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Maushold Movesets and Best Builds

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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.

Maushold Base Stats, Type, Abilities and Weaknesses

Paldea #72
Kitakami #98
Type
Maushold ImageMaushold
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Normal Icon
Abilities
Friend Guard
Cheek Pouch
Technician (Hidden)
Weak to:
(2x)
Pokemon Fighting Type Icon
Damaged Normally
By:
(1x)
Pokemon Normal Type Icon Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Water Type Icon Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Ice Type Icon Pokemon Poison Type Icon Pokemon Ground Type Icon Pokemon Flying Type Icon Pokemon Psychic Type Icon Pokemon Bug Type Icon Pokemon Rock Type Icon Pokemon Dragon Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon Pokemon Steel Type Icon Pokemon Fairy Type Icon
Immune to: (0x)
Pokemon Ghost Type Icon

What is Type Effectiveness?

Ability Name Description
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%.

Base Stats

Base Stats
Lv. 50 Stats
Stat Value Rank
HP
74
360
Atk
75
420
Def
70
384
SpAtk
65
415
SpDef
75
325
Speed
111
63
Total
470
403
Explanation of Pokemon Stats
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
  • Max: Max IVs & EVs and a stat-boosting Nature
  • 0Nat: Max IVs & EVs and a neutral Nature
  • 0EV: Max IVs, 0 EVs, and a neutral Nature
  • -Nat: Max IVs, 0 EVs, and a stat-reducing Nature
  • Min: 0 IVs & EVs, and a stat-reducing Nature
Introduction to EVs, IVs, and Natures

Best Nature for Maushold

Best Natures
Jolly
(+Spe, -Sp. Atk)
Adamant
(+Atk, -Sp. Atk)

What are Natures?

Singles Movesets for Maushold

Build Name Recommendation
Wide Lens Maushold ★★★★★

Wide Lens Maushold Moveset & Best Build

Nature Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk)
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 Pokemon Normal Type Icon
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
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

Key Damage Calculations

Attack Icon Pokemon SVDamage Dealt by Maushold
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Dragonite Image 165 HP|115 Def
Defensive EV Investment:
4 HP
Population Bomb
171 ~ 209 (102.3 ~ 125.1%)
Guaranteed OHKO
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Dragapult Image 163 HP|95 Def
No Defensive EV Investment
Bite
86 ~ 102 (52.7 ~ 62.5%)
Guaranteed 2-Hit KO
Defense Icon Pokemon SVDamage Received by Maushold
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Dragonite Image 204 Atk
Offensive EV Investment:
252 Atk
Item: Choice Band
Extreme Speed
127 ~ 151 (85.2 ~ 101.3%)
6.3% Chance to OHKO
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Breloom Image 200 Atk
Offensive EV Investment:
252 Atk
Ability: Technician
Mach Punch
126 ~ 150 (84.5 ~ 100.6%)
6.3% Chance to OHKO

Other Viable Moves

Encore Encore is great for locking Pokemon into status moves, forcing opponents to switch.

Doubles Movesets for Maushold

Build Name Recommendation
Support Maushold ★★★★★
Wide Lens Maushold ★★★★

Support Maushold Moveset & Best Build

Nature Calm (+Def, -Atk)
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 Pokemon Ghost Type Icon
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.

Other Viable Moves

Beat Up A great supportive move when Maushold is paired with Annihilape.

Wide Lens Maushold Moveset & Best Build

Nature Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk)
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 Pokemon Normal Type Icon
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.

How to Use Maushold Effectively

Population Bomb's Offensive Power

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.

Use Maushold's Support Moves

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.

How to Build a Team with Maushold

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.

Sample Singles Team

Offensive Lead Special Attacker Physical Attacker
Maushold ImageMaushold Hydreigon ImageHydreigon Mimikyu ImageMimikyu

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.

Sample Doubles Team

Offensive Lead Physical Attacker
Maushold ImageMaushold Annihilape ImageAnnihilape
Physical Attacker Special Attacker
Dondozo ImageDondozo Tatsugiri ImageTatsugiri

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.

Counters for Maushold

Use Steel or Ghost Pokemon

Steel or Ghost Pokemon render Population Bomb useless. Additionally, Pokemon with Rough Skin or Rocky Helmet can make Maushold knock itself out.

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon Description
Garchomp ImageGarchomp 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 ImageCorviknight Ranking: ★★★★★
・Corviknight with Rocky Helmet can make Maushold knock itself out.
Gholdengo ImageGholdengo Ranking: ★★★★★
・Can render Population Bomb ineffective thanks to its Ghost typing.
・Can easily knock out Maushold with Make it Rain.
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