Walking Wake Movesets & Competitive Sets

With a Speed boost, Walking Wake is able to catch faster Dragon-types like Dragapult and Choice Scarf Haxorus off guard. Notably, it also has a strong matchup into Iron Valiant, which is an extremely common and powerful partner with many Pokemon that Walking Wake handily wins against, such as Volcanion and Ursaluna. Hydro Pump scores crucial KOs against Assault Vest Ursaluna and Spectrier. As this set lacks a damage-boosting item, the power of Draco Meteor against Dragon-types makes it necessary over other options. Chilling Water is crucial against Ursaluna. It also allows Walking Wake to safely chip Chien-Pao, Meowscarada and Urshifu-R into range of one of its STAB moves. Hurricane is threatening to Iron Valiant and Urshifu-S. While favored against most sets, Walking Wake will still lose to faster Spirit Break variants of the former and Assault Vest sets of the latter. Running Flamethrower stifles Walking Wake's anti-meta traits but does increase its general consistency, providing a clean 3HKO against Assault Vest Metagross. The EVs are meant to survive an Adamant Choice Band Ursaluna Giga Impact after Chilling Water. It also survives -1 Earthquake into -2 Giga Impact from Assault Vest Ursaluna. Because of Hurricane's flimsy accuracy and losing matchups, it is highly suggested to not run Walking Wake as the only answer to Iron Valiant and both formes of Urshifu. Fairy-types such as Sylveon and Alolan Ninetales counter these Pokemon while taking advantage of Walking Wake's reliable coverage of Fire-types. This Walking Wake set is ineffective against most Pokemon that rely on bulk, such as Corviknight, Cresselia, and Pecharunt. Special Attack Booster Energy Iron Crown is able to muscle past these threats while matching up well into Primarina, Walking Wake's most prevalent counter.

With a boost in Special Attack via Booster Energy, Walking Wake has the luxury of a power increase while also being able to change its moves during a battle if needed. Draco Meteor KOes slower Dragon-types such as Raging Bolt and Adamant Haxorus. It also lets Walking Wake beat Pokemon like Volcanion and some Hoopa-U variants. Hydro Pump OHKOes Pokemon weak to Water such as non-Assault Vest Landorus-T and Ursaluna, as well as being Walking Wake's best option versus Pokemon that resist Dragon, like Metagross. Hurricane allows Walking Wake to beat Fighting-types such as both Urshifu formes, as well as Grass-types like Ogerpon-W and Rillaboom. Aqua Jet is an important priority move for Walking Wake, allowing it to defeat Pokemon that may Endure a lethal move like Custap Berry Urshifu-S, Sneasler, and Ursaluna, and win versus Substitute + Reversal Sneasler. The defensive EVs are used to let Walking Wake survive Assault Vest Urshifu-S's Close Combat into Sucker Punch and Choice Specs Volcanion's Hyper Beam. The Speed is used to let Walking Wake outspeed all Landorus-T, and the rest of the EVs are placed in Special Attack. Because this set doesn't maximize its Speed, maximum Speed Kyurem, Garchomp, and Haxorus as well as other faster Dragon-types like Roaring Moon and Dragapult can win against Walking Wake. A good Steel- or Fairy-type like Corviknight or Primarina can help alleviate the pressure Walking Wake faces from these threats.

Walking Wake is one of the most dangerous sun wallbreakers in Ubers, capable of 2HKOing even the bulkiest of Water resists and special walls alike. Hydro Steam is Walking Wake's most spammable move; in sun, it 2HKOes Koraidon, OHKOes Flutter Mane, and 2HKOes Toxapex, making it very hard for teams to have a consistent switch-in to it. Dragon Pulse, albeit weaker than Draco Meteor, doesn't come with any drawbacks, making it a much better move to spam if lowering Walking Wake's Special Attack is not desired. Tera Water turns Walking Wake into an unwallable Pokemon, 2HKOing defensive walls like Blissey and OHKOing offensive pivots like Assault Vest Flutter Mane in sun. Tera Fairy can be used instead, as it gives Walking Wake useful resistances to Sucker Punch from Chien-Pao and Kingambit while also making it immune to Dragon-type attacks from Koraidon and Miraidon. Lastly, Tera Steel gives Walking Wake a resistance to Iron Bundle's Ice-type attacks, mainly Freeze Dry. A Modest nature lets Walking Wake wallbreak with extreme ease, allowing for Draco Meteor to 2HKO Clodsire in sun. Alternatively, a Timid nature gets the jump on Timid Chi-Yu and opposing Modest Walking Wake, although the difference in power is very noticeable. Walking Wake is best suited for offensive sun teams and should be used as such, making use of its unique typing to switch into Pokemon like Chi-Yu and counterattack with a nuclear Hydro Steam. Walking Wake is somewhat slow for Ubers standards, so fast partners like Choice Scarf Koraidon and Flutter Mane are a must to compensate for its Speed stat. Koraidon's sun also greatly powers up Walking Wake's attacks. Secondary wallbreakers such as Flutter Mane and Chi-Yu are also recommended, as Walking Wake's Speed hinders its performance as a standalone wallbreaker. Defensive teammates like Clodsire and Great Tusk are also helpful, as they check Miraidon, Flutter Mane, and Koraidon, respectively.

Thanks to Walking Wake's great STAB combination that threatens out Pokemon like Great Tusk, Giratina, and Palkia-O; great Special Attack and Speed; powerful ability in Protosynthesis; and spammable signature move in Hydro Steam, it is one of Ubers UU's best sun attackers. Flamethrower targets Steel- and Grass-types like Magearna, Zamazenta-C, Arceus-Grass, and Corviknight. Flip Turn allows Walking Wake to take advantage of the switches it forces against Pokemon like Chi-Yu and Landorus and gain momentum for its team. 244 EVs in Special Attack allow Walking Wake to gain a Speed boost under sun, making it a strong cleaner and revenge killer. Tera Water boosts Hydro Steam and Flip Turn, allowing Walking Wake to reach damage thresholds such as OHKOing Mewtwo and Magearna under sun. Walking Wake fits exclusively on sun teams and is mandatory on them. Torkoal is the most automatic partner for Walking Wake, as it sets the sun needed for Walking Wake to be at its fullest potential while also spinning away entry hazards and setting up Stealth Rock to wear down would-be switchins to Walking Wake like Magearna. Great Tusk is also a notable partner, as it removes entry hazards as well and can deal with the Steel-types Waking Wake can struggle against. Other sun wallbreakers like Chi-Yu and Ogerpon-H can break through Walking Wake's checks like Magearna and Blissey and give it an easier time punching holes in the opposing team. Pivots like Landorus-T can create a good pivoting core with Walking Wake.

The EV spread allows Walking Wake to survive Special Attack Booster Energy Flutter Mane's Dazzling Gleam and Adamant Miracle Seed Rillaboom's Wood Hammer. It can also pick an OHKO on Amoonguss with Life Orb-boosted Flamethrower in sun. Hydro Steam and Draco Meteor are Walking Wake's main STAB moves, while Flamethrower can threaten Pokemon that resist them, like Amoonguss and Kingambit. Dragon Pulse is a more spammable STAB move thanks to lack of drawbacks. Tera Blast can provide additional coverage when utilised with Tera Steel, threatening massive damage on Fairy-types like Flutter Mane. Tera Fire and Steel are preferred to gain a resistance to Flutter Mane's and Rillaboom's STAB moves. Tera Fire also resists Ogerpon-H's STAB moves and boosts Flamethrower, which can threaten huge damage combined with the sun boost. On the other hand, Tera Steel grants crucial resistances, such as against Raging Bolt's Dragon-type STAB attacks, which normally threatens Walking Wake.

Walking Wake is a terrifying wallbreaker on Water teams due to its powerful STAB combination, great offensive stats, and Dragon typing that aids against Dragon, Grass, Poison and Electric teams. Draco Meteor OHKOes Dragon-types like Archaludon, Kommo-o, and Hydreigon and deals with troublesome Water-type answers such as Toxapex, Sinistcha, Volcanion, and Gastrodon. Hydro Pump offers a powerful Water-type STAB attack to hit Steel- and Fairy-types like Gholdengo, Clefable, Bisharp, and Heatran as well as OHKOes Volcarona after a Quiver Dance. Scald offers a reliable Water-type STAB attack due to its accuracy and ability to potentially burn switch-ins such as Alolan Muk, Assault Vest Iron Hands, and Snorlax, while Flip Turn provides Walking Wake with a pivoting move, reducing the need to predict and also maintaining momentum in a match. Alternatively, Hydro Steam not only is reliable accuracy-wise but also aids against sun Fire teams, tearing through every Pokemon barring Volcanion in conjunction with Protosynthesis. Flamethrower may be used instead to threaten the aforementioned Steel-types as well as Ice- and Grass-types such as Alolan Ninetales, Frosmoth, and Amoonguss The given EV spread ensures that Protosynthesis always give a Speed boost under sun, allowing Walking Wake to outpace threats like Ogerpon-H and Choice Scarf Ninetales. Empoleon offers a resistance to Dragon- and Fairy-type attacks, walling opposing Walking Wake, Flutter Mane, Hydreigon, and Alolan Ninetales. Furthermore, Empoleon has a notable Freeze-Dry neutrality and provides Stealth Rock and Knock Off support to wear down walls like Alolan Muk and Assault Vest Iron Hands. In return, Walking Wake threatens Pokemon like Archaludon, Great Tusk, and Zapdos and forms a pivoting core via Flip Turn. Toxapex is heavily valued for its Fairy-type resistance, switching into threats such as Flutter Mane, Iron Valiant, and Enamorus, as well as adds on to Walking Wake's offensive pressure via Toxic Spikes. Urshifu-R and Ogerpon-W break special walls like Empoleon, Gastrodon, and Clodsire. In return, Walking Wake threatens Poison-type walls such as Toxapex, Amoonguss, and Galarian Weezing. Pelipper provides rain support to enhance Walking Wake's wallbreaking capabilities, notably allowing Walking Wake to 2HKO Assault Vest Iron Hands with Hydro Pump, as well as Knock Off to remove vital items like Iron Hands and Galarian Slowking's Assault Vests and U-turn to form a pivoting core and bring in Walking Wake safely. Choice Scarf Hisuian Samurott removes faster Pokemon like Weavile, Dragapult, Greninja, and Flutter Mane using its Fighting- and Dark-type coverage while providing Spikes support with Ceaseless Edge. Additionally, Hisuian Samurott offers vital pivoting with Flip Turn, preserving momentum and wearing down switch-ins while also luring in entry hazard removers like Corviknight and Great Tusk for Walking Wake. Quaquaval offers entry hazard removal via Rapid Spin to allow Walking Wake to pivot more freely, as well as Knock Off support and pivoting using U-turn and Flip Turn. Choice Scarf Greninja is a great speed control option and a great check to enemies like Iron Valiant and Dragapult. Gastrodon can wall Choice Specs Dragapult and Flutter Mane lacking Energy Ball and provides entry hazards to aid in Walking Wake's wallbreaking. Manaphy can heavily wear down Steel and Poison teams and wears down shared checks like Alolan Muk and Water Absorb Clodsire. In return, Manaphy appreciates Walking Wake taking care of Electric-types such as Zapdos, Thundurus-T, and Rotom-W and Dragon-types like Hydreigon.

With a Choice Specs, Walking Wake becomes a powerful wallbreaker on Dragon teams, taking on the Ground- and Steel-types that prove problematic for Dragon teams overall. Hydro Pump blasts through bulkier targets like Alolan Muk, Skarmory, and Ting-Lu. Scald provides a safe STAB option that can burn common switch-ins like Swampert, Iron Hands, and Primarina, while Flip Turn keeps up momentum on expected switch-ins like Blissey. Alternatively, Hydro Steam can be used to completely stomp out Fire teams. Finally, Flamethrower melts the Grass-types attempting to take on Walking Wake such as Amoonguss and Sinistcha. The EV spread used gives Walking Wake a Speed boost in sun. Raging Bolt serves as an amazing teammate, being able to check Water-types that would handle Walking Wake such as Toxapex, Primarina, and Empoleon while appreciating Walking Wake removing Ground-types like Great Tusk and the Landorus formes. Archaludon and Garchomp provide entry hazard support, which wear down checks like Iron Hands and Hisuian Goodra. Archaludon continues to support Walking Wake by taking on targets like Meowscarada and Azumarill along with providing Thunder Wave to allow Walking Wake to outspeed foes like Tornadus-T and non-Choice Scarf Dragapult. Hisuian Goodra is a special wall capable of taking on foes such as Flutter Mane and opposing Walking Wake and has Knock Off to remove Assault Vest from the likes of Galarian Slowking and Primarina, making them easier to remove. Dragapult provides an incredible Speed tier, being able to outpace faster threats like Greninja and Sneasler and easily remove them along with handling Ghost-types such as Choice Specs Spectrier and Gholdengo. Choice Specs Latios works creates a powerful offensive duo with Walking Wake, as Latios is able to easily remove Water Absorb Clodsire along with putting immense pressure onto special walls such as Hisuian Goodra and Gastrodon. Choice Scarf Roaring Moon can deal with faster threats that would otherwise outspeed Walking Wake like Choice Scarf Enamorus, Latias, and Choice Specs Dragapult and use U-turn to bring in Walking Wake on physical walls that want to take Roaring Moon on like Galarian Weezing and Skarmory.

Walking Wake provides an interesting Speed tier, outspeeding problematic threats such as Iron Treads and Landorus, and offers coverage that pressures types such as Steel and Flying for Dragon teams. Scald's burn chance makes Walking Wake riskier to switch into, as it can inflict burn and reduce the threat of physically-inclined specially defensive pivots such as Assault Vest Iron Hands, Alolan Muk, and Hisuian Goodra. Alternatively, Hydro Steam's boosted power under sun lets Walking Wake deal with Volcarona and Cinderace in the Fire matchup, which can otherwise clean Dragon teams late-game. Flamethrower dissuades Corviknight and Gholdengo from switching into Walking Wake and completes its coverage against Steel teams. Knock Off removes Heavy-Duty Boots from Articuno, greatly easing the Flying matchup. It also inconveniences foes that swap into Walking Wake, such as Primarina, Toxapex, and Hisuian Goodra, making them easier for its teammates to break. Alternatively, Flip Turn lets Walking Wake keep the pressure against hard checks to it like Galarian Slowking, Empoleon, and Primarina by swapping into teammates that handle them better. Flip Turn is neutered by Water Absorb Clodsire, however. Heavy-Duty Boots lets Walking Wake come in repeatedly in the Steel matchup, whose gameplan revolves around wearing down opposing teams through multiple entry hazards. It also lets Walking Wake stay healthy throughout the match, preventing Choice Band Mamoswine, Choice Scarf Greninja, and Choice Scarf Meowscarada from cleaning Dragon teams late-game. The EV spread lets Walking Wake activate Protosynthesis Speed, allowing it to outspeed and remove Cinderace and +1 Volcarona under sun. Walking Wake's Speed tier leaves much to be desired, as it gets outsped by Choice Specs Flutter Mane, Spectrier, and Latios, so a speedy teammate in Dragapult is wanted. Choice Specs Dragapult benefits from walls like Articuno and Assault Vest Tornadus-T getting their items removed by Walking Wake, as this lets Dragapult net 2HKOs on them after Stealth Rock. Archaludon provides Stealth Rock and should ideally run Thunderbolt when paired with Walking Wake, as it helps keep entry hazards up against Flying teams. It also switches into physical threats like Roaring Moon, Ogerpon-W, and Meowscarada, which attempt to revenge kill Walking Wake. In return, Walking Wake deals with Gholdengo, Volcarona, and Landorus. Similarly, Hisuian Goodra absorbs special attacks from Primarina, Latios, and Flutter Mane for Walking Wake. Walking Wake returns the favor by dealing with Corviknight, Iron Treads, and Garchomp. Latios and Kyurem deal with Water Absorb Clodsire, which is Walking Wake's best counter. They also work with Walking Wake to break down Fighting, Ground, and Flying teams, and both appreciate Walking Wake's ability to lure and weaken special walls by removing Assault Vest from Gallade and Heavy-Duty Boots from Articuno. Choice Scarf Latios in particular is a decent option, as it can clean Flying teams late-game and provides speed control to shore up Walking Wake's awkward Speed tier. Choice Scarf Roaring Moon deals with Choice Specs Flutter Mane and Latios, and it can pivot Walking Wake into physical walls like Skarmory that it can take advantage of and that Roaring Moon naturally lures. Spikes Garchomp, especially when paired with Knock Off provided by Walking Wake, can prove overwhelming for types like Water and Ghost, which do not have good forms of entry hazard removal. Garchomp also handles Clodsire and appreciates having walls like Skarmory and Moltres removed, which Walking Wake takes care of. Dragonite provides a Ground immunity and priority to deal with Iron Valiant and Enamorus, and in return, Walking Wake removes Great Tusk and Skarmory.

Walking Wake is a powerful special attacker and can function as a Water-type attacker on sun teams thanks to Hydro Steam and Protosynthesis. Hydro Steam is Walking Wake's primary STAB move. While it's simply good outside sun, there are very few things that can switch in on it in sun. Draco Meteor is Walking Wake's strongest move and can slam common Water-resistant Pokemon such as opposing Walking Wake and Palafin. Flamethrower is a strong sun-boosted coverage move that deals super effective damage to Pokemon like Amoonguss and Kingambit, which otherwise resist Walking Wake's STAB moves. Protect keeps Walking Wake safe against faster threats and through field effects and should always be used with Life Orb. Choice Specs Walking Wake should run Dragon Pulse as a consistent Dragon-type STAB option to lock into. Tera Fairy is chosen to remove Walking Wake's weaknesses to Dragon and Iron Bundle's Freeze-Dry. Tera Dragon can also be run to increase Draco Meteor's damage and grant Walking Wake an important Electric resistance against Iron Hands. Tera Water greatly increases Hydro Steam's damage while removing Walking Wake's weaknesses to Dragon- and Fairy-type moves. The EVs listed boost Walking Wake's Speed in sun. If a Special Attack boost is desired, move 8 EVs from Special Defense into Special Attack.

The given EV spread gives Walking Wake a Speed boost from Protosynthesis.

The EV spread provides a Speed Protosynthesis boost under sun. This is the sample set before we work on new analyses. This will be updated as the metagame continues to develop. Stay tuned!