What is a good moveset for Enamorus?

Question

If you have a good competitive moveset for Enamorus, post an answer below and upvote the best ones.

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.

Enamorus Pokedex & learnset for reference.

Answer 1

Set Up Sweeper

Enamorus-Therian (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Overcoat
Tera Type: Water / Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 108 Def / 148 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Iron Defense
- Calm Mind
- Draining Kiss
- Mystical Fire

This Enamorus-Therian set is an alternative option to other Fairy set up sweepers like Hatterene, having slightly better bulk. Leftovers provides passive recovery. Overcoat allows it to guard against sand damage, as well as Sleep Powders from Hisuian Lilligant and most importantly Spore from Amoonguss. A tera type of Water or Steel provides a much better defensive typing allowing Enamorus to switch into Stealth Rock more reliably. Iron Defense and Calm Mind both allow Enamorus to set up. Draining Kiss is used for damage and as reliable recovery. Mystical Fire hits Steel and Grass types super effectively and lowers their offensive capability.

Comments

Why those specific EVs?

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to get a more even EV spread of defensive stats instead of fully leaning toward special defense (and the special defense stat hits exactly 300 with the spread, which is pretty cool!)

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Not quite sure why you would go with iron defense and leftovers when bullet punch scizor is out there…

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Because scizor isn't on most teams

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Scizor can be relatively uncommon, but it’s annoyed me to death too many times, so I can’t bear to put anything on Enamorus that isn’t a sash.

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"Not sure why you would go with set up when unaware is out there or with any special attacker when Blissey is out there..."
252+ Atk Choice Band Technician Scizor Bullet Punch vs. 252 HP / 108 Def Enamorus-Therian: 270-320 (76.7 - 90.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Choice Band Technician Scizor Bullet Punch vs. +2 252 HP / 108 Def Enamorus-Therian: 134-162 (38 - 46%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

0 SpA Enamorus-Therian Mystical Fire vs. 120 HP / 0 SpD Scizor: 340-400 (109.3 - 128.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO

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Isn't Enamorus Therian in RUBL while Scizor is OU? When would you encounter Scizor in a tier where Enamorus Therian is viable?

Answer 2

Enamorus @ Pixie Plate/Expert Belt
Ability: Contrary
Tera: Stellar
EVs: 252 Sp. Atk/252 Spd/4 HP
Timid(With Mystical Fire)/Modest (With Neutralizing gas + Agility) Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Agility/Mystical Fire
- Draining Kiss
- Tera Blast
- Earth Power

If you run agility, make sure to have a Neutralizing Gas mon in order to actually get the speed buff and sweep. This set takes advantage of the "Stellar" tera type in the indigo disk, and allows you to deal MASSIVE damage. When you tera into the Stellar type, tera blast would NORMALLY give you -1 Sp. Atk and Atk. But contrary can reverse this, so you get a +1 Sp. Atk and Atk instead. Agility is the first sentence of this description, so no need to explain that. Mystical Fire if you don't want to run neutralizing gas, or you want ice coverage. Remember, stellar tera type doesn't help you defensively, so you still have to cover all your weaknesses. Draining Kiss does well with pixie plate, and boosts the damage output. Tera blast to be super effective on all tera Pokemon you tera and get a buff, and earth power takes care of 4/5 weaknesses.

Answer 3

Stellar Cheese

Gen 9 OU
Cheese (Enamorus) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Contrary
Tera Type: Stellar
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Tera Blast
- Superpower
- Earth Power
- Moonblast

This thing is nuts with Stellar. Scarf Enamorus is an extremely effective revenge-killer, but mix that with Stellar Tera Blast and Contrary and this beast quickly can snowball. You weaken an opponent down, get KOed, then send this in to clean up, and sweep with Tera Blast boosts. Even without Stellar there still is the Superpower Sweep and a powerful Moonblast STAB. Earth Power is coverage. The biggest threat to this is Raging Bolt’s Thunderclap, but still this easily gets out of control.

Answer 4

Gen 9 Ubers
Enamorus-Incarnate@Focus Sash
Ability: contrary
Tera type: fighting or steel
EVs: 4 Hp/252 Atk/252 Spe
Jolly Nature (+Spe, -SpA)
-Superpower
-Iron Head
-Zen Headbutt
-Play Rough

Great ability, only problem is that it doesn’t get any extremely powerful and accurate physical moves other than superpower. Fortunately, the set still works after a few superpower boosts when Iron Head’s flinch chance kicks in. (If you decide to use this in National Dex, you can OHKO Diancie-Mega after taking a super effective Power Gem. I really don’t like Diancie-Mega, so I try to counter it in every way I can.)

Answer 5

National Dex Doubles - Victini partner

Enamorus-incarnate@focus sash
Ability: contrary
EVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 Spe
Jolly nature (+Spe, -SpA)
-Superpower
-Play rough
-Zen Headbutt
-Iron head

Same as my set below, but with the added bonus of guaranteed victory!

Victini@leftovers
Ability: victory star
EVs: 4 Hp/252 Atk/252 Spe
Jolly nature
-Skill Swap
-V-create
-Bolt strike
-Overheat/Stored power

Victini gets the extremely broken, extremely overlooked signature move of V-Create. V-create has a massive 180 base power, but lowers victini’s defenses and its speed. (Sob!)
But wait! Victini gets skill swap! Everybody’s lives just got better.
First turn: enamorus superpowers someone, Victini then can use skill swap due to being slightly slower. Second turn: enamorus hits an opponent with one of its other moves, Victini decimates some with V-create or, if you really want to run another fire-type move, overheat. Both Pokémon get accuracy boosts from Victory Star, which is now held by Enamorus.

If Enamorus gets knocked out, simply replace it with costar flamigo with any moveset to get flamigo some boosted defenses and speed.

Answer 6

Contrary Sweeper

Enamorus @ Life Orb
Ability: Contrary
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Superpower
- Play Rough
- Tera Blast
- Draining Kiss / Earth Power

This set allows Enamorus to hit very hard. Superpower gives a +1 Attack and Defense boost. Play Rough is strong STAB. Tera Blast when aided by the Flying Tera Type allows for very strong Flying STAB. Draining Kiss allows you to heal off some Life Orb damage, while Earth Power is primarily used to hit Gholdengo. You could alternatively run Assault Vest with a Hasty Nature if you want to be a more bulky attacker with some longevity.

Answer 7

Gen 9 Monotype Mixed Attacker (Flying)

Enamorus (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Expert Belt
Ability: Contrary
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Superpower
- Earth Power / Taunt
- Moonblast
- Grass Knot / Zen Headbutt

A mixed offensive set Enamorus can use on Flying teams in Gen 9 Monotype. Superpower is a nice coverage move that is useful against Pokemon such as Kingambit and Air Balloon Heatran. Superpower also boost Enamorus' Attack and Defense stats thanks to Contrary. Earth Power is used to hit Pokemon such as Toxapex, Iron Moth, Non Air Balloon Heatran, and Non Air Balloon Gholdengo super effectively. Taunt is an option to shut down defensive Pokemon. Moonblast is used for a powerful Fairy STAB. Grass Knot lets Enamorus OHKO Quagsire and Specially Defensive Dondozo. Zen Headbutt can be used as an option to hit Poison-types such as Toxapex, Amoonguss, and Clodsire. Heavy-Duty Boots is used to prevent Enamorus from being chipped by Stealth Rock, while Expert Belt is an option to give Enamorus' attacks more power when they are super effective against opposing Pokemon.

Answer 8

Enamorus @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Contrary
Tera Type: Stellar
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Tera Blast
- Superpower
- Moonblast
- Mystical Fire / Earth Power

Choice scarf with Hasty Nature lets you outspeed a lot of Pokemon. You can Tera Stellar Tera Blast that gets more powerful every time you use it due to Contrary. Superpower boosts Attack and Defense which can eventually tear through everything except Ghost types. Moonblast is the obvious special Fairy STAB. Mystical Fire and Earth Power for coverage. This can clean up the late game easily.