Competitive Information for Thundurus [X/Y]
Electric / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Thundurus? 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.
Thundurus is a marvelous Electric and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's a normal sight to see Thundurus out in the 6th generation battlefield. Thundurus can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Thundurus's only type-related weaknesses are Ice and Rock.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 Atk / 156 Spe
Moveset:
- Wild Charge / Thunder Punch
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Return / Strength
- Knock Off / Crunch
Physical Sweeper Thundurus (Defiant)
Thundurus is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Thundurus from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Thundurus's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Defiant, Thundurus's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Thundurus's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Thundurus's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 SpA / 156 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Psychic
- Dark Pulse
Special Sweeper Thundurus (Defiant)
Thundurus is a legendary Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Thundurus from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Thundurus's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Defiant, Thundurus's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Sludge Wave is a special 95-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to poison adjacent pokemon).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Thundurus? 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 Band
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 Atk / 156 Spe
Moveset:
- Wild Charge / Thunder Punch
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Return / Strength
- Knock Off / Crunch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Thundurus (Defiant)
Thundurus is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Thundurus from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Thundurus's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Defiant, Thundurus's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Thundurus's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Thundurus's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 SpA / 156 Spe
Moveset:
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Incinerate
- Psychic
Doubles Special Sweeper Thundurus (Defiant)
Thundurus is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Thundurus from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Thundurus's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Defiant, Thundurus's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Sludge Wave is a special 95-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to poison adjacent pokemon).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Incinerate is a special 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ 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 Thundurus 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 Thundurus 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 Thundurus
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- 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: Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Thundurus's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Charge
- Charge Beam
- Nasty Plot
Most notable and possible best moves for Thundurus
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Thundurus in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Thundurus's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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