What is a good moveset for Incineroar?

Question

If you have a good competitive moveset for Incineroar, post an answer below and upvote the best ones. Movesets for its pre-evolutions, if any, 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.

Incineroar Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Answer 1

Incineroar Gen 7 OU

Incineroar (M) @ Incinium Z
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Darkest Lariat
- Bulk Up
- Earthquake / Cross Chop / Leech Life

- Flare Blitz strong STAB and 10% chance to burn target just (beware the recoil).
- Darkest Lariat STAB and ignores changes in the targets stats for example if they used "Iron Defense" Darkest Lariat would still do the same amount of damage it would have normally done, and the same goes for evasion as well. When Incinium Z is activated, Darkest Lariat turns into "MALICIOUS MOONSAULT" and has a power of 180, however this move now does not ignore stat changes but if the opponent has used minimize Malicious Moonsault ignores the accuracy changes and instead does double the damage!
(Incineroar is required to have darkest lariat in order to use malicious moonsault)
- Bulk Up is used to power up Incineroar's "decent" attack stat and gives him some defense as well.
- Earthquake is good coverage against rock, electric, poison, and fire types.
- Cross Chop More coverage and has an Increased critical hit ratio of 1/8 instead of 1/24.
- Leech Life is a good attack and recovery option for Incineroar by recovering 50% of the HP drained.

Answer 2

Sw/Sh VGC Series 12

Incineroar @ Shuca Berry
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 100 HP / 248 Atk / 160 SpD
Careful Nature
- Fake Out
- Taunt / Throat Chop
- Flare Blitz
- Parting Shot

Why is this thing back. Anyway, this is a VGC series 12 set, adjustable by a fair bit. Constructive criticism appreciated

Answer 3

Nat dex Doubles

Incineroar @ Shuca Berry
Ability: Intimidate
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 176 HP / 96 Atk / 92 Def / 36 SpD / 108 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Fake Out
- Parting Shot
- Flare Blitz
- Knock Off

Fake Out can threaten the opponent into a double protect, giving your other Pokemon a chance to set up or provide more support for the team with moves like Tailwind. Parting Shot reduces both attack stats and allows Incin to refresh its Intimidate and Fake Out. Knock Off deals good damage and removes a Pokemon's item. Flare Blitz is the primary STAB since it boasts great power and a chance to burn. Its EV spread lets Incin to tank hits somewhat effectively while dealing a good amount of damage and outspeeding other support Pokemon. The Shuca Berry lets Incin tank EQs with relative ease after Intimidate.

Answer 4

Double Battle Support Incineroar:
Pokemon: Incineroar
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Sassy
Item: Sitrus Berry
Evs: 252 Def, 252 Sp.Def, 4 Atk
Moves:
-Flare Blitz
-Parting Shot
-Fake Out
-Knock Off/ Snarl

Flare Blitz to get good damage. Parting Shot is to lower opponent's offensive stats even more. Fake out is to flinch opponent every time Incineroar switches in. And knock off is to remove opponent's item/ snarl is to lower foes' Sp.Atk.

Thanks user Ferarri for the feedback, I really appreciate it.

Comments

No one runs max speed incineroar. Replace the nature to something more defensively oriented, and make the EV’s more defensive. Another glaring weakness is that you don’t have Flare Blitz, which goes hand in hand with Sitrus Berry and gets good damage off stuff like Rillaboom. Replace U-turn with Flare Blitz. One more thing, Snarl is more supportive, while Knock Off is better for  stab.

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You’re welcome

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This may seem contradictory to what Ferrari said, but you do want some Speed investment, not a lot, but some. This makes sure your Fake Outs hit first, preventing your opponent's Incin from stopping whatever you're doing. With Defensive EVs, I recommend putting most in HP and some in both the SpD and Def stats, 12 or 16 will do. A little more Atk would be good too, but isn't necessary so that is up to u.

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Yeah true I don’t tho

Answer 5

Gen 9 NU Bulky Swords Dance

Incineroar @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Intimidate
Tera Type: Ghost / Fairy / Fighting
EVs: 248 HP / 16 Atk / 196 SpD / 48 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Flare Blitz
- Knock Off / Darkest Lariat
- Earthquake / U-turn / Drain Punch

The Swords Dance set Incineroar uses in Gen 9 NU, but with a bulky EV spread. With Swords Dance to boost its Attack, Incineroar can become a scary breaker that can punch holes in teams for your teammates to take advantage of late game. Flare Blitz is Incineroar's strongest (physical) Fire STAB, dealing out quite a bit of damage against Pokemon who don't resist Fire moves. Knock Off is the standard Dark STAB, allowing Incineroar to remove items from opposing Pokemon and being useful against Pokemon who resist Flare Blitz such as Talonflame, Flygon, Chandelure, and Swampert. Darkest Lariat can be used as an alternative Dark STAB to beat down Cresselia harder and is useful if you use Brambleghast on the same team as Incineroar to prevent the awkwardness of having a Knock Off user and a Poltergeist user on the same team. Earthquake provides coverage against Iron Thorns, Diancie, and opposing Incineroar. U-turn can be used instead so Incineroar can pivot out of bad matchups while dealing some chip damage to opposing Pokemon. Drain Punch is even an option on the Bulky Swords Dance set to let Incineroar have some source of HP recovery while still being able to hit opposing Incineroar super effectively. Heavy-Duty Boots is used to prevent Incineroar taking damage from hazards. Tera Ghost allows Incineroar to have a Fighting immunity, which is useful against Fighting-types. Tera Fairy can be used to resist Fighting moves and is useful to have a Dragon immunity, which is useful against Flygon. Tera Fighting is used if you use Drain Punch so Drain Punch can have some extra power.

248 HP EVs are used for bulk. 16 Attack EVs with an Adamant Nature is used to hit a jump point for Incineroar's attack stat. 48 Speed EVs allow Incineroar to outspeed Vaporeon as well as Pokemon having enough speed EVs to reach 167 speed to outspeed Vaporeon. The rest of the EVs are used in Special Defense to give Incineroar some special bulk since Incineroar has Intimidate to lower that attack stat of opposinf Pokemon.

Answer 6

Gen 9 NU Defensive Pivot

Incineroar @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Intimidate
Tera Type: Ghost / Fairy
EVs: 248 HP / 212 SpD / 48 Spe
Careful Nature
- Knock Off
- Flare Blitz
- Will-O-Wisp
- U-turn / Parting Shot / Earthquake

Posting Incineroar's Defensive set for Gen 9 NU since it is quite common and Incineroar doesn't need Swords Dance as much with Cresselia being banned. Specially Defensive Incineroar's typing and bulk is useful to serve as a Specially Defensive Pokemon who can check special wallbreakers such as Chandelure, Porygon-Z, Munkidori, and Hisuian Typhlosion. Knock Off is the chosen Dark STAB due to the utility it provides of removing items from opposing Pokemon to cripple them. Flare Blitz is used as a powerful Fire STAB to deal decent damage even without any EVs in Incineroar's Attack stat. Will-O-Wisp allows Incineroar to cripple physical wallbreakers with a burn as well as Bulky Water-types since they don't appreciate the burn chip damage. U-turn lets Incineroar switch out to bring in a teammate and lets you pivot vs Diancie and Registeel, as well as switching out vs Kilowattrel and Galarian Articuno without activating Competitive. Parting Shot can be used if you prefer to lower the attacking stats of opposing Pokemon to be annoying for opposing Pokemon to deal with. Earthquake can be used to hit opposing Incineroar super effectively.

Intimidate is the chosen ability to be able to cripple the physical wallbreakers in the tier. Heavy-Duty Boots is used so Incineroar doesn't get crippled by its Stealth Rock weakness. The Speed EVs allow Incineroar to outspeed Vaporeon by 2 points, though you can consider using an EV spread of 248 HP / 252 SpD / 8 Spe for more bulk. Tera Ghost allows Incineroar to become immune to Fighting moves, being useful as an emergency Fighting check. Tera Fairy can be used instead to resist Fighting moves while still being able to resist Dark moves, being useful against Mienshao.

Comments

This is more of a Question than an answer, but what would be a good setup for a Stellar Incineroar?

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I'm going to be honest; there isn't really a good setup for a Tera Stellar Incineroar since Tera Stellar isn't exactly a good option for Incineroar. Your best bet would probably on some sort of Offensive Swords Dance set, but Swords Dance Incineroar usually prefers types that turn one of its usual weaknesses into resists or immunities such as Fairy, Ghost, or even Flying. (At least in the context of NU, the tier Incineroar is tiered in for Singles and the one Gen 9 tier I'm most familiar with Incineroar xd)

Answer 7

Gen 9 doubles

Incineroar @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Intimidate
Tera Type: Bug
EVs: 252 Att, 252 Spe, 4 SpDef
Adamant Nature
-Fake Out
-Knock Off/Darkest Lariat
-U-turn/Leech Life
-Temper Flare
Fake Out for flinch. Knock Off and U-turn are for secondary effects like pivot. Darkest Lariat for more damage. Leech Life is healing. Temper Flare is fire STAB without recoil.

Answer 8

Please tell me if this has already been posted; it's literally the set anyone watching or playing VGC knows, and I am definitely not taking credit for it, but I couldn't find the set on here.

VGC - any regulation where it is legal (as of Gen 9)
"Wolfey" the Incineroar
Ability: Intimidate
Tera Type: Ghost / Grass / Bug etc.
@ Safety Goggles / Sitrus Berry / Assault Vest / whatever you need for your team
EVs vary but here are some that have been used:

• Careful nature: 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Spe for assuming that Intimidate naturally boosts your Def
• Jolly nature: 44 HP / 4 Atk / 44 Def / 220 SpD / 164 Spe for winning Fake Out duels against opposing Incin
• Adamant 148 HP / 196 Atk / 164 Spe for surprising the opposing player and OHKOing frail Pokemon

The moves:
- Flare Blitz
- Knock Off
- Parting Shot / U-Turn
- Fake Out

Incineroar has the ideal stats, typing, movepool and ability to make it the most powerful support in VGC full stop.
It has :

1. An ability cutting opponents' attack every time it enters the field
2. Fake Out to give your partner a free turn - again every time it enters
3. Multiple pivoting moves to reactivate both of the former
4. Knock Off to remove necessary items from your opponents (and non-necessary ones, gives it goes up to over 100 base power on a target holding an item)
5. And Flare Blitz to deal, at neutral, upwards of a quarter of a (bulky) foe's HP from a 'supporting Pokemon'.

This is not even an exhaustive list! Helping Hand, Taunt and Will-o-Wisp can and are all used too.

As a parting shot, Incineroar is good that it is regularly used on 60% of teams.

Comments

You need to add the exact EVs used on this set (Read https://pokemondb.net/pokebase/137236/what-are-evs-and-ivs-and-how-do-they-work if you're unsure about EVs)

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I didn't put EVs before because this is a pokemon that should be adapted to be put on a team, but ok