What is a good moveset for Delcatty?

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Delcatty(M) @ Choice Band

Trait: Normalize

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd

Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)

:| — Normalize gives you STAB on all of your moves, so that makes them more bearable.Iron Tail has a good hefty 100 base power, and lower accuracy, with a Change to lower defense, type coverage doesn’t really matter, he doesn’t have any.Zen Headbutt Has less than perfect accuracy, but has a standard base power, and a decent flinch rate. Sucker Punch is priority, like Extreme Speed that only works when your opponent attacks for Delcatty here. And Dig can hopefully be used in some strategetic manner.

Delcatty (F) @ Life Orb

Trait: Cute Charm

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Timid Nature (+Spe, -Atk)

Calm Mind boosts SpA and SpD which should hopefully make it take special hits somewhat decent and to decent damage back.Ice Beam and Thunderbolt have good coverage and hits most things at least neutral, hopefully super effective.Baton Pass lets Delcatty escape and bass its boost to a teammate which can be helpful.Wish is healing and can be used to heal teammates as well.However, if you use Wish, a spread of 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe is better to heal its teammates more.

Gen 7 (USUM)

Delcatty @ Choice SpecsAbility: Wonder SkinEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Uproar- Shadow Ball- Ice Beam- Thunderbolt

I know what you’re thinking.“Uproar? Really?“Well, to that I say go look at it’s movepool. It’s already Choice-locked anyway. Shadow Ball is for Ghosts, and it has BoltBeam coverage.

Gen 7Delcatty @ Silk ScarfAbility: NormalizeEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Fake Out- Foresight- Last Resort

Start with Fake Out. Then use Foresight. Then Last Resort. Boom.

Gen V

Delcatty (F) @ Focus Sash

Trait: Normalize

EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spd

Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)

Gen V Set for Skitty

Skitty (M) @ Eviolite

Trait: Cute Charm

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef

Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)

I think we can all agree that this is one of the worst pokemon ever.Ability: NormalizeNature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)EVs: 252 SpA, 252 Spe, 4 HPItem: Life Orb/Silk Scarf- Ice Beam- high power STAB- Thunderbolt- high power STAB- Foresight- Ghost types are going to kill Normalize Delcatty so this move is a must- Charge Beam- boost your SpA

Delcatty (F) @ Normal GemTrait: NormalizeEVs: 128 Atk / 252 Def / 128 SAtkBrave Nature (+Atk, -Spd)- Ice Beam- Sucker Punch- Thunderbolt- Dig

Delcatty (F) @ Silk Scarf / Life OrbAbility: NormalizeEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 SpdAdamant / Jolly Nature

Surprised no one at all mentioned the infamous calm pass set. Which is probably Delcatty’s best set.Calm PassAbility: Wonder skinItem: leftoversEVs: 252 HP, 252 Def, 4 SpdNature:BoldMoves:Calm mindSubstituteHyper voiceBaton Pass

Skitty (F) @ EvioliteTrait: Wonder SkinEVs: 252 Def / 4 HP / 252 SDefCalm Nature (+ SDef, - Atk)- Toxic- Cosmic Power / Mud Bomb- Wish- Protect

STALLERDelcatty@LeftoversABILITY: Wonder SkinNATURE: Impish (+Def -SpAtk)IVs: 252 Def/252 SpDef/4 HP

Simple BeamTickleCaptivateThunder Wave

Use Simple Beam first, then proceed to lower their stats. Thunder Wave to paralyze, then switch out to another Pokemon.SWEEPERDelcatty@Normal Gem/Silk ScarfABILITY: Wonder SkinNATURE: Jolly (+Spd-SpAtk)IVs: 252 Atk/252 Spd/4 HP

ReturnPaybackGrass KnotZen Headbutt

Gen 7 ZU

Delcatty @ Life Orb / Silk Scarf / Rowap Berry / Custap BerryAbility: NormalizeEVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SpeAdamant Nature

Return is consistent STAB that is powerful… for Delcatty’s standards. Fake Out is free damage. Sucker Punch is decent STAB priority. In the last slot, Thunder Wave can be used to hax the enemy to death (good luck, have fun), Toxic puts the opponent on a timer and makes enemies easier to revenge-kill, Natural Gift with a Rowap Berry becomes an 80 Base Power Dark type move, while Natural Gift with a Custap Berry becomes an 80 Base Power Ghost type move. Or just use Foresight, but that’s boring. I’d like to point out that a Normalize Thunder Wave or Toxicdoeshit Ghost types, since type immunities don’t apply to status moves. And yes, Natural Gift is not affected by Normalize.

Delcatty @ Focus Sash / Silk ScarfAbility: NormalizeEVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpeModest / Timid Nature- Thunderbolt- Shadow Ball / Heal Bell- Nasty Plot / Cosmic Power / Calm Mind- Baton Pass