)
Urshifu is an interesting Physical Sweeper for single battles. 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. With Unseen Fist, all contact moves hit through protection.
◆ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first).
◆ Surging Strikes is a physical STAB-boosted 25-base power Water-type move (always results in a critical hit. Hits 3 times).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Urshifu this turn).
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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:
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Surging Strikes / Liquidation
- Iron Head / Thunder Punch
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Urshifu-Rapid-Strike (Unseen Fist)
Urshifu is popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. 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. Iron Head or Thunder Punch are 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).
◆ Surging Strikes is a physical STAB-boosted 25-base power Water-type move (always results in a critical hit. Hits 3 times).
◆ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Urshifu-rapid-strike? 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.
RillaboomDragapultRotom-HeatStakatakaCoalossalClefairySpectrierIncineroarThundurusGlastrier
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unseen Fist
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surging Strikes
- Close Combat
- Detect
- Aqua Jet
Doubles Physical Sweeper Urshifu-Rapid-Strike (Popular VGC)
Urshifu is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. This particular build was popular during past competitions. The purpose of this moveset 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.
◆ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Urshifu's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Detect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Urshifu this turn).
◆ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first).
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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:
- Close Combat / Drain Punch
- Surging Strikes / Liquidation
- Rock Slide
- Iron Head / Body Slam
Doubles Physical Sweeper Urshifu-Rapid-Strike (Unseen Fist)
Urshifu is a remarkable Physical Sweeper for double 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, all contact moves hit through protection. Iron Head 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).
◆ Surging Strikes is a physical STAB-boosted 25-base power Water-type move (always results in a critical hit. Hits 3 times).
◆ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target 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-rapid-strike 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-rapid-strike 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-rapid-strike
- 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: 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, Aqua Jet
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Scald
Moves that boost Urshifu-rapid-strike's stats
- Bulk Up
- Iron Defense
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Urshifu-rapid-strike
- Aqua Jet
- Close Combat
- Detect
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Surging Strikes
- Taunt
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Urshifu-rapid-strike in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
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