Miraidon Movesets and Best Builds

This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Miraidon 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 Miraidon, as well as its strengths and weakness.

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Attention!	This page is for the best competitive build for Miraidon. Although it is currently not legal for Ranked Battles, it was legal for the recently concluded Paldea Prologue Online Competition

Miraidon Base Stats, Type, Ability and Weakness

Paldea #400		Type
Miraidon
		Abilities
		Hadron Engine
Weak to:
	(2x)
Damaged Normally By:	(1x)
Resists:	(0.5x)
	(0.25x)

What is Type Effectiveness?

Ability Name		Description
Hadron Engine		The user summons Electric Terrain for five turns, and boosts its Special Attack stat by 30% while said terrain is active.

Base Stats

Best Nature for Miraidon

Best Natures
Timid （+Spe, -Atk）	Modest （+Sp. Atk, -Atk）

What are Natures?

Singles Movesets for Miraidon

Build Name	Recommendation
Bulky Calm Mind Attacker NEW	★★★★★
Assault Vest Attacker NEW	★★★★★
Choice Specs Special Attacker	★★★★★

Bulky Calm Mind Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EV Spread	HP 140 / Def 108 / Sp.Atk 4 / Sp.Def 4 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values	HP 193 / Def 134 / Sp.Atk 156 / Sp.Def 136 / Spe 205
Ability	Hadron Engine
Tera Type
Held Item	Leftovers
Moveset	・ Parabolic Charge ・ Dazzling Gleam ・ Calm Mind ・ Substitute

Summary

Miraidon's natural bulk and high Speed stat makes it an effective Calm Mind user that can surprise its usual checks and counters, shrugging off restricted attacks and healing damage with Parabolic Charge.

Great natural bulk and high Speed. Can boost its special offense and special bulk with Calm Mind. Reliable recovery using Parabolic Charge.

Ability and Held Item

Ability	Held Item
Hadron Engine	Leftovers

Hadron Engine is Miraidon's only Ability and sets up Electric Terrain when it's switched into battle which lats for five turns. This Ability boosts Miraidon's Special Attack by 33% on top of the 30% boost to Electric-type attacks from Electric Terrain.

Leftovers gives Miraidon passive recovery at the end of every turn, which synergizes well with Parabolic Charge.

Moves Breakdown

Parabolic Charge	Dazzling Gleam
Calm Mind	Substitute

Parabolic Charge is MIraidon's strongest STAB move for this build and gets a 30% damage increase under Electric Terrain. This move also restores its HP equal to half of the damage it deals.

Dazzling Gleam becomes a powerful Fairy-type STAB move once it terastallizes into a Fairy-type.

Calm Mind increases Miraidon's Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage, allowing Miraidon to boost its special offense while also boosting its special bulk. Substitute is a great utility move that protects it from status and is a great move to use when facing defensive Pokemon.

Best Tera Type: Fairy

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

Fairy-type Tera gives Miraidon STAB on Dazzling Gleam, giving it a powerful STAB move that hits Dragon, Dark, and Fighting-type moves for super effective damage.

It also gives it newfound resistances to Fighting, Bug, and Dark, while giving it immunity to Dragon-type moves.

Best Fairy Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle

EV Spread and Nature

We're using a modified defensive EV spread with 140 HP and 108 Def EVs, with 4 EVs invested in Sp.Atk and Sp.Def. Full 252 EV investment in Speed ensures that it can still outspeed attackers and slow defensive Pokemon.

Other Viable Moves

Volt Switch	Can replace Substitute and gives Miraidon a way to pivot from the battle.

Key Damage Calculations

The following calculations take into account Miraidon EV Spread with a Timid Nature and +1 Sp.Atk and Sp.Def boost from Calm Mind.

Damage Dealt by Miraidon
202 HP｜178 Sp.Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 252 | Sp.Def 252 (Sassy) Item: Heavy-Duty Boots	Parabolic Charge 168-200 (83.1 - 99%) Guaranteed 2HKO
243 HP｜88 Sp.Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 112 | Sp.Def 0 (Adamant) Item: Assault Vest	Dazzling Gleam 187-221 (76.9 - 90.9%) Guaranteed 2HKO after terastallizing into a Fairy-type
Damage Received by Miraidon
172 Atk Offensive EV Investment: Atk 252 (Jolly) Item: Heavy-Duty Boots	Icicle Crash 168-198 (87 - 102.5%) 12.%% Chance to OHKO
172 Atk Offensive EV Investment: Atk 252 (Jolly) Item: Heavy-Duty Boots	Icicle Crash 84-99 (43.5 - 51.2%) Guaranteed 3HKO after terastallizing into a Fairy-type

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Assault Vest Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Modest (+Sp.Atk, -Atk)
EV Spread	HP 220 / Def 36 / Sp.Atk 252
Final Stat Values	HP 203 / Def 125 / Sp.Atk 205 / Sp.Def 135 / Spe 135
Ability	Hadron Engine
Tera Type
Held Item	Assault Vest
Moveset	・ Electro Drift ・ Draco Meteor ・ Dazzling Gleam ・ Volt Switch

Summary

Miraidon's natural bulk and access to high base power moves makes it a great Assault Vest user, capable of taking hits on its boosted Special Defense while dealing damage with its STAB moves.

Access to high BP moves like Electro Drift and Draco Meteor. Assault Vest boosts its already high Special Defense. Tera Fairy gives it greater coverage and immunity to Dragon-type moves.

Ability and Held Item

Ability	Held Item
Hadron Engine	Assault Vest

Hadron Engine is Miraidon's only Ability and sets up Electric Terrain when it's switched into battle which lats for five turns. This Ability boosts Miraidon's Special Attack by 33% on top of the 30% boost to Electric-type attacks from Electric Terrain.

Assault Vest boosts Miraidon's Special Defense by 50% but prevents it from using status moves.

Moves Breakdown

Electro Drift	Draco Meteor
Dazzling Gleam	Volt Switch

Electro Drift is Miraidon's strongest STAB move and gets a 33% increase in damage if it deals a super effective hit on the target, making it its strongest move against Water and Flying-type Pokemon. This stacks with the 30% boost in damage from Electric Terrain.

Draco Meteor is a strong 130 Base Power Dragon-type move that gives Miraidon great neutral coverage, but lowers its Special Attack by two stages.

Dazzling Gleam is another strong neutral coverage move that gets STAB once Miraidon terastallizes into a Fairy-type, while Volt Switch allows Miraidon to pivot from the battle against a Pokemon that resists its moves.

Best Tera Type: Fairy

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

Fairy-type Tera gives Miraidon STAB on Dazzling Gleam, giving it a powerful STAB move that hits Dragon, Dark, and Fighting-type moves for super effective damage.

It also gives it newfound resistances to Fighting, Bug, and Dark, while giving it immunity to Dragon-type moves.

Best Fairy Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle

EV Spread and Nature

We're using a modified defensive EV spread with 220 HP and 36 Def EVs to give it some physical bulk, while full 252 EV investment in Sp.Atk ensures that it still hits hard with its moves.

Other Viable Moves

Dragon Pulse	A weaker Dragon-type STAB but doesn't lower Miraidon's Sp.Atk.

Key Damage Calculations

The following calculations take into account Miraidon EV Spread with a Modest Nature and the 50% Sp.Def boost from Assault Vest.

Damage Dealt by Miraidon
205 HP｜150 Sp.Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 252 | Sp.Def 252 (Careful) Item: Leftovers	Electro Drift 356-420 (173.6 - 204.8%) Guaranteed OHKO
215 HP｜136 Sp.Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 252 | Sp.Def 252 (Careful) Item: Leftovers	Draco Meteor 147-174 (68.3 - 80.9%) Guaranteed 2HKO
243 HP｜88 Sp.Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 112 | Sp.Def 0 (Adamant) Item: Assault Vest	Dazzling Gleam 186-222 (76.5 - 91.3%) Guaranteed 2HKO after terastallizing into a Fairy-type
160 HP｜96 Sp.Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 0 | Sp.Def 4 (Jolly) Item: Choice Scarf	Volt Switch 290-344 (181.2 - 215%) Guaranteed OHKO
Damage Received by Miraidon
187 Sp.Atk Offensive EV Investment: Sp.Atk 252 (Timid) Item: Choice Specs	Moonblast 150-176 (73.8 - 86.6%) Guaranteed 2HKO
187 Sp.Atk Offensive EV Investment: Sp.Atk 252 (Timid) Item: Choice Specs	Moonblast 75-88 (36.9 - 43.3%) Guaranteed 3HKO

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Choice Specs Special Attacker Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EV Spread	252 Sp. Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Sp. Def (or Def)
Final Stat Values	175 HP / 120 Def / 187 Sp. Atk / 136 Sp. Def / 205 Spe
Ability	Hadron Engine
Tera Type
Held Item	Choice Specs
Moveset	・ Electro Drift ・ Draco Meteor ・ Overheat ・ U-turn

Miraidon can break through even dedicated Special Walls thanks to its already monstrous Special Attack Stat, its Hadron Engine boost, the boost it gets from Electric Terrain to its Electric-type moves, as well as Choice Specs.
Draco Meteor and Electro Drift can hit most foes for neutral damage, while U-Turn is used to get Miraidon out of tough situations.

Other Viable Moves

Dazzling Gleam	Dazzling Gleam gives Miraidon an option to use against Fairy-weak Pokemon
Volt Switch	Another retreating option over U-Turn but can be stopped by Ground-types.

Best Miraidon Team for Paldea Prologue Online Competition

In the recently concluded Paldea Prologue Online Competition, all 400 Paldea Pokedex Pokemon are legal, including Koraidon and Miraidon. This was the best team for using Miraidon in this competition.

This build may be relevant again in future regulations.

Best Teams for Paldea Prologue

Miraidon Team Breakdown

Miraidon can trigger Iron Hands' Quark Drive and give it an Attack boost. This will make it incredibly difficult to wall. Iron Bundle also benefits from Miraidon setting up Electric Terrain with Hadron Engine as it can get a Speed boost and be the fastest Pokemon on the field. Iron Bundle with a Speed boost and Choice Specs-boosted Ice-type attacks will also be difficult to stop.

Miraidon's Hadron Engine can also remove Psychic Terrain upon switch-in (Indeedee-F will always be slower than Miraidon), and can enable Dragonite's Extreme Speed.

Amoonguss and Arcanine round out the team as an effective support duo.

This team makes use of the Life Orb Doubles Build below.

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Doubles Movesets for Miraidon

Build Name	Recommendation
Regulation G Choice Specs	★★★★★
Regulation G Life Orb	★★★★★

Regulation G Choice Specs Special Attacker Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EV Spread	252 Sp. Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Sp. Def (or Def)
Final Stat Values	175 HP / 120 Def / 187 Sp. Atk / 136 Sp. Def / 205 Spe
Ability	Hadron Engine
Tera Type
Held Item	Choice Specs
Moveset	・ Electro Drift ・ Draco Meteor ・ Discharge ・ U-turn

Miraidon can break through even dedicated Special Walls thanks to its already monstrous Special Attack Stat, its Hadron Engine boost, the boost it gets from Electric Terrain to its Electric-type moves, as well as Choice Specs.
Draco Meteor and Overheat to hit most foes for neutral damage, while U-Turn is used to get Miraidon out of tough situations.

Other Viable Moves

Dazzling Gleam	Dazzling Gleam gives Miraidon an option to use against Fairy-weak Pokemon
Volt Switch	Another retreating option over U-Turn but can be stopped by Ground-types.

Regulation G Life Orb Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EV Spread	252 Sp. Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Sp. Def (or Def)
Final Stat Values	175 HP / 120 Def / 187 Sp. Atk / 136 Sp. Def / 205 Spe
Ability	Hadron Engine
Tera Type
Held Item	Life Orb
Moveset	・ Electro Drift ・ Draco Meteor ・ Dazzling Gleam ・ Protect

Electro Drift is a powerful STAB move that deals even more damage on super-effective hits. It is Miraidon's best Electric STAB move.

Its best Dragon-type STAB move is Draco Meteor, which can take out most foes that are not Fairy-types.

Dazzling Gleam gives Miraidon a reliable spread move, while Protect is good for scouting and stalling out turns of Trick Room.

Miraidon is a strong option in Regulation G, where it will be legal.

Other Viable Moves

Flash Cannon	Flash Cannon gives Miraidon an option to use against Steel-weak Pokemon
Taunt	Non-Prankster Taunt is very useful for stopping set up strategies like Trick Room.

How to Use Miraidon Effectively

Use Miraidon to Break Walls

Miraidon's offensive power can be difficult for opponents to wall especially if their teams do not have Ground-types. Use Miraidon to deal massive damage and sweep through teams.

How to Build a Team with Miraidon

Miraidon is best suited in teams that can take out Ground-types with minimal effort. Speed Control is also good for Miraidon, as it always wants to be attacking first.

Miraidon naturally synergizes with Paradox Pokemon with Quark Drive, giving them boosts to their stats. Setting up Electric Terrain is also a plus, since it can overwrite Indeedee-F's Psychic Terrain upon switching and allow its teammates to use Priority Moves.

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Best Regulation G Miraidon Team

Special Attacker	Support
Miraidon	Iron Bundle
Physical Attacker	Support / Physical Attacker
Dragonite	Chien-Pao

In Regulation G, Miraidon can trigger Iron Bundle's Quark Drive by setting up Electric Terrain. Iron Bundle can then lower the opposing team's Speed with Icy Wind.

Having a means to control Terrain is also valuable, as it can help Dragonite use Extreme Speed by countering opposing Psychic Terrain.

Chien-Pao can help Dragonite deal even more damage with its Sword of Ruin Ability.

Partners like Clefairy can keep Miraidon healthy, while boosting the power of Choice Specs Tera Electric STAB Electro Drift with Helping Hand.

Sample Singles Team

Special Attacker	Physical Attacker	Special Attacker
Miraidon	Iron Valiant	Gholdengo

Miraidon setting up Electric Terrain for teammates with Quark Drive is very useful for Pokemon like Iron Valiant who can benefit off an Attack boost. Iron Valiant also has access to Leaf Blade, which it can use against Ground-types who other Pokemon in the team might have difficulty damaging.

Gholdengo is great in this team composition, as it can cover Miraidon and Iron Valiant who are both weak to Fairy.

Counters for Miraidon

Wall it with Ground-Type Pokemon

While Ground-types won't wall every other move in Miraidon's moveset, they will gladly take an Electric-type Move. Strategic switches will help you beat opposing Miraidon.

Use Speed Control

Speed Control can help you attack before Miraidon. Moves like Tailwind, Scary Face, or Trick Room can help turn the matchup in your favor.

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon	Description
Garchomp	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Garchomp can switch into an Electric-type move and hit back with a powerful Earthquake. ・Can outspeed Miraidon if its team has forms of Speed Control. ▶️Garchomp Best Movesets
Hippowdon	Ranking: ★★★★ ・Hippowdon can switch into an Electric-type move and hit back with a powerful Earthquake. ・Is Specially Defensive enough to take most of Miraidon's offense. ▶️Hippowdon Best Movesets

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