Competitive Information for Darmanitan [X/Y]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Darmanitan? 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.
Darmanitan is a notable Fire-typed Pokemon. It's a frequent sight to see Darmanitan out in the 6th generation battlefield. Darmanitan is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Darmanitan is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 36 Def / 40 SpD / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Fire Punch
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Return / Strength
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Darmanitan (Sheer Force)
Darmanitan is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Darmanitan from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Darmanitan's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Darmanitan. With Sheer Force, Darmanitan's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darmanitan's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darmanitan's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz
- Belly Drum
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
Darmanitan Physical Tank (Physical Sweeper)
Darmanitan is popular Physical Tank. It's primary goal is to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Darmanitan's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Darmanitan. With Sheer Force, Darmanitan's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Belly Drum is a status move (Darmanitan loses 50% max hp; This also maximizes Darmanitan's attack stat).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Air Balloon
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 246 Atk / 12 Spe
Moveset:
- Flame Charge
- Sleep Talk
- Belly Drum
- Rest
Darmanitan Physical Tank (Clash Of The Titans)
Darmanitan is an extraordinary Physical Tank. It tries to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Darmanitan is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. With Sheer Force, Darmanitan's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Sleep Talk is a status move (Darmanitan must be asleep. uses another known move).
♦ Belly Drum is a status move (Darmanitan loses 50% max hp; This also maximizes Darmanitan's attack stat).
♦ Rest is a status move (Darmanitan sleeps 2 turns and restores hp and status).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Darmanitan? 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.
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 36 Def / 40 SpD / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Fire Punch
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Darmanitan (Sheer Force)
Darmanitan is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Darmanitan from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Darmanitan's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Darmanitan. With Sheer Force, Darmanitan's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darmanitan's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darmanitan's speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Darmanitan 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 Darmanitan 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 Darmanitan
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Ability: Sheer force + Item: Life orb
- 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
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fire Blast
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Psychic
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Slide
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flamethrower
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fire Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Headbutt
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Smash
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Snore
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flame Wheel
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Heat Wave
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Secret Power
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Tomb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fire Fang
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flare Blitz
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fling
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Focus Blast
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Zen Headbutt
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Bulldoze
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flame Charge
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Power-Up Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Snatch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp, Yawn
Moves that boost Darmanitan's stats
- Belly Drum
- Bulk Up
- Flame Charge
- Power-Up Punch
- Rage
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Darmanitan
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Darmanitan in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Darmanitan's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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