What is a good moveset for Durant?

Question

If you have a good competitive moveset for Durant, post an answer below and upvote the best ones. Movesets for any of its pre-evolutions can also be shared on this thread.

Be sure to include full set details in your post, e.g. items, abilities, natures and EVs. Some explanation, including the intended game mode for your set, is also appreciated. Access the full list of guidelines here.

Durant Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Answer 1

Monotype: Steel- "The Premier Scarfer"

With an above average Base 109 Atk further buffed by it's Hustle Ability and a Speed Stat that allows it to outpace Terrakion by exactly 1 Point, the Iron Ant Pokemon can be considered to be the best Scarfer Mono Steel Teams have to offer.

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Durant @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Hustle
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 HP
Jolly Nature
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide / Stone Edge
- Superpower
- Baton Pass

Perhaps one of the most underrated Pokemon in the Monotype Sub-Metagame, Durant's combination of Physical might, oddly high Speed, sufficient Coverage Moves, and Baton Pass make the Iron Ant Pokemon Mono Steel's "Primier Scarfer", outclassing it's Competition in Lucario in terms of Speed and Jirachi in terms of Power.

Given all the Coverage Move's it needs, it's STAB Attack in Iron Head synergizes well with the typical Paralysis-Based Mono Steel Teams, while Rock Slide eliminates the Fire Type that threaten it. In addition to that, BW2 also blessed it with yet another odd perk: Superpower, a Move that breaks down the Steels and Water/Ground Type that resist it's Steel/Rock Coverage. To top it off, it also follows the Generation V pattern of granting Bug Type's Baton Pass, so, like Scolipede, it also capable of using the pseudo-Pivot Move to Scout out the opponents next Move, functioning much like a U-turn or Volt Switch but with the absence of Damage or, being blocked by an Immunity.

The Jolly Natured (+Spd, -SAtk) gives it the Speed to outpace even Terrakion, killing it off with a 252 Atk+Hustle Iron Head. The Choice Scarf of course Boost it's Speed to beat other Scarfers that threaten Mono Steel (Terrakion).

Overall, Durant has proved to be the best Scarfer of Mono Steel due to the above advantages.

Comments

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Durant @ Choice Scarf
Trait: Hustle
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 HP
Jolly Nature
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Superpower
- Baton Pass

Answer 2

Item: Focus-sash
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Truant
EVs: 252 Speed, 252 Attack, 6 Hp

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Entrainment
Iron-head
X-scissor
Stone-edge/Thunder-wave

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Entrainment DOES work with Truant and is the devastating part of this set. Iron-head is for STAB, and Flinch. X-scissor is STAB. Stone-edge is coverage and T-wave is for if you really want to be annoying.

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WARNING

Using this set may do the following: Make people swear at you, stop being friends with you, hate you, and want to murder you.

Comments

Note I will never use this set as it is too annoying and mean.

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This set really does looks like one heck of a annoyance (0.0)

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Entrainment *doesn't* work with Truant...

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In fact, it does ^^. Just tested it.

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I have used that set before then switched into my Pokemon with the ability shadow tag  Gothitelle with calm mind and protect to op Durant

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... you really are a savage.

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THIS IS BRILLIANT XD. WELL I DID MAKE SOMEONE CALL ME A SWEAR WORD BUT WHO CARES?

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Why would you want truant?  That's just a bad idea.

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it gives truant to the opponents pokemon via entrainment

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It's actually pretty good for a 4x fire pokemon.

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Actually, I think you misread it wrong. Entrainment will fail if the TARGET'S Ability is Truant and so on.

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If you pair this with arena trap dugtrio it would be amazing. Because you can you hone claws because they can only attack every other turn, and on the turn they can attack use protect.

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I like this set, but I'd use Leftovers and an alternate EV spread of 128 Atk / 252 Def / 128 Spe.

Answer 3

Durant (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Hustle
Jolly Nature (+spd -ap.atl)
EVs:252 spd 252 atk 4HP

• Hone Claws
• X-scissor
• Stone Edge
• Iron Head

This is how its done basically. Life Orb is power so I can use jolly to amp his speed up. Then Hone claws makes up for hustles' accuracy drop. Then he simply Life Orb sweeps away..

Answer 4

The Destroyer of UU
With a solid 109 attack and speed and a built-in choice band as an ability, Durant's a force to be reckoned with in UU. However, with bulky mons like (mega) Swampert, Suicune, Milotic, mega Ampharos, and mega Aggron standing in its way, the steel ant has a lot of trouble sweeping the entire tier. However, looking at Durant's moveset reveals a different story. I present to you the Destroyer of UU:

Durant @ Life Orb
Trait: Hustle
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 HP
Jolly/Adamant Nature
- Iron Head
- Thunder Fang
- Superpower
- Screech
When one of the walls in UU switches in, you go for screech, lowering its defense by 2 (hustle does not affect screech). At -2, all walls are (almost) killed by jolly durant:

252 Atk Life Orb Hustle Durant Thunder Fang vs. -2 252 HP / 252+ Def Suicune: 169-200 (81.6 - 96.6%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

252 Atk Life Orb Hustle Durant Superpower vs. -2 252 HP / 252+ Def Mega Swampert: 159-187 (76.8 - 90.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock

252 Atk Life Orb Hustle Durant Superpower vs. -2 252 HP / 252+ Def Filter Mega Aggron: 138-164 (77.9 - 92.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock (note that no Mega Aggrons actually run max defense)

252 Atk Life Orb Hustle Durant Thunder Fang vs. -2 252 HP / 252+ Def Milotic: 213-252 (105.4 - 124.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 Atk Life Orb Hustle Durant Superpower vs. -2 252 HP / 252+ Def Mega Ampharos: 164-194 (83.2 - 98.4%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock

Even the infamous Porygon2 dies to a jolly durant: 252 Atk Life Orb Hustle Durant Superpower vs. -2 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Porygon2: 242-286 (126 - 148.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

As you can imagine, adamant Durant cleanly OHKOes all of these threats except for Mega Aggron ( again, no Mega Aggrons run max defense). Have fun with the tier demolisher!

Comments

Can I use this pls?

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this is a public forum. of course!

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ok, thanks!  :)

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You did a lot of research wow, this is a great set

Answer 5

Durant (M) @ Leftovers

Trait: Swarm

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def

Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)

• Agility
• X-Scissor
• Iron Head
• Baton Pass

Answer 6

Hope this set will help you
Durant @ Wide Lens
Trait: Hustle
Ev: 200 Atk / 56 Def / 252 Speed (Jolly)
- Hone Claw
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- X-Scissor / Crunch

Hone Claw + Wide Lens boost Accuracy , Rock Slide against Fire-type :D

Answer 7

Durant @ Focus Sash
Ability: Hustle
EV's: 252 Attack/ 252 Speed/ 4 Defense
Nature: Jolly
-Hone Claws
-Iron Head
-X Scissor
-Rock Slide/Stone Edge

It's a very perfect Durant set I came up with. You put a focus sash on Durant to guarantee a Hone Claws set up ( Note that Hone Claws not only boosts Durant's already amazing attack stat from the hustle ability, but also patches Hustle's accuracy loss). Focus sash is very crucial because any fire attack WILL kill in one hit (Hope you don't get an unlucky burn). Once Hone claws is set up, go to town on your opponent. With 348 speed at level 100, you're likely to outspeed most Pokemon. Now if you send your Durant out and you know a Pokemon is faster than you, go for an attack instead, rather than hone clawing ( You'll still do a great amount of damage). EXAMPLE: If a Darmanitan is on the field, go for Rock Slide, or Stone Edge to take it out after it hits you. Same goes for Talonflame.

Overall this Pokemon has great coverage. Against 9 types, Bug, Psychic, Dark, Fairy, Rock, Grass, Fire, Ice, and Flying. I have used this Durant set in many OU battles and it works well.

Answer 8

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It says it all right here. "I'm gonna eat the **** out of your flesh!!"
252 Atk 128 Spd 130 Def
Jolly/Impish/Adamant (Own an impish one)
@Leftovers
Truant/Hustle (Own one with Hustle)
Hone Claws/Giga Impact (GI for truant, HC for hustle)
Iron Head for STAB
X-Scissor for STAB
Stone Edge for coverage.
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Comments

And why is this flagged?

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Trachy's Answer was also flagged, and both him and I were swearing in our answers, I think that's why.

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I edited out the swearing in both answers.

Answer 9

Durant @ Life Orb
Trait: Hustle
EVs 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 HP
Jolly Nature
- Hone Claws
- Iron Head
- Crunch/Stone Edge
- X-Scissor

Hone Claws boosts attack by 1.5 and accuracy by 1.33 making Durant get about 106 since hustle makes accuracy 80% and about attack of 1363 because of hustles 1.5 boost and the Life orb boost of 1.3 and Hone Claws boost of 1.5 you multiply each number by 317 base attack to get 1363. Iron Head is a Stab steel attack with base 80 power and 30% chance to flinch target. Crunch is a 80 power
dark type move with a 20% chance to flinch target / Stone edge would have 85.12 accuracy and it is a 100 power move. X-Scissor it a 80 power Stab bug type move.
Jolly Nature because my set does not not have a Choice Scarf so it needs to be fast enough to be able to outspeed other Pokemon giving it base 348 speed. Hustle was the best option for a ability it boosts attack by 1.5 but it did lower accuracy to 80%.

Answer 10

Durant
Basic 80 Power 100% accuracy sweeper.
Nature: Jolly
Evs: 252 Speed, 252 Attack, 4 Hp
Item: Focus Sash (to help get Hone Claws off)
Ability: Swarm

-Hone Claws
-X-Scissor
-Iron Head
-Crunch
Durant overall is a beast with high as speed. One of my fave Pokemon!

Answer 11

Durant@Choice Scarf/Wide Lens
ABILITY: Hustle
NATURE: Adamant/Jolly
IVs: 252 Atk/252 Spd/4 HP

X-Scissor (strong Bug STAB)
Iron Head (Steel STAB)
Crunch (coverage)/Stone Edge (coverage, but with Hustle it might miss a lot)
Hone Claws (boost your stats)

Answer 12

Durant@Choice Scarf or Assault Vest
Trait: Swarm
Nature: Jolly (+Speed, -Sp. Attack)
EVs: 252 Speed, 252 Attack, 4 Sp. Defense
Role: Physical Sweeper

Moves:

• First Impression: STAB, but can only be used the first time the user comes into battle
• X-Scissor: STAB
• Iron Head: STAB, good flinch chance
• Rock Slide: Fire type weakness coverage

Answer 13

Durant @ Choice Scarf
Role: Physical Scarf
Ability: Hustle
Evs: 252 Atk, 252 Spe, 4 Hp
Adamant Nature
Moveset:
Stone Edge
X-Scissor
Crunch
Iron Head

Comments

This, first of all, isn't importable. Second of all, you aren't even using anything to complement swarm. Also, have you seen its special defense? Good neutral attacks will easily take this out.

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i think actually hustle is better on this, i didnt want it at first because of lower accuracy, but I think that hustle is better now

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this set is good, but why no hustle?

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湿ったマフィン, Its a SWEEPING SET, its not meant to survive more than a few turns. Thats why it has max speed and max attack. Wdym by nothing to complement swarm, X-Scissor is boosted by swarm. :/

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Ok hustle is better though

Answer 14

Here’s my Durant for Super Singles:

Durant @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Truant
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Spe / 252 Def / 4 HP
-Entrainment
-Crunch
-X-Scissor
-Iron Head

Goes first. Uses entrainment. Switch out. 252 Def EVs enable Durant to take a Fake Out and 2 Earthquakes from Mega Kangaskhan and survive most physical attacks :)