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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Maushold 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 Maushold, as well as its strengths and weakness.
List of Contents
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Type | |
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Maushold | ||
Abilities | ||
Friend Guard Cheek Pouch Technician (Hidden) |
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Immune to: | (0x) |
Ability Name | Description | |
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Friend Guard | The user reduces the damage received by allies. | |
Cheek Pouch | Heals the user 33% of its max HP whenever they eat a Berry. | |
Technician (Hidden) |
Increases the damage of the user's moves with a Base Power less than 60 by 50%. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
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HP | 74 | 360 |
Atk | 75 | 420 |
Def | 70 | 384 |
SpAtk | 65 | 415 |
SpDef | 75 | 325 |
Speed | 111 | 63 |
Total | 470 | 403 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
HP | 181 | 181 | 149 | 149 | 134 |
Atk | 139 | 127 | 95 | 85 | 72 |
Def | 134 | 122 | 90 | 81 | 67 |
SpAtk | 128 | 117 | 85 | 76 | 63 |
SpDef | 139 | 127 | 95 | 85 | 72 |
Spd | 179 | 163 | 131 | 117 | 104 |
Best Natures | ||
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Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk) |
Adamant (+Atk, -Sp. Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Wide Lens Maushold | ★★★★★ |
Nature | Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk) |
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EV Spread | 180 Atk / 140 Def / 188 Spe |
Final Stat Values | 150 HP / 127 Atk / 90 Def / 95 Sp. Def /179 Spe |
Ability | Technician |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Wide Lens |
Moveset | ・
Population Bomb
・ Bite ・ Baton Pass ・ Tidy Up |
The EV spread for this build allows Maushold to survive a Technician boosted Mach Punch from Breloom, or a Choice Band boosted Extremespeed from Dragonite. The Speed stat distribution allows Maushold to outspeed Pokemon with less than 110 base Speed like Garchomp.
Maushold makes use of its Technician Ability by using low base power moves such as Bite, and its signature move, Population Bomb.
Tidy Up boosts Maushold's Attack and Speed stat by 1 stage, while also removing hazards on your side of the field. You can also use Tidy Up and then Baton Pass to transition to a sweeper for the Speed and Attack boosts.
Wide Lens gives Population Bomb a huge accuracy boost, increasing your chance to hit 10 times from 34.9% to a whopping 90.4%.
Population Bomb Accuracy and Damage | |||
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Number of Hits | Total Power | Base Accuracy (No Item) |
Wide Lens Accuracy |
1 | 30 | 90% | 99% |
2 | 60 | 81% | 98% |
3 | 90 | 72.9% | 97% |
4 | 120 | 65.6% | 96.1% |
5 | 150 | 59% | 95.1% |
6 | 180 | 53.1% | 94.1% |
7 | 210 | 47.8% | 93.2% |
8 | 240 | 43% | 92.3% |
9 | 270 | 38.7% | 91.4% |
10 | 300 | 34.9% | 90.4% |
Average Power | 175.8 | 283.9 |
Damage Dealt by Maushold |
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Population Bomb 171 ~ 209 (102.3 ~ 125.1%) Guaranteed OHKO |
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Bite 86 ~ 102 (52.7 ~ 62.5%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO |
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Damage Received by Maushold |
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Item: Choice Band | Extreme Speed 127 ~ 151 (85.2 ~ 101.3%) 6.3% Chance to OHKO |
Ability: Technician | Mach Punch 126 ~ 150 (84.5 ~ 100.6%) 6.3% Chance to OHKO |
Encore | Encore is great for locking Pokemon into status moves, forcing opponents to switch. |
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Build Name | Recommendation |
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Support Maushold | ★★★★★ |
Wide Lens Maushold | ★★★★ |
Nature | Calm (+Def, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | 252 HP / 140 Def / 116 Sp. Def |
Final Stat Values | 181 HP / 72 Atk / 108 Def / 121 Sp. Def / 131 Spe IVs: 0 Atk |
Ability | Friend Guard |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Safety Goggles |
Moveset | ・
Follow Me
・ Encore ・ Super Fang ・ Protect |
Safety Goggles is Maushold's item of choice, ensuring that Amoonguss' Spores always get redirected to Maushold, protecting its teammate from sleep.
Encore punishes Fake Out and Protect by locking them into that move, while Super Fang gets opposing Pokemon into KO range for Maushold's teammates.
Maushold is especially useful for redirecting Ghost-type moves away from teammates who might be weak to it.
Beat Up | A great supportive move when Maushold is paired with Annihilape. |
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Nature | Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk) |
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EV Spread | 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe |
Final Stat Values | 150 HP / 111 Atk / 90 Def / 95 Sp. Def / 179 Spe |
Ability | Technician |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Wide Lens |
Moveset | ・
Population Bomb
・ Follow Me ・ Encore ・ Protect |
Wide Lens gives Population Bomb a huge accuracy boost, increasing your chance to hit 10 times from 34.9% to a whopping 90.4%. This can usually pick up knock outs on non-Steel Pokemon if Maushold is not Intimidated or burned.
Beware of opponents with Rough Skin or Rocky Helmet, however, as these will cause Maushold to KO itself.
Population Bomb can straight up knock out opposing Pokemon who do not resist it. Unprepared players will have their teams torn apart by Maushold's Population Bomb.
Maushold has a plethora of useful Support Moves for Doubles in the form of Encore, Follow Me, and Helping Hand. These make Maushold a nuisance on the field, if it isn't knocking Pokemon out.
Maushold is great in teams with multiple answers to Steel and Ghost-type Pokemon. In this case, Armarouge can handily take care of Steel-types, while Hydreigon can take care of Ghost-types.
Offensive Lead | Special Attacker | Physical Attacker |
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Maushold | Hydreigon | Mimikyu |
Maushold can serve as a powerful lead, able to take out threats who don't resist Population Bomb, or locking set up Pokemon into moves with Encore. Its Speed Stat is also a valuable asset, allowing it to succeed as a lead.
Offensive Lead | Physical Attacker |
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Maushold | Annihilape |
Physical Attacker | Special Attacker |
Dondozo | Tatsugiri |
Maushold can set up Annihilape's Rage Fist by attacking into it with Beat Up. It can also redirect Spores and Shadow Balls away from Annihilape, allowing it to stay in the battle longer.
Dondozo and Tatsugiri make for a powerful back end to this team, who would be difficult to take out.
Steel or Ghost Pokemon render Population Bomb useless. Additionally, Pokemon with Rough Skin or Rocky Helmet can make Maushold knock itself out.
Pokemon | Description |
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Garchomp | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Can make Maushold hurt itself with its Rough Skin Ability. ・Can knock out Maushold with any of its powerful Offensive Moves. ▶️Garchomp Best Movesets |
Corviknight | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Corviknight with Rocky Helmet can make Maushold knock itself out. |
Gholdengo | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Can render Population Bomb ineffective thanks to its Ghost typing. ・Can easily knock out Maushold with Make it Rain. ▶️Gholdengo Best Movesets |
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