Competitive Information for Hoopa (unbound) [X/Y]
Psychic / Dark
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Hoopa-unbound? 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.
Hoopa is pretty popular Psychic and Dark-typed Pokemon. It's super common to see Hoopa show up as a X/Y opponent. Hoopa is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Hoopa's only type-related weaknesses are Bug and Fairy.
Item: Focus Sash / Tanga Berry
Ability: Magician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Knock Off / Thief
- Zen Headbutt
- Return
- Fire Punch
Physical Sweeper Hoopa-Unbound (Magician)
Hoopa is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Hoopa from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Magician, if Hoopa has no item it steals the item off a pokemon it hits with an attack.
♦ Thief is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Hoopa has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Tanga Berry
Ability: Magician
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Dark Pulse
- Thunderbolt
- Energy Ball
Special Sweeper Hoopa-Unbound (Magician)
Hoopa is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Hoopa from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Magician, if Hoopa has no item it steals the item off a pokemon it hits with an attack.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Hoopa-unbound? 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: Focus Sash / Tanga Berry
Ability: Magician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Knock Off / Thief
- Zen Headbutt
- Return
- Fire Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Hoopa-Unbound (Magician)
Hoopa is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Hoopa from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Magician, if Hoopa has no item it steals the item off a pokemon it hits with an attack.
♦ Thief is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Hoopa has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Tanga Berry
Ability: Magician
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Dark Pulse
- Thunderbolt
- Energy Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Hoopa-Unbound (Magician)
Hoopa is a legendary Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Hoopa from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Magician, if Hoopa has no item it steals the item off a pokemon it hits with an attack.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash / Tanga Berry
Ability: Magician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 104 Hp / 252 Atk / 152 Def
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Dark Pulse
- Thunderbolt
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Hoopa-Unbound (Magician)
Hoopa is a legendary Offensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Hoopa from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Magician, if Hoopa has no item it steals the item off a pokemon it hits with an attack.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Hoopa-unbound learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Hoopa-unbound 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 Hoopa-unbound
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Magic Coat, Protect, Snatch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Hoopa-unbound's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Nasty Plot
- Power-Up Punch
Most notable and possible best moves for Hoopa-unbound
- Destiny Bond
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Hoopa-unbound in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Hoopa-unbound's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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