Munkidori Movesets & Competitive Sets

Set Details At +2, Psychic OHKOes Galarian Slowbro and Avalugg, while Psyshock OHKOes Vileplume. A Nasty Plot-boosted Sludge Wave OHKOes Assault Vest Brute Bonnet, while Sludge Bomb gives Munkidori a higher chance to poison foes. Focus Blast lets Munkidori deal with Umbreon and Copperajah more easily, but Shadow Ball helps to handle Bronzong. U-turn could also be used as a last move so that Munkidori can support its team early-game, but it then heavily relies on its teammates to deal with Steel-types. Heavy Duty-Boots allows Munkidori to repeatedly switch in without concern for entry hazard chip damage, letting it use Nasty Plot repeatedly over the course of a battle. Tera Fighting is used to further boost Focus Blast's damage while letting Munkidori resist Dark-type attacks, while Tera Ghost can power up Shadow Ball while offering helpful resistances such as those U-turn, First Impression, and Boomburst. Tera Flying is used defensively against opposing Ground-type attackers like Swampert or Flygon, providing additional opportunities to boost with Nasty Plot. Pokemon that can overwhelm opposing Steel- and Dark-types are appreciated by Munkidori, so teammates like Cinccino, Porygon-Z, and Brambleghast pair well with it. Hazard setters like Swampert, Duraludon, and Klefki can set up Stealth Rock or Spikes to further wear down opposing walls, and on hyper offense builds, hazard-setting leads like Froslass and Brambleghast work well alongside Munkidori. Since Dark- and Ground-types like Incineroar, Tera Dark Toxicroak, and Choice Scarf Flygon threaten Munkidori, teammates such as Gligar, Dragalge, and Flamigo provide switch-ins for these sweep-ending threats.

Set Details Sludge Bomb provides a greater chance of poisoning the foe, while Sludge Wave provides greater power. Psychic targets physical walls like Amoonguss and Galarian Slowbro. U-turn lets Munkidori pivot and possibly poison special walls switching in like Swampert and Incineroar. Trick cripples walls like Chansey and Bronzong. Munkidori can run a Heavy-Duty Boots set if extra coverage is desired. Focus Blast targets common switch-ins like Incineroar and Copperajah. However, not running Choice Scarf means Munkidori cannot revenge kill foes like Kilowattrel, Choice Scarf Flamigo, and +1 Flygon. Munkidori typically chooses Tera Poison or Psychic for extra damage on its STAB attacks, but a defensive Tera type of Tera Flying also works on Munkidori, helping it avoid Earthquake from Flygon and retaining its Fighting resistance. Munkidori benefits from teammates that can break through special walls, such as Copperajah, Bronzong, and Klefki, that it struggles to deal with itself. Physical wallbreakers like Flamigo, Flygon, and Golurk help to take care of the specially defensive Steel- and Dark- types that might otherwise give Munkidori trouble. In return, Munkidori handles physical walls like Amoonguss, Dragalge, Sylveon, and Avalugg. Entry hazard setters like Swampert and Klefki can be useful teammates, as their hazards alongside Munkidori's constant pivoting and threat of poison can help wear down foes over time and get them into range for Munkidori to finish them off. The poison caused by Toxic Chain makes bulky teammates like Avalugg, Vaporeon, and Sylveon good teammates, as it lets them stall out foes more easily with poison chipping away at them.