Shuppet Movesets & Competitive Sets

Moves Trick Room allows Shuppet to support its team. While Shadow Sneak is its only priority STAB move, Knock Off can cripple Pokemon that switch into Shuppet, by removing their item. The last slot is for Destiny Bond, allowing Shuppet to KO itself and bring a foe down with it; however, this only works if Shuppet can outspeed the foe with Trick Room. Set Details The given EV spread maximizes Attack, and the rest of the EVs are invested into both defenses, which are unsatisfactory. On the other hand, other EVs investment with Shuppet's Focus Sash and desired low Speed, will be useless. Focus Sash ensures that Shuppet can survive one attack and set up Trick Room. Furthermore, it allows for synergy with Destiny Bond if you decide to use it. Frisk is useful to scout for items carried by foes, but Cursed Body could be better. With a 30% chance to disable any move that hits Shuppet, Cursed Body could force any foe to switch out and thereby allow a Trick Room sweeper to beat or force out something it couldn't otherwise. Using Cursed Body usually allows Shuppet to push out Fighting-types, as most Fighting-types only have one means of hitting Ghost-types for decent damage, Timburr and Croagunk in particular. Usage Tips After Trick Room is set, Shuppet's priority Speed is useful for hitting other Pokemon with Destiny Bond and boosted Knock Off, which can be used as well. A priority move such as Shadow Sneak could be useful to revenge kill foes. By using Destiny Bond, you secure at least one KO before Shuppet faints. With Trick Room, Shuppet can play a different role other than just a suicide lead, but Shuppet's poor defenses prevent it from safely switching in multiple times to set up Trick Room. Team Options Pokemon such as Spritzee and Porygon can set Trick Room and take advantage of it. Slow, offensive Pokemon such as Bunnelby, Magnemite, Cubone, Golett, Solosis, and Trapinch benefit nicely from Trick Room, utilizing its effects to mend their low Speed stat and sweep opposing teams.

This is Shuppet's best attempt at a set. Shuppet's poor Speed means it can take advantage of Trick Room while supporting its teammates in the process. Destiny Bond can be used following Trick Room and has the potential to ensure at least one KO before Shuppet goes down. Taunt is listed as it blocks any opponent's attempt to set up on Shuppet and forces the opponent to attack, which in turn, guarantees a KO with Destiny Bond. In the final slot, Shadow Sneak is used for STAB, but Sucker Punch has a higher Base Power. The main benefit to using Shadow Sneak over Sucker Punch is that it still hits even if the opponent doesn't attack Shuppet. It should be noted, however, that, if Shadow Sneak is used, Shuppet is completely walled by Normal-types. This set only needs to invest in Attack because Shuppet is designed to be as frail as possible. If you decide you don't want to use Shuppet as a lead, you can invest in HP and use Eviolite instead of Focus Sash for survivability. If you're looking for a defensive Trick Room user though, Yamask is generally a better choice. Will-O-Wisp can be used over Taunt if you wish to cripple physical attackers, though this carries the risk of allowing Pokemon such as Dwebble to setup on Shuppet. Pokemon that can take advantage of Trick Room are ideal partners, especially those with high offensive stats. Trapinch is an excellent example, as it has base 100 Attack, powerful STAB moves, and Arena Trap, which means the opponent is forced to take a hit. Omanyte and Solosis are specially based sweepers, and both of them have decent defensive stats and good type coverage. Other examples of good partners include Cranidos, Darumaka, and Magnemite. Due to Shuppet's frailty, most priority moves will KO it prematurely. Sucker Punch, Ice Shard, and Aqua Jet are the most troublesome, as they are common on powerful attackers such as Croagunk, Snorunt, and Buizel. A Steel-type such as Bronzor makes an excellent teammate, as it can switch into most common priority moves with ease and use this time to set up entry hazards, stat boosts, or even dual screens. Magnemite is a more offensive option if you require more attacking power, but the added support is always beneficial. Finally, Dark- and Fighting-types can get rid of opposing Ghost- and Dark-types. Pawniard can destroy most Ghost- and Dark-types with Night Slash and Brick Break, and Sandile can act as a revenge killer with a Choice Scarf.

Shuppet has access to a great utility move in Will-O-Wisp, which allows it to check physical sweepers such as Mankey and Machop. Shadow Sneak acts as Shuppet's obligatory STAB move and is also an extremely useful priority move. Thunderbolt is partnered alongside Shadow Sneak to grant good coverage high Base Power. Destiny Bond is a last effort to take down a Pokemon from your opponent's team as Shuppet faints, but is not easy to use as Shuppet is very slow. Maximum HP and defense investments are used for bulk, allowing Shuppet to check physical sweepers who could otherwise threaten your team. One of the main threats to this set is Houndour, as it can get a Flash Fire boost from Shuppet's Will-O-Wisp, and proceed to use its boosted Fire-type attacks to destroy Shuppet and its teammates. Therefore, it is recommended that you have bulky Water-types such as Mantyke and Squirtle on your team, to act as a check to Houndour. Gastly and Drifloon are good partners if you want to run the Double Ghost strategy. Shuppet is able to cripple Munchlax or drag it down with Destiny Bond, allowing its other teammates to sweep. Munchlax is also a good partner as it is immune to Ghost attacks aimed at Shuppet, and can threaten all of Shuppet's counters, such as Houndour, with Return. Houndour makes a good teammate because it can handily checkmate enemy Ghost-types with a combination of Sucker Punch and Pursuit, and also beat Munchlax if it is running Crunch.

The aim of this set is to set up Trick Room early on in the match, then to sacrifice Shuppet with Destiny Bond to provide a safe switch-in for one of your Trick Room sweepers. The third slot is dedicated to a priority move, and is your best bet for removing the Focus Sashes of leads such as Kabuto. Sucker Punch vs. Shadow Sneak is the age-old case of power vs. reliability. Thunderbolt is mainly meant for coverage, while Taunt can halt any opposing attempts at setup, and when used in tangent with Destiny Bond, will almost always guarantee a kill for Shuppet. Using minimum Speed allows Shuppet to outspeed virtually everything under Trick Room conditions, maximizing the number of leads Shuppet can drag down with it with Destiny Bond. Focus Sash is used to guarantee the set-up of Trick Room. Beware of Snover and Hippopotas though, as the damaging weather that they bring will put an immediate halt to Shuppet's Focus Sash + Destiny Bond strategy. Leads with priority moves can also avoid Destiny Bond dragging them down. Slow sweepers such as Wailmer and Cranidos are obvious candidates for partnering up with Shuppet, because are extremely slow, yet very powerful, making them ideal for Trick Room. Snubbull is another good teammate, having great synergy with Shuppet, a high Attack stat, andbeingvery slow, not to mention the powerful attacks it has in its arsenal, such as Return and Close Combat.

This set has the ability to cripple a lot of common leads; Trick can be utilized to disable Stealth Rock leads, while it also allows you to take away the opponent's Focus Sash. Trick also cripples non-Stealth Rock leads who are reliant on using a variety of moves, such as Houndour, Meowth, and Aipom. Sucker Punch is Shuppet's best mono-attacking option. Thunder Wave allows Shuppet to spread paralysis and further cripple opposing leads as well as any switch-ins, while also making Destiny Bond easier to use. Destiny Bond is utilized in order to take down at least one Pokemon when Shuppet faints. An Adamant nature with Choice Scarf allows Shuppet to reach 21 Speed, while with Jolly it reaches 22 Speed, meaning that it outspeeds some Choice Scarf leads and all non-Choice Scarf leads. Max HP EVs are utilized for maximum bulk and the remaining 12 Special Defense EVs are used for extra bulk. The ability Frisk is viable on this set, since it will help you decide whether you should Trick Shuppet's Choice Scarf away, which is especially helpful against Gastly leads. Choice Scarf Mankey and Choice Scarf Snover don't mind Sucker Punch and Trick, while both outspeed Shuppet and threaten it with Payback or Punishment and Blizzard, respectively. Bronzor should therefore be used as a teammate as it can set up Stealth Rock on Snover and Mankey or retaliate with Gyro Ball. Gligar can come in on all of Mankey's attacks except for Ice Punch and can either set up Swords Dance or Agility or retaliate with Earthquake.

This set abuses Shuppet's relatively low Speed and above average Attack. Trick Room is the bread and butter of this set, allowing Shuppet to outspeed opposing Pokemon and kill them with the approriate attack. Shadow Ball is Shuppet's main attack, being very powerful and also gaining STAB. Hidden Power Fighting provides better coverage alongside Shadow Ball than Thunderbolt, hitting all Pokemon in the tier for at least neutral damage, although it makes Shuppet lose a point in Special Attack and Special Defense. Sucker Punch is utilized to hit other priority users, and is also helpful to Shuppet for picking off weakened Pokemon, or just hitting first when Trick Room is not in effect. The EVs are doctored so that both offensive stats reach 17. Oran Berry is the best item to use as it allows Shuppet to reliably set up, and have enough bulk to hit the opponent a few times before getting knocked out, but Focus Sash can also be used if you are putting it in the lead position. Life Orb is an option, powering up Shuppet's offensive stats by trading off bulk; it is not recommended though, because it usually means that Shuppet will be knocked out even faster. If you are using Hidden Power Fighting, change the EV spread to 4 HP / 236 Atk / 76 Def / 176 SpA / 12 SpD. A good teammate for this set is Bronzor due to the fact that it can set up Trick Room easily, and can benefit from Trick Room as well. Another viable teammate for this set is Porygon, as it is immune to Ghost-type attacks and can set up Trick Room and benefit from it. Munchlax is considered a counter for this set because it outspeeds Shuppet under Trick Room conditions, doesn't get heavily damaged by Shuppet's attacks, and can trap it with Pursuit.

This set abuses Shuppet's good offensive potential and allows it to hit extremely hard with both physical and special attacks. Substitute is utilized to ease prediction and offers protection from revenge killers and priority users. Shadow Sneak is utilized as a priority move and severely damages the opponent after the boosts from STAB and Life Orb. Shadow Ball is your primary STAB move, and Hidden Power Fighting is used on this set to maximize coverage. Maximum Attack and Special Attack EVs give Shuppet maximum power. 80 Speed EVs are used for an extra Speed point outspeeding other Pokemon with 45 base Speed. The leftover EVs are put into Defense to help Shuppet survive certain attacks. A viable alternative is to run 236 Speed EVs to outspeed Porygon, Snover, and neutral-natured Croagunk. Life Orb is a very handy item for this set and helps make some 2HKOs become OHKOs. This set tends to lure in Dark-types, especially Houndour, which Shuppet can then eliminate with Hidden Power Fighting; Grass and Ghost Pokemon who enjoy having Houndour removed would therefore make decent partners for Shuppet. Entry hazards on your side of the field can combine with Life Orb recoil and Substitute to wear Shuppet down very quickly, so having a reliable Rapid Spinner, such as Squirtle, is a very good idea.

Shuppet finds a niche thanks to being the only Ghost-type in the entire metagame, giving it useful immunities to Normal- and Fighting-type attacks, like Aipom's Double Edge and Brick Break, Delcatty's Body Slam, and Mankey's Cross Chop. It also boasts great utility in Thunder Wave, Will-O-Wisp, and Toxic to break down the opposing team. Shadow Ball is great neutral coverage thanks to the rarity of Dark-types. Hidden Power Fighting allows Shuppet to threaten Normal-types such as Castform and Aipom, which are immune to Shadow Ball, and Rock- and Steel-types like Lileep and Magnemite for a moderate amount of damage. Substitute allows Shuppet to take advantage of Choice-locked Normal-types such as Aipom, Pidgeotto, and Taillow by easing prediction as it forces them out. For Shuppet's last moveslot, you have the choice of either Thunder Wave, Toxic, or Will-O-Wisp. Thunder Wave helps slow down fast Pokemon like Elekid and Aipom to support slow Pokemon like Croconaw and Cubone, and it also cripples defensive walls like Lileep and Dustox. Will-O-Wisp threatens physical attackers like Mankey, Pidgeotto, and Koffing on the switch in. Toxic cripples general defensive walls like Lileep and helps Shuppet break down the opposing team more easily. Shuppet can fit on offensive and balance structures alike because of its ability to disrupt teams and deal with Normal-types like Delcatty well. Partners such as Chinchou, Elekid, and Growlithe particularly enjoy Shuppet's ability to take advantage of Delcatty. Shuppet can struggle with strong physical walls like Lileep, so strong special wallbreakers like Seaking and Chinchou can help Shuppet break through these walls. Physical and special wallbreakers also appreciate Shuppet's ability to spread crippling status onto various walls in the metagame, with it particularly helping cleaners like Elekid and Aipom. Many special walls like Delcatty and Dustox also appreciate Shuppet's presence, as strong Normal-types like Aipom and Pidgeotto can break through them easily, so Shuppet's ability to dissuade them from using their Normal-type moves is valuable. Pairing Shuppet with Thunder Wave users such as Magnemite and other paralysis spreaders like Butterfree is also a great option to help circumvent Shuppet's low Speed while allowing it to fish for full paralysis with Substitute.