Ursaluna Movesets and Best Builds

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

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Ursaluna Base Stats, Type, Ability and Weakness

Nat. Dex #901		Type
Ursaluna
		Abilities
		Guts Bulletproof Unnerve (Hidden)
Weak to:
	(2x)
Damaged Normally By:	(1x)
Resists:	(0.5x)
Immune to:	(0x)

What is Type Effectiveness?

Ability Name		Description
Guts		Increases the user's Attack by 50% if it has a status condition.
Bulletproof		Protects the user from bullet, ball, and bomb moves.
Unnerve (Hidden)		Prevents the opponent from using its Held Berry.

Base Stats

Best Nature for Ursaluna

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

What are Natures?

Singles Movesets for Ursaluna

Build Name	Recommendation
Guts + Swords Dance	★★★★
Assault Vest	★★★★
Guts + Belly Drum	★★★

Guts + Swords Dance Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Adamant (+Atk, -Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Atk 252 / Def 4
Final Stat Values	HP 237 / Atk 211 / Def 126 / Sp.Def 100 / Spe 70
Ability	Guts
Tera Type
Held Item	Flame Orb
Moveset	・ Swords Dance ・ Facade ・ Headlong Rush ・ Crunch

Summary

Ursaluna's massive Attack stat and access to high-powered attacks like Facade and Headlong Rush makes it one of the more difficult Pokemon to switch into once it gets a Swords Dance boost up and its Guts activates.

Access to both Guts and Swords Dance Guts-boosted Facade gives it great neutral coverage Boasts high HP and well-rounded defenses

Ability and Held Item

Ability	Held Item
Guts	Flame Orb

Ursaluna's best Ability is Guts which prevents its Attack from getting cut by burns and instead boosts its Attack by 50%, Flame Orb is chosen for this build so that Ursaluna gets burned at the end of the first turn to activate its Ability.

Moves Breakdown

Swords Dance	Facade
Headlong Rush	Crunch

Swords Dance raises Ursaluna's Attack by two stages and stacks with Guts, allowing it to hit very hard with STAB-boosted Facade.

Ursaring's Facade Total Damage Output
Boost	Percentage
Base Neutral Damage	100%
STAB	+50%
Tera STAB	+50%
Guts	+50%
Swords Dance	+200%
Total	450%

Headlong Rush is a powerful secondary STAB move that's stronger than Earthquake but causes Ursaluna's Defense and Special Defense to drop by 1 stage. Crunch rounds off its coverage by giving it a way to hit Ghost-types for super effective damage and is especially useful against Air Balloon Gholdengo.

Best Tera Type: Normal

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

Normal is the best Tera Type for this build to give Ursaluna's Facade a boost in damage once it Terastallizes. This also turns Ursaluna into a pure Normal-type and gets rid of its weakness to Grass, Ice, and Water-type moves.

Alternatively, it could use a Stellar Tear Type so that it can boost the damage of its other moves without having to commit a single Tera Type. Although, in most situations, it would still prefer the consistent boosts from a Normal Tera.

Best Normal Tera Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle

EV Spread and Nature

Full 252 Atk EVs with an Adamant Nature gives Ursaluna a 211 Atk stat at Lv. 50, while 252 HP EVs and 4 Def rounds off its bulk.

Other Viable Moves

Earthquake	A slightly weaker alternative to Headlong Rush that doesn't lower Ursaluna's Def and Sp.Def by 1 stage after every use.
Close Combat	A powerful Fighting-type coverage move but leaves Ursaluna easily walled by Air Balloon Gholdengo.

Key Damage Calculations

The following calculations take into account Ursaluna's Offensive EV spread with an Adamant Nature and Guts boost, as well as the +2 Attack from Swords Dance.

Damage Dealt by Ursaluna
157 HP｜215 Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 252 | Def 192 (Bold) Item: Black Sludge	Facade 232-274 (147.7 - 174.5%) Guaranteed OHKO
207 HP｜200 Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 252 | Def 252 (Impish) Item: Leftovers	Headlong Rush 428-506 (206.7 - 244.4%) Guaranteed OHKO
194 HP｜161 Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 252 | Def 252 (Bold) Item: Leftovers	Crunch 238-280 (122.6 - 144.3%) Guaranteed OHKO

Game8's Competitive Damage Calculator

Assault Vest Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Adamant (+Atk, -Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Atk 252 / Sp. Def 4
Final Stat Values	HP 237 / Atk 211 / Def 125 / Sp.Def 101 / Spe 70
Ability	Bulletproof
Tera Type
Held Item	Assault Vest
Moveset	・ Body Slam ・ Drain Punch ・ Earthquake ・ Trailblaze

Summary

Very bulky when supported by an Assault Vest. Defensive Tera helps it deal with its common weaknesses. Opponnets may expect a more standard Guts set.

Ability and Held Item

Ability	Held Item
Bulletproof	Assault Vest

The ability chosen for this build is Bulletproof. This makes Ursaluna immune to bullet-type moves, most notably Flutter Mane's Shadow Ball for when it's Terastallized.

The item chosen for this build is an Assault Vest. This increases Ursaluna's relatively low Sp. Def, making it incredibly bulky.

Moves Breakdown

Body Slam	Drain Punch
Earthquake	Trailblaze

Body Slam is its best Normal-type STAB move that has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.

Drain Punch is used to recover HP and make Ursaluna stick around longer in battle.

Earthquake is its best Ground-type STAB move that has no downsides whatsoever.

Trailblaze lets Ursaluna boost its low Speed stat, potentially making it a scarily fast sweeper.

Best Tera Type: Ghost

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

Ghost is the best Tera Type for this build because it removes Ursaluna's weaknesses.

Best Ghost Tera Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle

EV Spread and Nature

A full 252 EVs are placed in Ursaluna's HP and Attack to make it as bulky as possible while still being able to hit hard. The extra 4 EVs are put into its Sp. Def to help round out its bulk.

An Adamant nature is preferred to maximize Ursaluna's damage output.

Other Viable Moves

Facade or Double-Edge	Alternate Normal-type moves. Facade is useful for cases where Ursaluna gets statused, like poisoned from Glimmora, while Double-Edge does more damage but has recoil.
Crunch	Crunch is useful for dealing with Ghost-types that can tank its other moves.
Headlong Rush	Does more damage than Earthquake, but lowers its defensive stats.
Supercell Slam	New Electric-type move that deals heavy damage to Water-types, but deals a lot of damage to Ursaluna if it misses.

Guts + Belly Drum Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Adamant (+Atk, -Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Atk 252 / Def 4
Final Stat Values	HP 237 / Atk 211 / Def 126 / Sp.Def 100 / Spe 70
Ability	Guts
Tera Type
Held Item	Flame Orb
Moveset	・ Belly Drum ・ Facade ・ Headlong Rush ・ Crunch

Summary

This is an alternative Ursaluna build that is trickier to pull off but deals higher damage thanks to Belly Drum raising its Attack by 6 stages which, coupled with an Attack boost from Guts, allows it to easily KO Pokemon that don't resist its moves.

Belly Drum and Guts make it very difficult to switch into Natural bulk makes it to switch into weak attacks to set up Facade and Headlong Rush have near-perfect coverage

Ability and Held Item

Ability	Held Item
Guts	Flame Orb

Ursaluna's best Ability is Guts which prevents its Attack from getting cut by burns and instead boosts its Attack by 50%, Flame Orb is chosen for this build so that Ursaluna gets burned at the end of the first turn to activate its Ability.

Moves Breakdown

Belly Drum	Facade
Headlong Rush	Crunch

Belly Drum maxes out Ursaluna's Attack by six stages and stacks with Guts, making its Facade hit very hard and can even heavily damage defensive Pokemon.

Ursaring's Facade Total Damage Output
Boost	Percentage
Base Neutral Damage	100%
STAB	+50%
Tera STAB	+50%
Guts	+50%
Belly Drum	+400%
Total	650%

Headlong Rush is a powerful secondary STAB move but causes Ursaluna's Defense and Special Defense to drop by 1 stage. Crunch rounds off its coverage by giving it a way to hit Ghost and Psychic-types for super effective damage and is especially useful against Air Balloon Gholdengo.

Best Tera Type: Normal

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

Normal is the best Tera Type for this build to give Ursaluna's Facade a boost in damage once it terastallizes. This also turns Ursaluna into a pure Normal-type and gets rid of its weakness to Grass, Ice, and Water-type moves.

Alternatively, it could use a Stellar Tear Type so that it can boost the damage of its other moves without having to commit a single Tera Type. Although, in most situations, it would still prefer the consistent boosts from a Normal Tera.

Best Normal Tera Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle

EV Spread and Nature

Full 252 Atk EVs with an Adamant Nature gives Ursaluna a 211 Atk stat at Lv. 50, while 252 HP EVs and 4 Def rounds off its bulk.

Other Viable Moves

Ice Punch	A great alternative to Crunch that allows Ursaluna to hit Hippowdon for super effective damage.
Close Combat	A powerful Fighting-type coverage move but leaves Ursaluna easily walled by Air Balloon Gholdengo.

Doubles Movesets for Ursaluna

Build Name	Recommendation
Trick Room Attacker	★★★★★
Guts + Belly Drum	★★★★

Trick Room Attacker Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Atk 252 / Sp. Def 4 IVs: 0 Spe
Final Stat Values	HP 237 / Atk 211 / Def 125 / Sp.Def 101 / Spe 49
Ability	Guts
Tera Type
Held Item	Flame Orb
Moveset	・ Facade ・ Headlong Rush ・ Close Combat ・ Protect

Summary

Powerful new Trick Room Attacker Headlong Rush is a single-target move that doesn't hit Ursaluna's partner

Ability and Held Item

Ability	Held Item
Guts	Flame Orb

Ursaluna's best Ability is Guts which prevents its Attack from getting cut by burns and instead boosts its Attack by 50%, Flame Orb is chosen for this build so that Ursaluna gets burned at the end of the first turn to activate its Ability.

Moves Breakdown

Facade	Headlong Rush
Close Combat	Protect

Facade is Ursaluna's most powerful STAB Move, which reaches absurd heights when boosted by Guts.

Headlong Rush is its secondary STAB, which is good for taking out Ground-weak Pokemon, or hitting Ghost-types for neutral.

Close Combat is good against Rock-types and Dark-types, which Ursaluna can use repeatedly because of its good natural bulk.

Protect can help Ursaluna protect itself in early turns, so that it can activate Flame Orb.

Best Tera Type: Ghost

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

Ghost is the best Tera Type for this build as it can give Ursaluna an immunity to opposing Urshifu's Close Combats, as well as Dragonite (with Chien-Pao)'s Extreme Speeds.

Best Ghost Tera Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle

EV Spread and Nature

Full 252 Atk EVs with an Brave Nature gives Ursaluna a 211 Atk stat at Lv. 50, while 252 HP EVs and 4 Special Def rounds off its bulk.

A Brave Nature and 0 Speed IVs makes Ursaluna as slow as possible, allowing it to be an effective Trick Room Attacker.

Other Viable Moves

Earthquake	A slightly weaker alternative to Headlong Rush that doesn't lower Ursaluna's Def and Sp.Def by 1 stage after every use.

Key Damage Calculations

The following calculations take into account Ursaluna's Offensive EV spread with an Adamant Nature and Guts boost, as well as the +6 Attack from Swords Dance.

Damage Dealt by Ursaluna
205 HP｜172 Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 252 | Def 252 (Impish) Item:	Facade 289-341 (140.9 - 166.3%) Guaranteed OHKO
207 HP｜141 Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 252 | Def 4 (Adamant) Item: Leftovers	Headlong Rush 1212-1428 (585.5 - 689.8%) Guaranteed OHKO

Game8's Competitive Damage Calculator

Guts + Belly Drum Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Adamant (+Atk, -Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Atk 252 / Def 4
Final Stat Values	HP 237 / Atk 211 / Def 126 / Sp.Def 100 / Spe 70
Ability	Guts
Tera Type
Held Item	Flame Orb
Moveset	・ Belly Drum ・ Facade ・ Headlong Rush ・ Crunch

Summary

Ursaluna has an easier time setting up Belly Drum in Doubles due to Rage Powder support and possible healing from Pollen Puff or Life Dew.

Belly Drum and Guts make it very difficult to switch into Headlong Rush is a single-target move that doesn't hit Ursaluna's partner Natural bulk makes it easy to switch in

Ability and Held Item

Ability	Held Item
Guts	Flame Orb

Ursaluna's best Ability is Guts which prevents its Attack from getting cut by burns and instead boosts its Attack by 50%, Flame Orb is chosen for this build so that Ursaluna gets burned at the end of the first turn to activate its Ability.

Moves Breakdown

Belly Drum	Facade
Headlong Rush	Crunch

Belly Drum maxes out Ursaluna's Attack by six stages and stacks with Guts, making its Facade hit very hard and can even heavily damage defensive Pokemon.

Ursaring's Facade Total Damage Output
Boost	Percentage
Base Neutral Damage	100%
STAB	+50%
Tera STAB	+50%
Guts	+50%
Belly Drum	+400%
Total	650%

Headlong Rush is a powerful secondary STAB move but causes Ursaluna's Defense and Special Defense to drop by 1 stage. It's also the better Ground-type move as unlike Earthquake, it deals full damage in Doubles and doesn't hit its partner.

Crunch rounds off its coverage by giving it a way to hit Ghost-types like Gholdengo.

Best Tera Type: Normal

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

Normal is the best Tera Type for this build to give Ursaluna's Facade a boost in damage once it terastallizes. This also turns Ursaluna into a pure Normal-type and gets rid of its weakness to Grass, Ice, and Water-type moves.

Best Normal Tera Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle

EV Spread and Nature

Full 252 Atk EVs with an Adamant Nature gives Ursaluna a 211 Atk stat at Lv. 50, while 252 HP EVs and 4 Def rounds off its bulk.

Other Viable Moves

Earthquake	A slightly weaker alternative to Headlong Rush that doesn't lower Ursaluna's Def and Sp.Def by 1 stage after every use.
Close Combat	A powerful Fighting-type coverage move but leaves Ursaluna easily walled by Air Balloon Gholdengo.

Key Damage Calculations

The following calculations take into account Ursaluna's Offensive EV spread with an Adamant Nature and Guts boost, as well as the +6 Attack from Swords Dance.

Damage Dealt by Ursaluna
205 HP｜172 Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 252 | Def 252 (Impish) Item:	Facade 289-341 (140.9 - 166.3%) Guaranteed OHKO
207 HP｜141 Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 252 | Def 4 (Adamant) Item: Leftovers	Headlong Rush 1212-1428 (585.5 - 689.8%) Guaranteed OHKO
221 HP｜123 Def Defensive EV Investment: HP 252 | Def 196 (Bold) Item: Black Sludge	Crunch 301-355 (136.8 - 161.3%) Guaranteed OHKO

Game8's Competitive Damage Calculator

How to Use Ursaluna Effectively

A Powerful but Slow Wallbreaker

Ursaluna's offense and bulk is a direct upgrade to Ursaring's and also boasts a secondary Ground-type STAB with Headlong Rush. It fills the same role as its pre-evolution but is 5 points slower, which means it is best used as a bulky attacker with an Adamant Nature.

With a boost from either Swords Dance or Bellly Drum, Ursaluna can easily KO unprepared teams that lack a resist or immunity to its moves.

How to Build a Team with Ursaluna

Ursaluna's low speed means it's best used in a dedicated team that can help it overcome its shortcomings, whether by providing Substitute or Tailwind support in Singles or through Redirection in Doubles.

Sample Singles Team

Lead Support	Physical Attacker	Offensive Pivot
Cyclizar	Ursaluna	Garganacl

Cyclizar's main role is to use Shed Tail to pass a Substitute to Ursaluna, who can safely setup with Belly Drum or Swords Dance. Once Guts activates, it can then overpower the opposing team with boosted Facade and its coverage moves.

Garganacl serves as this team's offensive pivot, using Salt Cure to dissuade defensive Pokemon and phazers from switching in.

Sample Doubles Team

Physical Attacker	Support
Ursaluna	Cresselia
Physical Attacker	Special Attacker
Iron Hands	Iron Bundle

Cresselia is the best Trick Room Setter available in Regulation D, which naturally makes it a great partner for Ursaluna. Cresselia can set up Trick Room for Ursaluna, allowing it to move first in turn order. It can also help Ursaluna recover HP and heal status with Lunar Blessing, stopping it from taking burn damage for the turn, before Flame Orb activates again.

Iron Hands is another great Trick Room Pokemon, who can help enable it with Fake Out support.

Torkoal can deal huge damage with Eruption, as well as reduce the damage from Water-type Attacks dealt to Ursaluna.

Counters for Ursaluna

Outspeed it with a Faster Attacker

Ursaluna's low Speed stat leaves it easily outrun by other sweepers that can take advantage of its many weaknesses and relatively low Special Defense stat.

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon	Description
Chi-Yu	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Naturally outspeeds Ursaluna and lowers its Special Defense by 25% with Beads of Ruin. ・Easily KOs all Tera Variants of Ursaluna with Life Orb-boosted Dark Pulse and Overheat. ▶️Chi-Yu Best Movesets
Iron Valiant	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Naturally outspeeds Ursaluna and has strong coverage moves like Knock Off and Leaf Blade. ・Easily KOs Normal-type Ursaluna with STAB Life Orb-boosted Close Combat. ▶️Iron Valiant Movesets

Turn its Attack against it with Foul Play

Ursaluna is susceptible to Foul Play users who can use its own attack boosts and easily KO it.

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon	Description
Murkrow	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Faster and easily KOs Ursaluna with Foul Play after getting Swords Dance and Belly Drum. ・Can set up Tailwind to double its team's Speed stat. ▶️Murkrow Best Movesets
Grimmsnarl	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Faster and easily KOs Ursaluna with Foul Play after getting Swords Dance and Belly Drum. ・Can set up Reflect and Light Screen to support its teammates. ▶️Grimmsnarl Best Movesets

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