What is a good moveset for Noivern?

Question

If you have a good competitive moveset for Noivern, 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 detail, including the intended game mode for your set, is also appreciated. Access the full list of guidelines here.

Noivern Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Answer 1

Double Battle (Rain Team):

Role: Special Sweeper

Noivern @ Eject Pack
Ability: Telepathy
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Hurricane
- Heat Wave
- Tailwind / Roost

• Draco Meteor: STAB, once it's used, you switch out because of the Eject Pack.
• Hurricane: STAB. When it's raining, it has I infinite accuracy. It can also hit Pokemon using Bounce or Fly.
• Heat Wave: Covers Ice weakness, and does spread damage.
• Tailwind/Roost: Increases teams speed / Restores the users HP

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  If you are using Drizzle (Pelipper, Politoed) then I would use a Moveset like this respectively:

Role: Rain Set Up/Special Sweeper

Pelipper @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Scald
- Hurricane
- Tailwind
- Icy Wind / Protect

Role: Rain Set Up/Special Tank

Politoed @ Damp Rock
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
- Weather Ball
- Substitute
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

Comments

Nice but heat wave in rain? It will be too weak to cover anything

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Yeah. I would do a steel type move, but Noivern doesn't learn any other than Iron Tail.

Answer 2

Noivern @ Blunder Policy
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Boomburst
- Hurricane
- Dragon Pulse
- Focus Blast

Keep using hurricane or focus blast (whatever helps), after either of the attacks miss, speed gets raised by 2x. Now use boomburst or dragon pulse for STAB.

Comments

It's already insanely fast, out speeding pretty much everything in uu. Why use a blunder policy?

Answer 3

No Throat Spray Noivern yet? What the heck.
Gen 8 NU

Noivern @ Throat Spray
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Boomburst
- Dragon Pulse
- Hurricane / Air Slash
- Flamethrower

Boomburst is a strong move that activates Throat Spray. Dragon Pulse is STAB. Hurricane is also STAB, and you could use Air Slash instead if you want more accuracy. Flamethrower deals with steel types.

Answer 4

Gen 6 OU
Noivern (M) Choice Specs
Role: Fast Special Sweeper
Ability: Frisk
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature (+Spe, -Atk)
- Heat Wave
- Boomburst
- Hurricane
- Draco Meteor

Heat Wave may burn the target(s). Boomburst is really strong. Hurricane may confuse the target and has STAB and Draco Meteor is STAB for Noivern.

Comments

Why 4 Attack EVs with no physical attacks? Why Hasty over Timid?

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Leftovers is kinda weird on a very frail Pokémon, this set seems like the perfect set for Choice Specs

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Hasty nature is (+Spe,-Def) not (+Spe,-Atk) I think the nature you're looking for is Timid (+Spe,-Atk).

Answer 5

Dragon Dance Noivern?

Gen 8 RU

Noivern
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Acrobatics
- Brick Break

In Gen 8, Noivern got access to Dragon Dance. Dragon Dance boosts Noivern's attack and speed. Dragon Claw is STAB. Acrobatics is also STAB that has double power since Noivern isn't holding an item. Brick Break deals with steel types.

Answer 6

Hush! (Noivern) @ Petaya Berry
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Boomburst
- Dragon Pulse
- Flamethrower

-Substitute until Petaya triggers (+1 Sp.A,
then just go for the sweep.
-Boomburst deals more damage than
STAB Air Slash.
-It doesn't like Ice Shard.

Answer 7

Gen 7 RU Cleaner

Noivern @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Frisk / Infiltrator
EVs: 204 HP / 252 SpA / 52 Spe
Modest Nature
- Hurricane / Air Slash
- Dragon Pulse / Draco Meteor
- Flamethrower / Heat Wave
- U-Turn

- Heat Wave: Heat Wave covers the Steel types that resist both your Stabs when cleaning
- Hurricane / Air Slash: Flying Stab, Air Slash can be substituted to make up for Hurricane's shaky accuracy, but the drop in power can prevent certain KOs.
- Dragon Pulse / Draco Meteor: Dragon Stab, Draco Meteor may be much stronger especially when paired with Choice Specs, but it is essentially a one time use nuke to finish off your opponents last Pokemon.
- U-Turn: Used to pivot off incoming switch-ins to pull momentum.

>This Pokémon is meant to come in and threaten and kill fast and frail Pokemon or pivot off their switch-ins to grab momentum and clean up weakened teams when the common switch-ins have fainted.

Answer 8

Noivern @Focus Sash
Ability: Infiltrator
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Soe
Timid Nature
- Super Fang
- Flamethrower / Boomburst
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Roost / U-turn

EVs: I am not fussy, but high Speed and Sp. Atk but Defence or Hp is good too. I suggest (everyone suggest this) 4hp/252 speed/252 sp.atk

I like to use this as a wall breaker or chipping health from tanks.

Super Fang: Chipping down a tanks or a wall's health in half is always reccomended, thats why Focus Sash was installed as Noivern is most likely to get OKod in the first move so at least Noivern would be able to halve a tanky enemy's health down so it will make it easier for your other Pokemon to take it down.

Flamethrower/Boomburst: Flamethrower is good for Ice types but Boomburst does some solid damage, especially if after Super Fang.

Draco Meteor/Dragon Pulse: Draco Meteor is a solid attacking power, however, choice spec arn't included in this set so if you don't like the fact it's lowing it's Special Attack, got with Dragon Pulse.

Roost/U-turn: If you have a kinda tanky Noivern with high Defence and Special Defence EVs, it could likely survive a attack, which makes Roost benificial for survivblity, but if your Noivern is very fragile, you could always try to escape with U-turn.

Tips: Try getting rid of harzards like Steath Rock before deploying your Noivern, also reccomend saving Noivern for a bulk who usually dosnen't have strong attacking power.

Answer 9

My gen 9 doubles set

Noivern @ throat spray
Ability: infiltrator
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid nature
- Draco Meteor
- Boomburst
- Tailwind
- Defog / taunt / protect

123 speed with timid nature will out-speed many opponents, and 97 special attack is decent and can be great with the throat spray boost. Tailwind is to double you and your teammates speed. Boomburst is a very high damage spread move that will increase special attack with throat spray when used. Draco meteor is powerful stab made more powerful by throat spray boost. Defog is good for removing hazards, taunt is good to make opposing Pokémon not able to use status moves, or you could just use protect which is a good option too.

Answer 10

Gen 9 NU Choice Specs

Noivern @ Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Hurricane
- Boomburst
- Flamethrower

Using its High BP moves, ultrasonic waves, and a pair of glasses called Choice Specs, Noivern makes for a good breaker in Gen 9 NU, being a threat if the opponent doesn't have a faster Pokemon than Noivern. Using its ultrasonice waves to break down large boulders and combining its dragon energy with the smaller rocks, Noivern has a Draco Meteor that can be dangerous to switch into. Noivern's speed allow it to flap its wings so fast to create a powerful Hurricane that can hurt should Noivern have a good day and decide to land them. With its powerful ultrasonic waves, Noivern can use Boomburst as a powerful move. With the ability to turn into a Normal-type using the Tera mechanic, Noivern can have a powerful STAB move in Boomburst, which is really nice to dent Specially defensive Pokemon such as Alolan Muk. Flamethrower is used as a coverage move to melt Steel-types such as Magnezone, Klefki, and Copperajah. Tera Normal is used to boost the power of Boomburst and make it a STAB move.

Answer 11

Gen 9 Murder drone

Noivern @ Leftovers
Ability: Infiltrator
Tera: Stellar
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Atk
Hardy Nature (or any neutral nature)
- Wing Attack
- Boomburst
- Super Fang
- Dragon Claw

Boomburst is powerful. dragon claw and wing attack are STABs. Super fang is underrated.

Answer 12

Gen 9 Monotype Defog (Dragon)

Noivern @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Frisk
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe or 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hurricane / Air Slash
- Defog
- Roost
- U-turn / Flamethrower / Taunt / Super Fang

With hazard removal being quite limited for Dragon teams, Noivern soars above the options for hazard removal, and for good reason. Cyclizar has awkward synergy with Dragon teams, and Tatsugiri and Altaria aren't good in Monotype. The things Noivern offers to a Dragon team is an appreciated Ground immunity, a fast Pokemon that can outspeed and get rid of Iron Valiant, and a Pokemon who has some neat utility moves to help out the team.

Hurricane is the STAB move for this set since it OHKOs Iron Valiant, who is a threat to Dragon teams. Air Slash can be used for an alternative Flying STAB with better accuracy at the cost of lower power. Defog is used to clear away hazards, which is useful for teammates who aren't using Heavy-Duty Boots so they don't have to worry about taking hazards damage as much. Roost is used to give Noivern reliable HP recovery so it can stick around longer. U-turn allows Noivern to switch out and bring in a teammate. Flamethrower is an option to hit Steel-types such as Corviknight, Gholdengo, Scizor, and Iron Treads super effectively, being useful to deter Gholdengo from switching in to prevent a Defog. Taunt allows Noivern to shut down defensive Pokemon such as Toxapex and Clodsire, as well as slower setup Pokemon trying to setup. Super Fang is a neat option to wear down defensive Pokemon such as Archaludon, Heatran, Hisuian Goodra, Blissey, and Clodsire.

The EV spread you use depends on which Flying STAB you use. If you use Hurricane, use the EV spread of 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe since it doesn't need to invest EVs to make Hurricane an OHKO against Iron Valiant. If you use Air Slash, use the EV spread of 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe since Air Slash needs Special Attack EVs invested to OHKO Iron Valiant. If you want a little bulk on the offensive spread, you can do 48 HP / 208 SpA / 252 Spe, which has enough Special Attack EVs for Air Slash to have a guaranteed OHKO against Iron Valiant.