Competitive Information for Loudred [X/Y]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Loudred? 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.
Loudred is an interesting Normal-typed Pokemon. Loudred is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Loudred's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Scrappy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 8 Hp / 252 Atk / 124 Def / 124 SpD
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Earthquake
- Hammer Arm / Brick Break
- Thunder Punch
Physical Sweeper Loudred (Scrappy)
Loudred is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Loudred's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Scrappy, Loudred can hit ghost types with normal- and fighting-type moves.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Loudred's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Scrappy
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 8 Hp / 124 Def / 252 SpA / 124 SpD
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Synchronoise / Extrasensory
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
Special Sweeper Loudred (Scrappy)
Loudred is a remarkable Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Loudred's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Loudred's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Scrappy, Loudred can hit ghost types with normal- and fighting-type moves.
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Synchronoise is a special 120-base power Psychic-type move (hits adjacent pokemon sharing your Loudred's type).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Overheat is a special 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Loudred's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Loudred? 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: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Scrappy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 8 Hp / 252 Atk / 124 Def / 124 SpD
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Loudred (Scrappy)
Loudred is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Loudred's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Scrappy, Loudred can hit ghost types with normal- and fighting-type moves.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ 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).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Loudred's speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Scrappy
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 8 Hp / 124 Def / 252 SpA / 124 SpD
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Synchronoise / Extrasensory
- Incinerate / Overheat
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Loudred (Scrappy)
Loudred is popular Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Loudred's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Loudred's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Scrappy, Loudred can hit ghost types with normal- and fighting-type moves.
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Synchronoise is a special 120-base power Psychic-type move (hits adjacent pokemon sharing your Loudred's type).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Incinerate is a special 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ Overheat is a special 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Loudred's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Loudred learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Loudred 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 Loudred
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- 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
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Loudred's stats
- Defense Curl
- Howl
- Power-Up Punch
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Loudred
- Earthquake
- Howl
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Loudred in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Loudred's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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