Competitive Information for Muk [Scarlet/Violet]
Poison
Abilities:
This Pokemon's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning.
This Pokemon's attacks without a chance to flinch gain a 10% chance to flinch.
This Pokemon cannot lose its held item due to another Pokemon's Ability or attack.
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Movesets for Singles
Looking for a competitive moveset for Muk? These builds are optimized for Scarlet/Violet Single Battles. The movesets and EVs are designed to maximize damage against common opponents and threats in the Scarlet/Violet metagame. Check out the expert movesets below to boost your battle performance and dominate your opponents!
Unleash the power of Muk, a notable Pokémon with Poison typing. It's a sight to see Muk out in the 9th generation battlefield. Its only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic. Check out the movesets listed below to learn more about Muk's strategies.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Stench
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Knock Off
- Body Slam / Tera Blast
- Lunge
When it comes to single battles, Muk shines as a top-notch Physical Sweeper. The intention of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical moves. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Stench, Muk's attacks without a chance to flinch gain a 10% chance to flinch.
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: phys. If attack > spa, type = tera).
◆ Lunge is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Flame Orb
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Gunk Shot
- Shadow Punch
- Facade
- Fire Punch
When it comes to single battles, Muk shines as a spectacular Support. Flame Orb will burn Muk at the end of the turn. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Shadow Punch is a physical 60-base power Ghost-type move (this move does not check accuracy).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Muk is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
Need a strong doubles moveset for Muk? These builds are perfect for VGC (Pokémon Video Game Championship) and other competitive Scarlet/Violet Double Battles. The VGC is the ultimate test of strategy and skill, and these movesets and EVs are designed to excel against multiple opponents at once while providing essential support to your team. Dominate the Scarlet/Violet metagame with these expert-crafted setups!
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Stench
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Poison Jab
- Knock Off
- Body Slam / Tera Blast
In double battles, Muk is known as a superb Physical Sweeper. This moveset design focuses to take down the opponent's team with heavy-hitting physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Stench, Muk's attacks without a chance to flinch gain a 10% chance to flinch.
◆ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: phys. If attack > spa, type = tera).
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Terastal Phenomenon
In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (Generation 9), each Pokémon in Paldea has a Tera Type. A Pokémon's Tera Type is inactive until the Pokémon Terastallizes, at which time the Pokémon's type will change to its Tera Type.
There are 18 types, meaning there are countless combinations of Pokémon and Tera Types. Terastallizing a Pokémon allows you to enhance your battle strategies by increasing the power of any moves that have the same type as your Pokémon’s Tera Type or by changing your Pokémon’s weaknesses.
Ground moves are bad against Flying.
Psychic moves are bad against Dark.
The most recommended Terastral Type for Muk is: Flying or Dark
Select a Tera-type:
Teratype Bug moveset for Muk
Item: Expert Belt / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Bug
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast
- Ice Punch / Brick Break
- Fire Punch
Muk is an awesome Physical Sweeper in single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Expert Belt boosts the damage of Muk's super effective moves by 20%. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning. Ice Punch or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Bug-type move).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Teratype Dark moveset for Muk
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast / Thief
- Body Slam
- Fire Punch
Muk is a spectacular Physical Sweeper in single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Dark-type move).
♦ Thief is a physical TERA-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Muk has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Teratype Dragon moveset for Muk
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Dragon
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast
- Brick Break / Body Slam
- Fire Punch
Muk is a notable Physical Sweeper in single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning. Brick Break was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Dragon-type move).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Teratype Electric moveset for Muk
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast / Thunder Punch
- Body Slam
- Fire Punch
Muk is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper in single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Electric-type move).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical TERA-boosted 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).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Teratype Fairy moveset for Muk
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast
- Body Slam
- Fire Punch
Muk is popular Physical Sweeper in single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Fairy-type move).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Teratype Fighting moveset for Muk
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast / Brick Break
- Body Slam
- Fire Punch
Muk is popular Physical Sweeper in single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Fighting-type move).
♦ Brick Break is a physical TERA-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Teratype Fire moveset for Muk
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast / Fire Punch
- Thunder Punch / Body Slam
- Ice Punch
Muk is an awesome Physical Sweeper in single battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Fire-type move).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical TERA-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ 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).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Teratype Flying moveset for Muk
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast
- Body Slam
- Fire Punch
Muk is a stupendous Physical Sweeper in single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Flying-type move).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Teratype Ghost moveset for Muk
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast
- Body Slam
- Fire Punch
Muk is a marvelous Physical Sweeper in single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Ghost-type move).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Teratype Grass moveset for Muk
Item: Expert Belt / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast
- Ice Punch / Thunder Punch
- Fire Punch
Muk is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper in single battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Expert Belt boosts the damage of Muk's super effective moves by 20%. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning. Ice Punch or Thunder Punch are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Grass-type move).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Teratype Ground moveset for Muk
Item: Expert Belt / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast
- Thunder Punch / Brick Break
- Fire Punch
Muk is a stupendous Physical Sweeper in single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Expert Belt boosts the damage of Muk's super effective moves by 20%. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning. Thunder Punch or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Ground-type move).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Teratype Ice moveset for Muk
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Ice
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast / Ice Punch
- Zen Headbutt / Body Slam
- Fire Punch
Muk is a remarkable Physical Sweeper in single battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning. Zen Headbutt was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Ice-type move).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical TERA-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Teratype Normal moveset for Muk
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Body Slam / Tera Blast
- Poison Jab
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
Muk is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper in single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning.
♦ Tera Blast is a special TERA-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Normal-type move).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Teratype Poison moveset for Muk
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab / Tera Blast
- Body Slam
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
Muk is an interesting Physical Sweeper in single battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Poison-type move).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Teratype Psychic moveset for Muk
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Psychic
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast / Zen Headbutt
- Brick Break / Body Slam
- Fire Punch
Muk is a marvelous Physical Sweeper in single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning. Brick Break was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Psychic-type move).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical TERA-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Teratype Rock moveset for Muk
Item: Expert Belt / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast / Rock Slide
- Thunder Punch / Brick Break
- Fire Punch
Muk is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper in single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Expert Belt boosts the damage of Muk's super effective moves by 20%. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning. Thunder Punch or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Rock-type move).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical TERA-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Teratype Steel moveset for Muk
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast
- Ice Punch / Body Slam
- Fire Punch
Muk is an astounding Physical Sweeper in single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning. Ice Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Steel-type move).
♦ 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).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Teratype Water moveset for Muk
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Poison Touch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 80 Def
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast
- Ice Punch / Body Slam
- Fire Punch
Muk is a wonderful Physical Sweeper in single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Muk's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Muk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Muk's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning. Ice Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: becomes a physical Water-type move).
♦ 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).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movepool
Want to know what moves Muk can learn? Check out the full list of moves available in the Pokemon Scarlet/Violet generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by type, category, accuracy, and power. Moves in bold get the same-type attack bonus (STAB) when used by Muk.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Muk can perform in Scarlet/Violet. 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 SV Move and Ability Combos for Muk
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Shadow Sneak
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Toxic
Moves that boost Muk's stats
- Acid Armor
- Curse
- Harden
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Muk
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Muk in Scarlet and Violet
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/252/0/0/4 )
- Calm Nature ( 252/0/0/0/252/4 )
- Relaxed Nature ( 252/0/88/0/168/0 )
- Sassy Nature ( 252/0/4/0/252/0 )
- Optimize Muk's Defensive EV-spread for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
Usage Data
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Here are the best movesets for Muk. Top rated Muk Scarlet/Violet movesets. You can find Muk builds Scarlet/Violet. Muk movesets Scarlet/Violet are listed here. VGC Muk Competitive Movesets can be found here. Find various EV spreads, find the best nature for Muk in Scarlet/Violet along with competitive movesets. Basic info and Movesets for evolution