Flutter Mane Movesets and Best Builds

This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Flutter Mane in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use with Flutter Mane, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.

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Flutter Mane Base Stats, Type, Abilities and Weaknesses

Paldea #379		Type
Flutter Mane
		Abilities
		Protosynthesis
Weak to:
	(2x)
Damaged Normally By:	(1x)
Resists:
	(0.25x)
Immune to:	(0x)

What is Type Effectiveness?

Base Stats

Best Nature for Flutter Mane

What are Natures?

Singles Movesets for Flutter Mane

Choice Specs Attacker Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Timid (+Spe, -Atk）
EV Spread	HP 4 / Sp.Atk 252 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values	HP 131 / Def 75 / Sp.Atk 187 / Sp.Def 155 / Spe 205
Ability	Protosynthesis
Tera Type
Held Item	Choice Specs
Moveset	・ Moonblast ・ Shadow Ball ・ Mystical Fire ・ Power Gem

Summary

Boasts high Special Attack and Speed High base power STAB and coverage moves

Ability and Held Item

Ability	Held Item
Protosynthesis	Choice Specs

Protosynthesis is Flutter Mane's only Ability, which increases its highest stat by 30% when there is harsh sunlight or when holding a Booster Energy. If Flutter Mane's Speed stat is the highest, it's increased by 50% instead.

Choice Specs is this build's held item to boost its Special Attack by 50% but locks it to the first move it used for that turn. This boost stacks with Protosynthesis and ensures that Flutter Mane has a guaranteed Special Attack boost even without weather.

Moves Breakdown

Moonblast and Shadow Ball are its main STAB moves and boast near-perfect coverage on their own, allowing Flutter Mane to deal heavy damage and even outright KO many Pokemon in the current metagame.

Mystical Fire is one of Flutter Mane's main coverage options to help it deal with any Steel-types that can wall it, as well as Grass-types like Teal Mask Ogerpon.

Power Gem is its other main coverage option to help it deal with any opposing Flying or Fire-types like Zapdos or Hearthflame Mask Ogerpon.

Best Tera Type: Fairy

Fairy Tera Type Matchup
Weak to:
	(2x)
Damaged Normally By:	(1x)
Resists:	(0.5x)
Immune to:	(0x)

Fairy is the best Tera Type for Flutter Mane since it removes its Ghost weakness and further boosts the damage of its STAB Moonblast.

Best Fairy Type Pokemon

EV Spread and Nature

Full Special Attack and Speed EV investment is necessary so that Flutter Mane can hit hard and as fast as possible, with the remaining 4 EVs in HP to round off its bulk.

A Timid Nature ensures Flutter Mane has an effective 187 Special Attack and 205 Speed stat at Lv. 50.

Other Viable Moves

Key Damage Calculations

The following calculations take into account Flutter Mane's Offensive EV Spread with a Modest Nature and Choice Specs boost.

Damage Dealt by Flutter Mane
80 HP｜96 Sp. Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 4 (Jolly) Item: Hearthflame Mask	Power Gem 146-172 (93.5 - 110.2%) 62.5% Chance to OHKO
80 HP｜96 Sp. Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 4 (Jolly) Item: Choice Band	Mystical Fire 136-162 (87.1 - 103.8%) 25% Chance to OHKO
91 HP｜100 Sp. Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 244 | Sp.Def 4 (Adamant) Item: Rocky Helmet	Moonblast 124-147 (62.9 - 74.6%) Guaranteed 2HKO
100 HP｜60 Sp. Def Defensive EV Investment: Def 4 (Adamant) Item: Punching Glove	Moonblast 374-444 (213.7 - 253.7%) Guaranteed OHKO

Calm Mind Flutter Mane

Nature	Modest (+ Sp. Atk, -Atk)
EV Spread	4 HP / 252 Sp. Atk / 252 Spe
Final Stat Values	131 HP / 75 Def / 205 Sp. Atk / 155 Sp. Def / 187 Spe
Ability	Protosynthesis
Tera Type
Held Item	Focus Sash
Moveset	・ Shadow Ball ・ Moonblast ・ Calm Mind ・ Taunt

Flutter Mane's blazing speed sets it apart from other offensive Pokemon in Scarlet and Violet, allowing it to be a potent lead or an effective late-game Sweeper.

Shadow Ball and Moonblast are its best STAB moves, with Calm Mind boosting its already high Special stats.

The last slot is highly customizable, with either Taunt for disruption or Mystical Fire to help Flutter Mane against opposing Steel-types.

Other Viable Moves

Stellar Tera Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Timid (+Spe, -Atk）
EV Spread	HP 4 / Sp.Atk 252 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values	HP 131 / Def 75 / Sp.Atk 187 / Sp.Def 155 / Spe 205
Ability	Protosynthesis
Tera Type
Held Item	Booster Energy
Moveset	・ Moonblast ・ Shadow Ball ・ Psyshock ・ Tera Blast

Summary

Boasts high Special Attack and Speed. STAB attacks have near perfect offensive coverage. Amazing set of coverage moves.

Ability and Held Item

Ability	Held Item
Protosynthesis	Booster Energy

Protosynthesis is Flutter Mane's only Ability, which for this build increases Flutter Mane's Speed by 50% thanks to the Booster Energy that it is holding.

Moves Breakdown

Moonblast and Shadow Ball are its main STAB moves and boast near-perfect coverage on their own, allowing Flutter Mane to deal heavy damage and even outright KO many Pokemon in the current metagame.

Psyshock is its main coverage move that lets Flutter Mane target the opponent's Defense instead of their Sp. Def, helping it knock out Pokemon it otherwise wouldn't be able to.

Tera Blast is used to punish the opponent's Terastallized Pokemon with a guaranteed super-effective Stellar-type attack.

Best Tera Type: Stellar

Stellar Tera Type Matchup
Weak to:
	(2x)
Damaged Normally By:	(1x)
Resists:
	(0.25x)
Immune to:	(0x)

Stellar is the best Tera Type for this build because it boosts the damage of all of Flutter Mane's attacks the first time it is used after it Terastallizes.

Note that even if it's a Stellar-type, it keeps the defensive properties of its Ghost/Fairy typing.

Stellar Tera Type Explained

EV Spread and Nature

A full 252 EVs are placed in Flutter Mane's Sp. Atk and Speed to make it hit as hard and fast as possible. The extra 4 EVs are put into its HP to help round out its bulk.

A Timid nature is preferred to guarantee Flutter Mane outspeeds every other Pokemon after its Protosynthesis boost, with the exceptions of Speed Booster Iron Bundle, Choice Scarf Dragapult and Regieleki, and Speed boosting setup sweepers once they've set up.

Other Viable Moves

Doubles Movesets for Flutter Mane

Regulation G Specially Offensive

Nature	Timid (+ Spe, -Atk)
EV Spread	4 HP / 252 Sp. Atk / 252 Spe
Final Stat Values	131 HP / 75 Def / 187 Sp. Atk / 155 Sp. Def / 205 Spe
Ability	Protosynthesis
Tera Type
Held Item	Booster Energy
Moveset	・ Dazzling Gleam ・ Shadow Ball ・ Moonblast ・ Protect

Summary

Incredibly high Speed and really good Special Attack. Gets a Speed or Special Attack Boost in Sun or with Booster Energy. Standard movepool is consistent and difficult to effectively wall.

Ability and Held Item

As with all Past Paradox Pokemon, Flutter Mane has Protosynthesis. But even without ways to trigger it, it is still an effective Pokemon on its own. Focus Sash ensures that it survives at least two attacks.

Moves Breakdown

Dazzling Gleam is Flutter Mane's primary STAB move, which has spread damage and reasonable damage. It is especially effective for doing 50-70% on most Pokemon, setting them up for KOs by Flutter Manes teammates. Shadow Ball, is Flutter Mane's Ghost STAB Move, which is great against opposing ghosts like Gholdengo, Annihilape or other Flutter Mane.

Moonblast lets Flutter Mane heavily damage Pokemon like Iron Hands with super-effective, single-target damage.

Best Tera Type

This build makes use of Tera Fairy to give Flutter Mane even more offensive power on its Fairy Moves when it Terastallizes.

EV Spread and Nature

A Timid Nature is chosen for this build, as it ensures that Flutter Mane will outspeed most foes. A full 252 EVs are put into its Special Attack and Speed so that it hits as hard and quickly as possible. 4 EVs are put into HP to give it a little bit of bulk.

Flutter Mane is a very powerful Special Attacker with excellent Speed, Special Attack and Special Defense. Dazzling Gleam is its main STAB Move of choice, with few types that are able to resist it.

Other Viable Moves

Key Damage Calculations

Damage Dealt by Flutter Mane
105 HP｜101 Sp. Def Defensive EV Investment: 4 Sp. Def Item: Booster Energy	Dazzling Gleam 265 ~ 317 (147.2 ~ 176.1%) Guaranteed OHKO
154 HP｜68 Sp. Def Defensive EV Investment: 252 Sp. Def Item: Assault Vest	Moonblast 148 ~ 174 (64.6 ~ 75.9%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO
87 HP｜81 Sp. Def Defensive EV Investment: 4 HP Item: Life Orb	Shadow Ball 198 ~ 237 (121.4 ~ 145.3%) Guaranteed OHKO

How to Use Flutter Mane Effectively

Use Flutter Mane's Speed to Your Advantage

Very few Pokemon can outspeed Flutter Mane, which means Flutter Mane will usually get to attack first. Having a Focus Sash equipped can make it so it can always trade damage favourably.

Terastalize Defensively to Protect Flutter Mane

Terastalizing to Fairy or Normal when predicting a Ghost-type move can often let Flutter Mane survive, giving it the chance to fire off another attack before it eventually gets knocked out.

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How to Build a Team with Flutter Mane

Flutter Mane is great with teammates who can switch in and be annoying. Good physical bulk is also a big plus, because this can compensate for Flutter Mane's abysmal Defense stat.

Sample Singles Team

Offensive Lead	Defensive Pivot	Offensive Pivot
Flutter Mane	Arcanine	Scizor

Flutter Mane is a powerful lead who is able to go through unprepared teams with minimal ease. Its teammates should be able to switch into super-effective moves intended for Flutter Mane and clear out threats that Flutter Mane cannot handle.

Sample Doubles Team

Physical Attacker	Special Attacker
Koraidon	Flutter Mane
Special Attacker	Support
Chi-Yu	Grimmsnarl

In Regualation G, Koraidon can trigger Flutter Mane's Protosynthesis by setting up Sun. Flutter Mane can then lower the opposing team's Speed with Icy Wind.

Having a means to control Sun is also valuable, as it can help Chi-Yu deal even more damage with Sun-boosted Heat Wave used in conjunction with Beads of Ruin which reduces every Pokemon besides Chi-Yu's Special Defense.

Grimmsnarl is a great support Pokemon that can help your team defensively, especially since they are not particularly bulky.

Counters for Flutter Mane

Tank Flutter Mane's Offense with Specially Defensive Pokemon

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon	Description
Scizor	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can out damage Flutter Mane and knock it out with two Bullet Punches. ・Can wall Flutter Mane's offense unless it runs Mystical Fire
Arcanine	Ranking: ★★★★ ・Can reliably tank Flutter Mane's offense. ・Can OHKO with neutral Flare Blitz.
Sylveon	Ranking: ★★★★ ・Can tank Flutter Mane's offense and either be a nuisance or outlast it with damage ・Can threaten super-effective damage with Steel Tera type and Tera Blast

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