What is a good moveset for Mimikyu?

Question

If you have a good competitive moveset for Mimikyu, 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.

Mimikyu Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Comments

Whoever voted down MovesetBot, please do not do that.

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I wonder if someone will post a Z-Splash meme set.

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There was a Z splash set at Solgaleo's question.

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Where did my answer go?

Answer 1

Notebook Doodle (Mimikyu) @ Life Orb
Ability: Disguise
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Atk / 148 SpD / 108 Spe
Jolly Nature
IVs: 0 HP / 0 Def / 0 SpA
- Swords Dance
- Play Rough
- Shadow Sneak
- Will-O-Wisp

Swords Dance- Attack Raise
Play Rough
Shadow Sneak- STAB- Works Better with Swords Dance
Will-O-Wisp- Cripples Walls such as Mega Scizor or Ferrothorn-Both pretty common in the OU tier.

Or...
SPECIAL SET

Notebook Doodle (Mimikyu) @ Life Orb
Ability: Disguise
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 SpA / 148 HP / 108 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Def / 0 SpD
- Charge Beam
- Will-O-Wisp
- Shadow Ball
- Dazzling Gleam

Moves:
Charge Beam- Raises SpA while doing damage.
Will-O-Wisp- Cripples Ferrothron and Mega Scizor
Shadow Ball- STAB
Dazzling Gleam- STAB

So for the physical set you can run drain Punch, but everything is essential, maybe get rid of Will-O-Wisp. But physical Mimikyu is pretty straight forward.
Burn the Target (if they are a physical attacker then... GREAT!)
Swords Dance Up
Try to Sweep, get some speed investment.

So Special Mimikyu...
Burn the target- YAY-STATUS EFFECTS!
Charge beam a few times.
Right now you should be sitting at +3 or +4 Sp.A if you aren’t then... BRUH
Sweep with Dazzling Gleam, Problem is Poison types, but poison types aren’t to common in OU so you should be good.

Answer 2

Jar Jar wanted this, pretty much everone wants this:

Mimikyu @ Normalium-Z
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Disguise
EVs: 252 Atk 252 Spe 4 HP

Splash
Play rough
Shadow sneak
Drain punch

This set is the mother of trolls. Disguise lets you have a free set up with Z-splash which makes this thing OP. If the opponent's Pokémon is faster, Shadow sneak should deal with them. Normal types are dealt with Drain punch. If a ghost type comes in, Shadow sneak. If a normal type comes in, Mimikyu should be able to tank 1 hit and the heal up with drain punch. Then there's Play rough...the name says it all.

Hope you like :)

Answer 3

Mimikyu @ Focus Sash
Ability: Disguise
Level: 1
EVs: 36 Def / 236 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Destiny Bond
- Taunt
- Trick Room
- Shadow Sneak
Another F.E.A.R set. First turn it gets up trick room. Then, it can taunt and survive on sash. Then you die and let them die too from destiny bond. Fails against priority, multi hit moves, switching, and GEN 8. Gen 8 cause disguise got the -1/8 hp after broken disguise nerf

Answer 4

Mimikyu @ Aguav Berry
Ability: Disguise
EVs: ATK 252 SPa 4 SPE 252
Jolly Nature
Move 1: Swords Dance to boost Mimikyu’s already amazing attack
Move 2: Shadow sneak for coverage and has a 1+ Priority to out speed other Pokemon such as Raichu
Moves 3: Drain punch also for coverage and drains HP from other Pokemon
Mover 4: Play Rough for STAB and it has great power, a good fairy type move overall

I use this combo. First I use swords dance until my disguise is broken. Then I use Shadow sneak or play rough to attack with great power.
And finally drain opponent’s HP with drain punch

Hope I Helped ! :)

Comments

What's the 4 Special Attack EVs for?

Answer 5

Gen 9 Monotype Choice Scarf (Ghost)

Mimikyu @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Disguise
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Trick
- Play Rough
- Shadow Claw
- Drain Punch

Choice Scarf Mimikyu can be used on Ghost teams to help out with the Dark matchup. Play Rough is Mimikyu's most powerful STAB move (Phantom Force doesn't count). Shadow Claw is used for Mimikyu's Ghost STAB that pairs well with Play Rough. Drain Punch is useful for Steel-types such as Kingambit, Iron Treads, Magnezone, as well as Pokemon such as Chien-Pao. Drain Punch lets Mimikyu recover HP, which is nice. Trick lets Mimikyu get rid of its Choice Scarf and cripple defensive Pokemon who don't enjoy being locked into one move. Trick is also useful against Pokemon such as Corviknight, Clodsire and Quagisre who can check Swords Dance Mimikyu. Choice Scarf giving Mimikyu more speed is nice, but it sacrifices its damage output. Therefore, Spikes from Brambleghast is really appreciated.

Answer 6

Mimikyu @ Life Orb / Red Card
Ability: Disguise
Tera Type: Ghost / Fighting / Water
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance / Bulk Up
- Play Rough
- Shadow Sneak
- Drain Punch

You get a free Swords Dance or Bulk Up with Disguise and can force a switch with Red Card. Life Orb can boost the power of all moves because of Mimikyu's low attack stat. Play Rough is Fairy STAB. Shadow Sneak is priority and STAB, can be boosted with Tera Ghost. Drain Punch can recover health and Tera Fighting to gain STAB. Tera Water is the best Tera type for every set-up sweeper who doesn't share a weakness with water.

Answer 7

Mimikyu
@Life Orb/@Leftovers
Type: Ghost/Fairy
Ability: Disguise
4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe
Jolly Nature (-SpA, +Spe)

•Swords Dance
•Play Rough
•Shadow Sneak
•Wood Hammer/Protect

Life Orb: Boosts Mimikyu's damage (Easier to sweep)
Leftovers: Safe playstyle
Swords Dance: Highly boosts Mimikyu's attack (First turn)
Play Rough: STAB, best fairy move
Shadow Sneak: Priority +1
Wood Hammer: Coverage
Protect: Too dangerous to sweep (Safe playstyle)