Question

I have never trained a bug type to be strong. I want to train ninjask because as my username suggests I like speed. I need to know a good moveset.

Ninjask Learnset

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Ninjask (M) @ Focus Sash
Trait: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spd
Hardy Nature
- U-turn
- Swords Dance
- Protect
- Baton Pass

Answer 1

As it's attack is high, I'd mostly focus on physical moves.

X-sxissor is a good bug move (power 80, acuracy 100)
Dig is also an option to concider (power 80, acuracy 100) but it is a 2 turn move, so you'd have to watch out for oponents switching to flying pokemon or using Protect.
Although slash is normal type (power 70, acuracy 100) it could be a back up move for when you arn't very effective, like fighting a flying type.
More risky physical moves include Giga impact (power 150, ac. 90, can't move next turn. Don't go for hyper beam; it's the same exept special attack, where you arn't as strong.

If you wanted to incorperate some sp attack moves, although it's sp attack is low you could go for
Shadow Ball (power 80, acuracy 100)
Giga Drain (power 60, acuracy 100 +obtain 1/2 absorbed hp)

I wouldn't go for solar beam as it's 2 turn power is 120 and using giga drain in those 2 turns would do the same damage as well as gain you hp.

Overall, I might go for X-Scissor, Dig, Shadow Ball, and Slash

Comments

What bout fly

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It can't learn fly!

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if i were u i would replace shadow ball for swords dance, anyway one of those moves so u can raise its attack even more

Answer 2

I Like This Strategy......
Double Team(to get rid of his terrible defense)
Swords Dance(After Double Team, He Can Set This Up to have a base attack of 546!)
Slash(Powerful, good crit hit ratio)
X-Scizor(Strong accurate STAB)

Answer 3

Competitively you'll want him as a lead baton passer so your moveset will probably look like;

Swords Dance
Baton Pass
Substitute
Protect

The whole point is to get a free swords dance in which requires a fair amount of prediction then you turn stall using Substitute and protect after that you baton pass to the physical sweeper of your choice.

Answer 4

Gen V

Ninjask (M) @ Focus Sash

Trait: Speed Boost

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd

Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)

• Swords Dance
• X-Scissor
• Protect
• Baton Pass

Answer 5

Ninjask @ Life Orb

Trait: Speed Boost

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SpA)

• Swords Dance
• X-Scissor
• Night Slash
• Aerial Ace

Swords Dance doubles its attack which will not be baton passed, yes that is right this Ninja doesn't baton pass.
X-Scissor is there for some fresh STAB, so is Aerial Ace.
Night Slash is a good move and hits Ghosts and Psychics.
make sure to have a rapid spinner or just something to avoid/get rid of those annoying stealth rocks that steals 50% of shedinjas HP, thief :o
so yeah that's annoying.

Answer 6

Physical sweeper!
aerial ace, (never misses, stab)
X-scissor, (stab)
Dig, (type coverage, fire and rock)
Return, (If its fully happy it will do like 110 damage I think)

But i now use him as a Baton passer!
So, Baton Passer!
Protect (for speed boost)
Swords dance (make him hold a focus sash, his defences just aren't good enough...so if he gets hit by a OHKO your covered! Even if it hits once its useful)
X-Scissor (in chase of taunt) Dig is also handy!
And finally Baton Pass (you know why!)

Answer 7

I think it should be
Ariel Ace
Bug bite
Air cutter
and Steel wing

Answer 8

Baton passer

Baton pass

Swords dance

X-scizzor

Nightslash/Protect(Night slash just in case he is tuanted by a ghost after he uses S.dance and thus can't switch)(Protect to get another speed boost in)

Item Focus sash

Answer 9

another speed baton passer move
with

• baton pass
• protect
• substitute
• and DIG, (type coverage for elect,flyg,rock and for taunt user, and a free speed boost)

but still confused with item and nature (focus sash/ground gem and jolly/adamant)
if taunter exist,
so it's like protect, taunt, go dig, the taunter switching out, protect again, taunt again, dig again, ,,,,and then baton pass
if not, so just do the common move, subs,prot,subs,prot,etc
so yeah it is just giving out speed.

Comments

I would put in swords dance and give it focus sash because ninjask is frail

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yeah i know, but as written above, this move is good if the taunter exist, and it's common

Answer 10

Speed Boost

@ Leftovers
Ev's:252 Speed/252 HP(For Substitute)
Nature:Jolly(+Speed-Sp.Atk)
Ability:Speed Boost

• Toxic
• Dig
• Protect
• Substitute

Start with Substitute,then Toxic comes,after Toxic hit with Dig for Toxic Damage and Dig.Finally use Protect for Speed Boost.

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Baton Passer

@Focus Sash
Ev's:252 Speed/252 Attack
Nature:Jolly(+Speed-Sp.Atk)
Ability:Speed Boost

• Swords dance
• X-Scissor
• Aerial Ace
• Baton Pass

Start with Swords Dance,then hit with Aerial Ace or X-Scissor and Baton Pass comes last.

Answer 11

Baton Passer that sets up powerful physical Pokemon such as Electivire or Salamence with being able to throw a punch at the same time.

Initially I thought:
x-scissor- STAB + good bug physical move
Double team- provides strong evasion
Sword Dance- accelerates the attack stat
Baton Pass- pass the stats

but after trying this strategy out I realized that another Pokemon can still lay hits even with one or two double teams. Also Aerial Ace with a good mainly physical flying Pokemon (staraptor) could easily defeat ninjask no matter how many double teams used. Use substitute instead of double team because it doesn't matter if ninjask loses a quarter health, it doesn't have that much to begin with, and this insures that Ninjask doesn't get hit.

X-scissor, baton Pass, sword dance, substitute