Question

I breed pokemon in the game and am pretty good at IVs and EVs and such. I have thought of a few good tactics, such as

• Safe Guard and Outrage/Petal Dance/Thrash (avoids confusion ailment)
• Mimic and Imprison (permanent Disables last move)
• Swagger/Flatter and Psych Up/Haze (either gives you upped stats or resets theirs)
• Defense Curl followed by Roll Out (makes roll out stronger)
• Rain Dance and Thunder (Thunder never misses)
• Belly Drum and Rest (works best with a chesto berry. Maximizes attack)
• Sunny Day and Solar Beam (solar beam no longer needs to charge)
• Endure and Flail/Reversal (makes the attack moves really strong compared to normal)

What are some of the best move combos that you have found so far? :D
Explain your choices, and why they make good combos.

Please read all the answers before posting, to avoid duplicate answers. Yes, all 100+ of them.

And no full on movesets either, there are separate questions for that :-)

Comments

Would

"Tyranitar (Lv.100) @ who cares
EVs: who cares
Nature: who cares
Trait: Sandstream
Moves: who cares

Aron (Lv.1) @ Shell Bell
Trait: Sturdy
EV spread: Not important.
Moves: Just have it learn Endeavor.

Send Tyranitar out first. Thee only reason it exists is to get a sandstorm going. After it faints (DO NOT switch it out), send out Aron. The foe will attack (probably, and if they don't, it doesn't really matter) and get Aron down to 1HP (because of Sturdy). Next, use Endeavor. It will get the foe down to 1HP and Aron will go back to 100% HP because of it's Shell Bell. After that, the foe will faint because of the sandstorm. The two flaws with this strategy are:
1. The foe holds Leftovers.
2. The foe is ether Steel, Rock, or Ground-type."

count as a "move combo"?

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One more flaw is if the move is like rock blast or ice shard and can break sturdy.

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That is true.

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We already have that combo listed.

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Oh. Thanks. (So it *is* a "combo"!)

Answer 1

I haven't see this one, so I'll post it:
1. Use a Linnone with either silk scarf or life orb
2. Belly drum, this will max this Pokemon's attack
3. Extreme speed, this attack make any other Pokemon couldn't attack him with a very powerful strike
4. Repeat step 4 until either extreme speed have lost all its pp, life orb eat all his hp, or the enemy use ghost-type

Hope this help

Comments

if the opponent plans on attacking you after you used belly drum you're screwed

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Well, you can end the weakness of this one with the sitrus berry or leftovers, its a risky tech, but can beat a lot of enemy with it

Answer 2

I thought of a pretty good one for an atk/def ev trained snorlax:
Try having:
Rest
Sleep Talk
Hyper beam
Any other overpowered move.....for hyper beam an your other op move, scope/zoom lens would be a pretty good thing to add just in case.

Only downside to this combo it that sleep talk has a chance to use rest again which would be useless.lol

Answer 3

Well I LOVE this set with a Pokemon with like Weavile or something
Moveset is Swagger, Psych Up, Punishment, and a plain solid attacking move like Slash or Ice Punch. First, use Swagger, Then use either Swagger Again or use Psych up, Third use Psych Up if you used Swagger Last turn or go with Punishment makes it DEADLY on a Pokemon
like Weavile lots of Pokemon can use it which makes it nice so yeah

Answer 4

Pokemon: Vanniluxe & Tauros
Stats: Vanilluxe -SP Attack Nature Tauros +Attack Nature
EV's: Vanniluxe None Tauros Attack and SP Def
Type of Battle: Double
Strategy: Have Vannilluxe use Frost Breath on Tauros, have Tauros know the ability Anger Point, then you have a Max attacking DEADLY Tauros along with the SP Def EV's Frost Breath shouldn't do that much. Hope ya like it! Toodles!!!

Comments

Taurus is a brute :P

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huh? what do u mean?

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I mean he is powerful. Strong, like a Minotaur.

Answer 5

Use Soak on the Opponent's Poke'mon and use Grass/Electric Type Move,
x2 Damage Instantly!

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Hope I Helped Ya!

Comments

Yeah, but you could do more damage by just using a neutral move twice, good idea though.

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Thanks :D

Answer 6

Two Pokemon sweep.

Genesect @ Choice Scarf

Trait: Download

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Speed

Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)

• U-Turn
• Thunderbolt
• Ice Beam
• Flamethrower

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Genesect @ Life Orb

Trait: Download

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Speed

Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)

• U-Turn
• Thunderbolt
• Flamethrower
• Ice Beam

These sets are dominant, an amazing combo.

Comments

*Send Out Heatran*

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Ouch...

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um... species clause?

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Doesn't matter, this is a combo question. That is optional anyways.

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ok then :D

Answer 7

Manaphy with atleast rest as a move then some other good moves and then because of its ability Hydration you can use rest the hydration will wake you up!!

Comments

Other moves should be tail glow and bolt beam coverage

Answer 8

Alright so you need a gliscor
Gliscor@flying gem
Acrobatics
The others don't matter

Absol@ life orb
Use a standard set but replace a move for toxic

This is a doubles stradegy.
Gliscor get poisoned by absol activating poison heal and it can still acro with flying gem and they are a pretty good core.

Comments

For Gliscor you would want the other moved to be substitute ( for use after toxic is used), swords dance, and earthquake.

Answer 9

This is a pretty killer Psychic type combo that has proven extremely useful against any Pokemon besides ones that endure or are immune to psychic (which are very few compared to how many this combo can affect).

Future Sight (automatic psychic attack 2 turns later)
Reflect (cuts damage from physical attacks)
Psychic (STAB)

Future Sight automatically deals damage right after Psychic as a finishing move or double damage combo. You can also use Recover instead of Reflect if you find your opponent's attack uber strong. Just make sure your Pokemon can withstand more than one attack (OHKO) :)

Comments

This is a moveset, not a combo.

Answer 10

Okay. I did not find this one.

Step 1 : Set up hazards (Spikes/ T-spikes/ S-Rock/ Leech Seed? etc)
Step 2: Switch into ghost type.

Okay foe. Good bye.

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For those who did not understand it, the main idea is to prevent the use of Rapid Spin, which removes all the hazards. This works because Rapid Spin is a Normal type move, so it will not hit the ghost Pokemon. Because that happens, any added effect (i.e. in this case, removal of the hazards) will also not occur.

P.S. Beware of ForeSight.

P.P.S. I know it'll not work all the time. Use a Pokemon like gengar to sweep, and have additional ghost types for back up.

Comments

It's called Spinblocking

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It's actually quite common

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i see. I have not yet been fortunate( or is that "i'm lucky" ? )enough to encounter it...

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Giratina works great here, with dragontail and roar

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In comes a Hitmontop with Foresight XD

Answer 11

Swellow with a toxic orb and facade also ursaring with the same stuff and some so basically Pokemon with guts that can learn facade also some Pokemon
can do this do not know all of them but fake out and last resort.

Answer 12

I like using rest with Houndoom, with early bird it becomes hilarious. Houndoom keeps waking up after 1 turn, and gets full health. It would be best if Houndoom is bulky.

Answer 13

a snorlax that has very good defence and SP def can be used with this.

snorlax starts off using curse (snorlax no matter what will be out sped.)
after using curse sevral times use rockslide! I myself have had this used on me and my FIGHTING types could do NOTHING. and when health gets low (this is optional) make it know rest and hold lum berry. and the last move should be ANYTHING you want! I dont know if this is possible but make it learn a move that can switch it out incase things get bad.

Comments

Though curse lax is a good strategy there are a few problems with this answer :( a.curselax is well known b.common sense c.not really a move combo. Otherwise I could just post volcorona with max def and quiver dance.

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srry. i just thought it was great. but you dont need to tell me thaat =P

Answer 14

Magnet Rise (Ground Immunity) - Earthquake
Reflect Type (If you have a certain type that can reduce the damage of "everyone get's hit" attacks - Any move that can hit all opponents in play depending on their position (e.g., Discharge, Earthquake, etc.)

Answer 15

Best combo EVER!
durant @ focus sash

ability: truant
evs: 252 spd
nature: jolly
entrainment
any moves you want

dugtrio @ focus sash

ability: arena trap
evs: 252 atk 252 spd 4 def
nature: jolly
earthquake
stone edge
hone claws
protect

so the idea with this is you use entrainment with durant than if your opponent is faster stay in one more turn than switch if you were faster than switch right away. your opponent can't switch from arena trap. than alternate between hone claws and protect till maxed out he will be faster than most opponents so you can just sweep.

Answer 16

best for me Pokemon with surf and one with water absorb double battle deadly ;)
also lava plume and a flash fire
discharge lightningrod
krokoodile swagger than foul play :D
for baton passers haze is a way to waste their turns and walls
explosion protect...
rararaaa those ar some

Answer 17

Unfortunately, the best version of this takes up all 4 moves and the moveset can only be learned by Meowth, but it would be very beneficial for trainer battles. Also, you could just use 2 Pokemon (steps 1 and 2 for one Pokemon and steps three and four for the other, unless in double where you could use hypnosis and swagger on the same turn)

1. Hypnosis/Thunder Wave
2. Swagger x3
3. Psych Up
4. Punishment

The first keeps the opponent from acting with high attack from swagger. The second sets up steps 3 and 4. Psyche up allows you to get the stat boosts from the opponent without getting confused. Punishment does immense damage to the opponent.

Ont he hit with punishment, you will have a base power of 240 + 6 levels of attack increase. Better yet, they the plus 6 attack will stay with you through the rest of the battle, which will allow you to pretty much KO any Pokemon you come up against.

Comments

Meowth is the only one who can use the hypnosis version, but Jigglypuff (and evs), Miltank, Lugia, Ho-oh, Absol, and Arceus can learn the thunder wave variation.

Answer 18

Another combo for double battles:

You will need three Pokemon. A shedinja, a Spiritomb/Sableye, and a Pokemon with Skill Swap.

Start with the Shedinja and Skill Swap Pokemon. Use Skill Swap on Shedinja. Then, switch out Shedinja for Sableye/Spiritomb and use skill swap on them. The Sableye/Spiritomb is now invincible until someone uses a move that allows fighting moves to hit ghost types.

Note: A variation can be made where more Pokemon can be used if storm drain or lightning rod are in affect.

Comments

Um, I've seen somewhere that it is FORBIDDEN to switch, suppress or change the following abilities:

Truant
Multitype
Wonder Guard

But you can make them being copied, like Entertainment Durant.  (Truant)

Answer 19

spiritomb and shedninja. spiritomb uses skill swap with shedninja and now you have a pretty invincible spiritomb but not completely because soak will ruin it, so watch out for water types. also, have zoroark out and toxicroak at last so zorouark will transform to toxicroak as illusion. if a psychic type is not out, use moves that toxicroak can learn until a psychic is out then, the first move it uses is psychic and it has no effect so you get a chance to use a dark type move (probably knocking it out) and if your opponent is stupid and doesn't realize its zoroark, (unless you use sucker punch or something) guess what you can take another psychic or ghost.

Comments

you do know that Wonder Guard is not Skill Swap-able, right?
>Wonder Guard cannot be Skill Swapped or copied by Role Play, but it can be Traced.
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Wonder_Guard_(Ability)#In_battle

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well i never tried shedninja thing, my friend was just about to try it though.

Answer 20

double battle, gliscor, and something else with follow me. the trick is, the follow me poke probably wants focus sash and gliscor 2. following the other Pokemon could mean gliscor gets time to hone claws and gullioitine. also, walrein with the item that increases accuracy if slower (i believe zoom lens) and the move set of rest, sleep talk, fissure, sheer cold. considering walrein's speed, it will be more likly the auto ko moves will be more likly to hit, and can gain hp do it over and over again.