What is a good moveset for Hypno?

If you have a good competitive moveset for Hypno,post an answer below and upvote the best ones. Movesets for any of its pre-evolutions can also be shared on this thread.

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Hypno @ Wide LensAbility: InsomniaEVs: 158 HP / 100 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Hypnosis- Dream Eater- Barrier- Nightmare / Focus Blast

Hypnosisputs the opponent to sleep, obviously.Dream Eateris STAB and healing.Barriergives him high Defense.Nightmareis for doing more damage in sleep whileFocus Blastis there if you are afraid of Dark/Steel types.

Gen V

Hypno (M) @ Life OrbAbility: InsomniaEVs: 64 HP / 72 Atk / 252 SpD / 120 SpeCareful Nature- Psycho Cut- Drain Punch- Meditate- Thunder Wave

The rarer physical Hypno. Meditate might not be amazing considering the current state of the metagame, but it gets the job done, especially with help from Life Orb. Speed isn’t so much a problem with Thunder Wave. Psycho Cut provides STAB, while Drain Punch provides type coverage, mainly against Steel and Dark. It also heals you, helpful for restoring the health lost from Life Orb. Insomnia stops you from being put to Sleep, which is always annoying. Your EVs provide you with some bulk and a decent enough Attack to use for Meditate to boost. The Speed EVs should allow you to outspeed the foe when you use Thunder Wave, and for some of the slower Pokemon who plague Poison and Steel typing.

Hypno (M) @ LeftoversAbility: InsomniaEVs: 160 HP / 252 Def / 92 SpA / 4 SpDBold Nature- Signal Beam- Psyshock- Hidden Power [Ground]- Calm Mind

Straight to the point.

Signal Beam covers Dark and other Psychics.

Hidden Power [Ground] takes out Fire, Rock, Electric, Poison, and Steel types, even though Poison is already covered by Psyshock, there are moments where Poison Pokemon like Muk excel in Defense over Special Defense.

Psyshock For special walls and STAB.

Calm Mind bulks up his Special Defense higher, and lets him hit harder.

Hypno @ LeftoversAbility: InsomniaEV: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpeAdamant / Jolly Nature- Belly Drum- Wish- Zen Headbutt / Psycho Cut- Drain Punch

Belly Drum: the fun part of the setWish: Use this on the turn right before drummingZen Headbutt / Psycho Cut: reliable STABDrain Punch: Continuously heal back HP while you sweep

This set turns Hypno into a bulky set up sweeper and is able to catch the opponent off guard as Belly Drum is uncommon, especially on Hypno. Max investment in Attack lets you heal back more HP from Drain Punch. The Wish + Belly Drum combo is unique to only Hypno I think and lets him heal back HP before the opponent realizes it.

Gen 7 ZU

Hypno @ Psychium ZAbility: Forewarn / InsomniaEVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Zen Headbutt- Drain Punch / Ice Punch- Belly Drum- Hypnosis

Zen Headbutt is STAB. Drain Punch is healing and covers Dark types, Ice Punch is coverage. Belly Drum makes Hypno pretty threatening if given a chance to set up. Hypnosis can put something to sleep, paving the way for a sweep. Z-Hypnosis raises Hypno’s Speed, so even if it does miss, it still is useful.

Hypno @ LeftoversAbility: Inner FocusEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Belly Drum- Baton Pass- Drain Punch- Psycho Cut / Zen Headbutt

Surprisingly, the only Pokemon (as of right now) who can baton pass Belly Drum is Hypno, Clefable, and Clefairy. Clefable is a Special Attacker and I want Belly Drum to be useful on the Baton Passer, so I instead went for Hypno. Belly Drum and Baton Passes use is pretty self explanatory, Drain Punch is for coverage, and to heal the damage you took from Belly Drum. Psycho Cut/Zen Headbutt is STAB, choose whichever one you prefer.

Edit: So, I didn’t realize this until now butBelly Drum and Baton Pass are incompatible, so I had to completely change the set, sorry for the mess-up!

Hypno @ Blunder PolicyAbility: InsomniaEVs: 252 Atk / 8 SpD / 248 SpeAdamant Nature- Belly Drum- Dynamic Punch- Zen Headbutt / Psycho Cut- Fire Punch

So, the biggest difference in this set is it’s Blunder Policy. Setup Belly Drum, then use Dynamic Punch. If it misses, you’ll gain the speed boost for Blunder Policy. Fire Punch is coverage for your bug type weakness, and Zen Headbutt is your STAB. If you want 100% accuracy, but lower Base Power, then go for Psycho Cut.

Double/triple battle

Hypno (M) @ Light ClayAbility: Inner FocusEVs: 160 HP / 212 Def / 136 SpDSassy Nature- Reflect- Light Screen- Flatter / Swagger- Trick Room

Team support. Dual Screens, Trick Room, and Flatter or Swagger for Own Tempo Pokemon and the like.

Hypno @ Choice SpecsAbility: ForewarnEVs: 140 HP / 252 Def / 116 SpDBold Nature- Trick- Swagger- Foul Play- Psychic

Hypno can be a great lead for your team. Trick your opponent to lock them into a move and they will most likely switch. Swagger to power up Foul Play and Psychic is just for STAB.

Gen 7 ZU

Hypno @ Psychium ZAbility: Forewarn / InsomniaEVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Hypnosis- Nasty Plot- Psychic- Shadow Ball / Focus Blast / Dazzling Gleam

Hypnosis puts things to sleep and raises Speed when powered up into Z-Hypnosis. Nasty Plot boosts Hypno’s power, and Hypno gets to set up for free if it puts an opponent to sleep. Psychic is STAB. Shadow Ball hits Ghosts, Focus Blast hits Dark types, Dazzling Gleam does less damage to Dark types but is more accurate.

Hypno @ Blunder policyAbility: InsomniaEVs: 252 HP / 252 SpDTera type: FairyModest Nature- Hypnosis- Draining kiss- Hex- Nasty plot

Hypnosis will put opponent’s Pokemon to sleep after which you can use nasty plot to raise your special attack to +2. Then you can choose if you want to use hex which does double damage because target is sleeping or draining kiss with tera fairy which will deal a lot of damage and also heal you. In case your hypnosis miss, even better you will recieve boost in your speed which can make hypno powerful sweeper, its quite bulky + draining kiss will keep you alive.