Competitive Information for Linoone [X/Y]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Linoone? 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.
Linoone is an outstanding Normal-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Linoone when battling in the 6th generation meta. Linoone's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Flame Orb
Ability: Quick Feet
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 Def / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw
- Play Rough
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Linoone (Quick Feet)
Linoone is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Linoone at the end of the turn which will activate Linoone's Quick Feet ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Quick Feet, if Linoone is statused its speed is 1.5x; ignores speed drop from paralysis. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Quick Feet to seriously give Linoone a sweet boost.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Linoone this turn).
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Item: Iron Ball
Ability: Quick Feet
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 213 Hp / 243 Atk / 54 Spe
Moveset:
- Shadow Claw
- Fling
- Facade
- Return
Linoone Physical Tank (Belly Drum)
Linoone is a marvelous Physical Tank. It attempts to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Iron Ball will halve the user's speed and are generally not recommended unless being used with Trick Room. With Quick Feet, if Linoone is statused its speed is 1.5x; ignores speed drop from paralysis. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Quick Feet to seriously give Linoone a sweet boost.
♦ Fling is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (flings your Linoone's item at the target. power varies).
♦ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Linoone is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Linoone? 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: Flame Orb
Ability: Quick Feet
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 Def / 40 SpD
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw
- Play Rough
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Linoone (Quick Feet)
Linoone is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Linoone at the end of the turn which will activate Linoone's Quick Feet ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Quick Feet, if Linoone is statused its speed is 1.5x; ignores speed drop from paralysis. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Quick Feet to seriously give Linoone a sweet boost.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Linoone this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Linoone 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 Linoone 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 Linoone
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Ability: Quick feet + Item: Flame orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Extreme Speed, Helping Hand, Baby-Doll Eyes
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Linoone's stats
- Belly Drum
- Charge Beam
- Defense Curl
- Hone Claws
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Linoone
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Linoone in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Linoone's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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