What is a good moveset for Absol?

Question

If you have a good competitive moveset for Absol, 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.

Absol Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Answer 1

This is definitely one of the best Absol movesets, both my friend and I have had a lot of success with it :D

Absol @ Razor Claw
Ability: Super Luck
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stone Edge
- Psycho Cut
- Swords Dance
- Night Slash

Ability: Super Luck (more crits)
Item: Razor Claw (more crits)

Notes:
The aim of this setup is to get a ton of crits. Absol has the ability Super Luck, which increases the chance of crits. Razor Claw also increases the chance of crits. Stone Edge, Psycho Cut and Night Slash all also have an increased chance of landing a crit, making critical hits quite common. Absol is EV trained in Attack and has Swords Dance, both increasing Attack by a lot. Along with the Jolly nature which also aids Speed, Absol is EV trained in Speed, so it can setup and one hit KO faster.

Answer 2

Absol @ Absolite
Ability: Super Luck/Justified
EVs: 152 Atk / 204 Def / 152 SpD
Careful Nature
- Psych Up
- Baton Pass
- Punishment
- Night Slash

This is a set to take advantage of your opponent's stats! Have fun with this makeshift Malamar and tell me if you like this set!

Answer 3

Absol @ Absolite
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Megahorn / Play Rough
- Swords Dance
- Sucker Punch
- Psycho Cut

• Megahorn / Play Rough (To counter other dark types)
• Swords Dance (Increases attack by two stages)
• Psycho Cut (To counter fighting types and a high critical ratio)

Answer 4

Mwahahaha... Just like Mega Aerodactyl, Mega Absol is a beast. :)

You can check out Absol's Data HERE

You can LITERALLY Annoy the [Censored] out of people who use Prankster Pokemon or Status move users with this thing...

Note Absol is only in the Field egg group, as you may have to breed Pokemon to get the moveset I use.

Special Annoyance and Sweeper

ABSOLutelyNO (Absol) @ Absolite
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Detect
- Hex
- Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam

Ability: Pressure (You won't need this technically as you will immediately mega evolve Absol on the first turn.)

Moves:

Detect, since it takes a full turn to get Mega Absol's useful speed.

Hex, To damage the would be staller, as that staller is using status condition inducing moves. Decently self expanatory. (Not Absol can ONLY learn this through breeding with a compatible Pokemon in the same egg group. Thankfully this is easy, as Vulpix learns Hex through Leveling up, and they are in the same egg group.

Dark Pulse, STAB, and Flinch chance.

Ice Beam, yeah I know it may have surprised you, as it surprised me too, but Absol can learn the TM for Ice Beam. Perfect for covering Bug types, especially Speed Boost Sweeper Yanmega, which Mega Absol is succeptible to...

Answer 5

Okay so there's a lot of offensive power in Absol, but I toyed around with a gimmicky Perish Song setup that had some success, not as much as I would like, but some. Gen VI

Absol @ Sitrus Berry / Leftovers
Ability: Super Luck
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD
Careful / Mild Nature
- Baton Pass
- Mean Look
- Perish Song
- Shadow Claw / Psycho Cut / Night Slash

The idea is self explanitory. Use Mean Look to prevent switching then Perish Song. After Perish Song, use Baton Pass and watch them...well perish. The last move can be any attack move for Taunt resistance. But hopefully you will be switched out before then. Then again I don't think I have ever seen a competitive Absol with Perish Song as it's main weapon, so that may give you the time you need to set up. One more thing, when switching out it may be best to switch to a giant wall. Preferably one that knows Wish and Baton Pass so you can heal Absol but with a 3 turn set up and no healing, Absol may not be alive anymore. Sylveon is the best trade out I could find, but there could be other good baton passers out there.

Answer 6

National Dex UU

Absol-Mega @ Absolite
Ability: Justified -------> Magic Bounce
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Sucker Punch
- Play Rough
- Close Combat

You can switch this in on a predicted dark type move to get a boost from Justified before you Mega Evolve. Swords Dance boosts your attack. Sucker Punch is STAB that deals with Pokemon who are still faster than you. Play Rough deals with fighting types. Close Combat , which is a far more superior move than Superpower, is coverage and is useful vs. Bisharp, who otherwise walls this set.

Answer 7

Absol @ Black Glasses
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 6 SpD
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Knock Off
- Play Rough
- Swords Dance

Once everything that resists dark type and fairy moves are gone, this thing can wreck havoc(assuming it outspeeds everything).

Answer 8

Absol @ Scope lens
Ability: Super luck
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Sucker Punch / Night Slash
- Psycho Cut
- Stone Edge
- Swords Dance

• Sucker Punch (Priority move) / Night Slash (High critic Ratio)
• Psycho Cut (High critic ratio)
• Stone Edge (High critic ratio)

So this Absol is really really powerful so always High critic moves for this Absol results in Critical hit(100% Chance).
It is better to use Sucker Punch for pvp's but you can just use Night Slash for pve's. Swords dance surely does its job that after even single swords dance all move become op as Critical hit and +2 Atk will x4 the power of move.
"Hope This Helps :D"

Answer 9

Crit Hit Absol Set

Absol @ Wide lens / Life Orb
Ability: Super Luck
EVS: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Night Slash
- X-Scissor
- Stone Edge

Absol is a great attacker! Swords dance of course since attack getting raised is real nice. Night Slash is real spicy as well, X-Scissor gives you some more coverage. And Stone Edge is something that can also do major damage if it lands. A small disclaimer Wide Lens is only for boosting accuracy, so if you don't feel like getting a Stone Edge landing more easily, then Life Orb is the other option here.

Comments

Sucker Punch > Night Slash for Absol, even if this is a crit hit set. Absol is too slow and frail without priority. With Super Luck, Sucker Punch is also likely to crit. If you still wish to give Absol Night Slash, Sash it.

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You need Scope Lens over Wide Lens to secure crits more easily. X-Scissor and Stone Edge don't cover anything more important compared to Play Rough / Close Combat for other Dark-types as well as Fighting-types which wall the whole set. I guess Night Slash is for crits, but you should mention Knock Off as an alternative. Just like as Kuroyuppi said, adding Sucker Punch is ideal. I'd say: SD / Night Slash or Knock / Play Rough or CC / Sucker Punch sounds good since Absol suffers from its average speed.

Answer 10

Just fling a lansat berry onto Absol so you can max out crit ratio while still holding an item

Absol @ Choice Band
Ability: Super Luck
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Night Slash
- Psycho Cut
- Stone Edge
- Baton Pass / Iron Tail / Perish Song

Set’s nothing special. Just wanted to put out there that you can guarantee crits. It’s not broken, and it can’t OHKO Toxapex, but it does hurt.

Answer 11

Critsol (Absol) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Super Luck
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP
Adamant Nature
- Psycho Cut
- Shadow Claw
- Slash
- Night Slash

Basic Scarfed Super Luck set. Not much to say really, just surprised I haven't already seen one on this page.

Comments

Slash and Shadow Claw aren't very good on Absol. Slash won't ever deal more damage then STAB Night Slash or Psycho Cut aside from Dark types, which you're better off just getting coverage to deal with, and Shadow Claw isn't super effective against anything Night Slash isn't. Maybe replace the two with something like Stone Edge (Which gets a +2 crit ratio), Play Rough, X-Scissor, or something else.

Answer 12

Absol @ Black Glasses / Leftovers / Choice Scarf (if you have Quiet or Brave nature)
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Quiet Nature
- Aerial Ace
- Iron Tail
- Shadow Ball
- Night Slash / Bite

• Aerial ace (For coverage with Bug and Fighting)
• Iron Tail (For Coverage With Fairy)
• Shadow Ball ( May lower defence)

Explaination
Bite for below Gen 4
Night slash For above Gen 4 and have High Critical Hit Ratio

Comments

This is for competitive movesets not ingame

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It can be Usefull in game also against Lina and Tina , Glacian , Phoebe .  In Guildlines it is also written :
Only post competitive movesets, not in-game movesets for use during the main story. Movesets intended for the Battle Tower and similar facilities count as competitive movesets.