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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Mesprit 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 Mesprit, as well as its strengths and weakness.
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Nat. Dex #481 | Type | |
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Mesprit | ||
Abilities | ||
Levitate |
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Ability Name | Description | |
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Levitate | The user is immune to Ground-type moves and cannot be damaged by Spikes. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
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HP | 80 | 247 |
Atk | 105 | 174 |
Def | 105 | 107 |
SpAtk | 105 | 131 |
SpDef | 105 | 96 |
Speed | 80 | 302 |
Total | 580 | 83 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 187 | 187 | 155 | 155 | 140 |
Atk | 172 | 157 | 125 | 112 | 99 |
Def | 172 | 157 | 125 | 112 | 99 |
SpAtk | 172 | 157 | 125 | 112 | 99 |
SpDef | 172 | 157 | 125 | 112 | 99 |
Spd | 145 | 132 | 100 | 90 | 76 |
Best Natures | ||
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Timid (+Spe, -Atk) |
Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Trick Room Imprison Mesprit | ★★★ |
Nature | Timid (+Spe, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | 252 Sp. Atk / 4 Sp. Def / 252 Spe |
Final Stat Values | 155 HP / 125 Def / 172 Sp. Atk / 126 Sp. Def / 132 Spe |
Ability | Levitate |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Mental Herb |
Moveset | ・
Psychic
・ Imprison ・ Protect ・ Trick Room |
Can check Cresselia with its Imprison set. Can get rid of weaknesses through Terastallization.
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Ability | Held Item | |
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Levitate | Mental Herb |
Mesprit's best Ability is Levitate, which is its only Ability. Mental Herb can keep it effective even after getting Taunted.
Psychic | Imprison |
Protect | Trick Room |
Psychic is Mesprit's only damaging move. Use this on turns where Mesprit has to deal damage.
Imprison is the most important move of the set, locking out Protect and Trick Room from opponents, preventing them from protecting themselves or setting up Trick Room.
Protect can keep Mesprit safe on some turns where it is in danger of getting targeted. Having Protect in the same set as Imprison can prevent opponents from using Protect.
Trick Room can reverse the turn order, allowing Mesprit's slower teammates to outspeed quicker opponents. But this is mainly on the set to lock out our opponent's Trick Room option, allowing Mesprit's quicker teammates to always have the Speed advantage.
Dark Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Immune to: | (0x) |
Dark Tera can protect Mesprit from super-effective Dark-type and Ghost-type Attacks. It can also protect it from Prankster Taunt.
Best Dark Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle
Mesprit's EV spread for this build leans on making it a fast Special Attacker with 252 Special Attack and 252 Speed EVs, even though its main purpose is to Imprison Protect and Trick Room. 4 EVs are put into its Special Defense to round out its bulk.
Ice Beam | Useful for hitting opposing Landorus, and other Ice-weak Pokemon. |
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Thunderbolt | Useful for hitting opposing Tornadus, and other Electric-weak Pokemon. |
Damage Received by Mesprit |
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252 Atk Item:
Safety Goggles
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Kowtow Cleave 158 ~ 188 (101.9 ~ 121.1%) Guaranteed OHKO |
252 Atk Item:
Safety Goggles
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Kowtow Cleave 39 ~ 47 (25.1 ~ 30.3%) Guaranteed 4-Hit KO |
252 Atk Item:
Focus Sash
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Wicked Blow 188 ~ 224 (121.2 ~ 144.5%) Guaranteed OHKO |
252 Atk Item:
Focus Sash
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Wicked Blow 47 ~ 56 (30.3 ~ 36.1%) 46.6% Chance to 3-Hit KO |
252 Sp. Atk |
Beads of Ruin Dark Pulse 198 ~ 234 (127.7 ~ 150.9%) Guaranteed OHKO |
252 Sp. Atk |
Beads of Ruin Dark Pulse 49 ~ 58 (31.6 ~ 37.4%) 87.9% Chance to 3-Hit KO |
Imprisoning Trick Room can help your team against opposing Trick Room, stopping your opponents from setting it up at all.
Similarly, locking out Protect with Imprison can help Mesprit's offensive teammates attack indiscriminately.
If your team needs a Psychic-type Trick Room setter, Cresselia may be the way to go. Do not use them for similar purposes as Mesprit is significantly less bulky compared to Cresselia.
Imprison Mesprit is best suited with fast and offensive Pokemon. Without the fear of Trick Room, its teammates can remain on the offensive for the duration of the battle.
Support | Physical Attacker |
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Mesprit | Landorus (Therian Forme) |
Special Attacker | Physical Attacker |
Heatran | Rillaboom |
Mesprit can benefit from having teammates that can go on the offensive immediately. Landorus-T is a Pokemon that fits this bill, threatening immediate damage with its consistent movepool.
Heatran and Rillaboom are strong teammates to have, that can benefit from Mesprit's Trick Room if necessary.
Mesprit will not be able to survive multiple powerful super-effective hits. While it can Terastallize to shed its weakness, it also forces the player to commit Tera, which is a valuable resource.
Pokemon | Description |
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Chi-Yu | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Can force Mesprit to Tera or deal sizeable damage with Dark Pulse. ・Can KO regular Mesprit or Tera Dark with Beads of Ruin Overheat. ▶️Chi-Yu Best Movesets |
Urshifu Single-Strike Style | Ranking: ★★★★
・Can KO Mesprit with Wicked Blow even through Protect. ・Can force Mesprit to Tera or threaten KOing it. ▶️Urshifu Single-Strike Style Best Movesets](/games/Pokemon-Scarlet-Violet/archives/413971) |
Kingambit | Ranking: ★★★★
・Can force Mesprit to Tera or outright KO it with Kowtow Cleave. ▶️Kingambit Best Movesets |
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