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Competitive Pokemon X/Y Movesets and Strategies for Buneary

Base Stats for Buneary

Normal

Abilities:
,
,

Evolutions / Family:
Buneary
Lopunny

Weakness Chart for Normal-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

2x

0x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Buneary? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.

Buneary is a sensational Normal-typed Pokemon. Buneary is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Buneary can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Buneary's only type-related weakness is Fighting.

Species: Buneary
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Limber
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Facade
- Jump Kick / Sky Uppercut
- Ice Punch
- Fire Punch

Physical Sweeper Buneary (Limber)

Buneary is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Buneary from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Buneary's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Limber, Buneary cannot be paralyzed. gaining this ability while paralyzed cures it. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.

♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Buneary is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Jump Kick is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (Buneary is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
♦ Sky Uppercut is a physical 85-base power Fighting-type move (can hit pokemon using bounce, fly, or sky drop).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).

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Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Buneary? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.

Species: Buneary
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Limber
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Facade
- Jump Kick / Sky Uppercut
- Ice Punch
- Fire Punch

Doubles Physical Sweeper Buneary (Limber)

Buneary is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Buneary from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Buneary's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Limber, Buneary cannot be paralyzed. gaining this ability while paralyzed cures it. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.

♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Buneary is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Jump Kick is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (Buneary is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
♦ Sky Uppercut is a physical 85-base power Fighting-type move (can hit pokemon using bounce, fly, or sky drop).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).

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Movepool

Wondering what moves can Buneary 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Buneary can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Buneary

Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Endure + Endeavor
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
Ability: Klutz + Move: Switcheroo
Ability: Klutz + Move: Entrainment
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
Move: Double Hit + Item: King's Rock
Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect, Baby-Doll Eyes, Fake Out, Quick Attack
Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic

Moves that boost Buneary's stats

Agility
Charge Beam
Cosmic Power
Defense Curl
Power-Up Punch
Work Up

Most notable and possible best moves for Buneary

Baton Pass
Fake Out
Ice Beam
Protect
Rest
Toxic

Common Effort Values for Buneary in X and Y

Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
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Competitive Information for Buneary [X/Y]