Competitive Information for Manaphy [X/Y]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Manaphy? 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.
Manaphy is a phenomenal Water-typed Pokemon. It's a super common sight to see Manaphy out in the 6th generation battlefield. Manaphy can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Manaphy's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Hydration
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Waterfall / Dive
- Return / Secret Power
- Knock Off / Fling
- U-turn
Physical Sweeper Manaphy (Hydration)
Manaphy is a legendary Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Manaphy's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Manaphy's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hydration, Manaphy has its status cured at the end of each turn if rain dance is active.
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Fling is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (flings your Manaphy's item at the target. power varies).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Manaphy switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Hydration
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Energy Ball
- Psychic
- Ice Beam
Special Sweeper Manaphy (Hydration)
Manaphy is a legendary Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Manaphy's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Manaphy's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hydration, Manaphy has its status cured at the end of each turn if rain dance is active.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Hydration
Nature: Mild (+SpA, -Def)
EVs: 238 Hp / 200 SpA / 72 Spe
Moveset:
- Scald
- Protect
- Toxic
- Ice Beam
Manaphy Special Tank (Drifting Toxic)
Manaphy is a legendary Special Tank. It's primary goal is to take a large amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Manaphy's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hydration, Manaphy has its status cured at the end of each turn if rain dance is active.
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Manaphy this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
♦ 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 Manaphy? 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 / Choice Band
Ability: Hydration
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Waterfall / Dive
- Return / Secret Power
- Knock Off / Fling
- U-turn
Doubles Physical Sweeper Manaphy (Hydration)
Manaphy is a legendary Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Manaphy's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Manaphy's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hydration, Manaphy has its status cured at the end of each turn if rain dance is active.
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Fling is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (flings your Manaphy's item at the target. power varies).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Manaphy switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Hydration
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Bubble
- Dazzling Gleam
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Psychic
Doubles Special Sweeper Manaphy (Hydration)
Manaphy is a legendary Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Manaphy's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Manaphy's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hydration, Manaphy has its status cured at the end of each turn if rain dance is active.
♦ Bubble is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Water-type move (10% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ 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).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Manaphy 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 Manaphy 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 Manaphy
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- 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
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Scald, Toxic
Moves that boost Manaphy's stats
- Acid Armor
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Tail Glow
Most notable and possible best moves for Manaphy
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Scald
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Manaphy in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Manaphy's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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