Competitive Information for Minun [X/Y]
Electric
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Minun? 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.
Minun is an astounding Electric-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to find yourself dealing with Minun when battling in the 6th generation meta. Minun's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Volt Absorb
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 16 Hp / 60 Def / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Signal Beam
- Round / Snore
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Minun (Volt Absorb)
Minun is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Minun from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Minun's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Volt Absorb, Minun heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by electric moves; electric immunity.
♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Minun must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Minun? 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 / Choice Specs
Ability: Volt Absorb
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 16 Hp / 60 Def / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Signal Beam
- Round / Snore
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Minun (Volt Absorb)
Minun is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Minun from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Minun's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Volt Absorb, Minun heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by electric moves; electric immunity.
♦ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Minun must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Minun 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 Minun 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 Minun
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Wish + Baton Pass
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
Most notable and possible best moves for Minun
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Minun in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Minun's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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