Munna Movesets & Competitive Sets

Moves Munna is able to use its bulk to set up Trick Room to take advantage of its low Speed stat and support its teammates. Psychic is Munna's most powerful STAB move, doing super effective damage to foes such as Croagunk, Foongus, and Mienfoo. Dazzling Gleam hits Dark-types that are immune to Psychic. Healing Wish is Munna's niche over other Trick Room setters because it allows for Munna's stronger teammates to be used much more liberally, as Munna will almost always be able to use Healing Wish thanks to its Speed in Trick Room to safely bring them in with full health. Set Details The defensive EVs and Eviolite give Munna impressive 25 / 21 / 21 bulk, enabling it to take a Knock Off from Pawniard and almost always set up Trick Room. The remaining EVs are invested in Special Attack, allowing Munna's attacks to hit harder. Synchronize is a situational ability, but it can allow Munna to punish foes that attempt to cripple Munna's teammates. Usage Tips Munna can set up Trick Room safely on nearly any Pokemon that does not have Taunt or a super effective move. The optimal time to set up Trick Room is late-game, after Munna's teammates have been weakened. Munna can use Healing Wish in order to heal a teammate fully and create an opportunity for them to punch holes or clean up the opposing team. Team Options Munna benefits from being used on Trick Room teams. Slow Fighting-types such as Croagunk and Pancham can be used in order to take on Dark-types, particularly Pawniard. Slow Pokemon with huge offensive stats are the best teammates for Munna, as Healing Wish means they can be used aggressively early-game and healed up fully late-game, allowing them to finish off the opposing team that they already punched holes in. Pokemon such as Cubone, Clamperl, Cranidos, Azurill, and Pawniard are a few viable examples.

After just one Calm Mind, Munna reaches 27 Special Defense and 24 Special Attack, giving it a significant amount of bulk and offensive capability. Though Psychic is a more reliable STAB, Stored Power is the preferred option here, as it outdamages Psychic after two Calm Minds. Hidden Power Fighting gives Munna enough additional coverage to hit everything in Little Cup at least neutrally, bar opposing Psychic-types. Moonlight gives Munna recovery, but Shadow Ball can be used to hit those Psychic-types, as well as opposing Ghost-types, for super effective damage. A Bold nature gives Munna an even Defense stat, thus maximizing Eviolite's 1.5x boost, while its ability, Synchronize, can help to deter the opponent from using crippling status moves Munna's superior bulk separates it from Solosis, so it is important that you take advantage of what it has to offer defensively. Psyshock is another option to hit Munchlax and Manytke from the physical side, but as always, the lower Base Power should be taken into consideration. Hypnosis is viable over Moonlight or Shadow Ball to cripple opponents that wall Munna, but it is generally unreliable due to its shaky accuracy. One of the easiest ways to counter Munna is to exploit its low Speed; users of Taunt, status, or super effective moves come to mind in this category. Weather that isn't sun also poses a problem for Munna if it uses Moonlight, so Hippopotas and Snover can revenge kill a weakened Munna without worrying about it healing off the damage. This set appreciates entry hazard support, so Ferroseed and other Spikes users can make good teammates. Munna also hates Ghost-types and other Psychic-types, so a strong Dark-type such as Houndour or Pawniard can help deal with said threats.

Munna's laughable Speed stat makes it an excellent user of Trick Room, turning the odds against the many Pokemon that rely on Speed to succeed. Psychic is Munna's strongest and most reliable STAB move and utilizes its acceptable Special Attack stat. Hidden Power Fighting gives Munna excellent neutral coverage bar opposing Psychic-types. However, attacking is best left to dedicated Trick Room sweepers since no EVs are invested in Munna's Special Attack, and you wouldn't want to waste precious turns dishing out inadequate damage. Yawn and Hypnosis are both used to cause an opponent to switch and prevent certain threats from setting up, and also allow Munna to use Trick Room in safety. Yawn is the preferred option due to its higher accuracy, but Hypnosis can be an option if you find the one turn wait unappealing. Eviolite adds to Munna's bulk, allowing it to reliably take a hit and set up Trick Room. A Relaxed nature is always used over a Modest or Quiet nature because Munna's bulk is one of two reasons to use it over Solosis to set up Trick Room. The other reason is Munna's access to sleep-inducing moves, allowing it to set up more easily than Solosis can. The EVs on this set are meant to give Munna as much overall bulk as possible and 2 Speed IVs give it the lowest Speed possible while maintaining a 70 Base Power Hidden Power Fighting. Psyshock is an option over Psychic for the usual reasons, specifically to deal with special tanks such as Munchlax and Mantyke. After Sleep Clause has been activated, bulky opponents such as Timburr can switch in and set up on Munna, easily tanking its unboosted attacks. Toxic in the fourth slot could possibly remedy this problem, but faster opponents and Guts sweepers will appreciate Toxic more than Hypnosis. Toxic Spikes also cripple Munna, so Natu and slow Poison-types make good teammates. Since Munchlax outspeeds Munna under Trick Room, a Fighting-type such as Timburr can be helpful.

Munna's natural bulk lets it reliably set up dual screens. The choice of which screen to use first depends on the opponent's team; foes with high Attack warrant a Reflect first to provide more safety, whereas Light Screen does the same against opposing special attackers. Yawn can be used to prevent sweepers from setting up on Munna, and Magic Coat prevents it from being Taunt bait and having entry hazards laid down in front of it. With Magic Coat, Munna does not fear Taunt, so it does not mind the lack of attacking moves. 4 Speed EVs allow Munna to outrun certain tanks without any Speed investment, such as Ferroseed and Bronzor. Despite its fear of Taunt being alleviated by Magic Coat, Munna needs a teammate who is capable of blocking Brick Break, so Ghost-type sweepers such as Gastly make good teammates. Munna also does not appreciate Toxic Spikes, so Natu or a grounded Poison-type like Stunky can function as a good teammate. Pokemon that benefit from the increased protection of dual screens such as Mienfoo, Zorua, and Dratini pair well; the first two have added benefit of eliminating Dark- and Ghost-type Pokemon that scare Munna with super effective moves.