What is a good moveset for Manaphy?
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Manaphy @ LeftoversAbility: HydrationNature: Timid (+Speed, -Attack)EVs: 252 Special Attack / 252 Speed / 4 Defense- Tail Glow- Scald- Ice Beam- Energy Ball
Non-Rest set that is optimal in formats where rain is banned/not viable. Tail Glow makes Manaphy a powerful wallbreaker in the span of a single turn, putting a lot of pressure on defensive teams.
Scald is STAB that can pressure the switch with a burn. Ice Beam and Energy Ball help with targets that resist your Water STAB.
Timid is preferable because Tail Glow offers sufficient power, and base 100 is a very crowded speed tier that you’ll want to stay ahead of.
Manaphy @ LeftoversTrait: HydrationEVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 SpdTimid Nature- Tail Glow- Rest- Ice Beam / Grass Knot- Surf / Scald
Standard set in any format where you can have rain. Hydration undoes the sleep from Rest at the end of every turn, which makes Manaphy very survivable when combined with 100 / 100 / 100 bulk, Leftovers, and a good defensive typing.
Aside from that, Tail Glow is one of the game’s best boosting moves which, when combined with rain, makes Surf or Scald (take your pick) a nuke even without Life Orb or a boosting nature or an especially high base power. Which coverage move depends on what you prefer to hit; Grass Knot helps with opposing Water-types while Ice Beam helps with Dragon- and Grass-types that resist your STAB.
This can also be run with Calm Mind and/or bulk depending on how bad you need a response to stall. You can also run Life Orb if you think it’s funny seeing “resisted, -100%” when you use Surf.
Manaphy @ Choice BandAbility: HydrationEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Waterfall- Knock Off- U-turn- Bounce
I really like using physical manaphy, because nobody sees it coming.
Manaphy @ LeftoversTrait: HydrationEVs: 8 HP / 124 Def / 252 SAtk / 124 SDefModest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)- Tail Glow- Ice Beam- Rest- Energy Ball / Surf
Surf can be a replacement, Energy Ball can help cover your Rain users.
Rain use.
Gen 7 DOU
Manaphy @ LeftoversAbility: HydrationEVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Tail Glow- Heart Swap- Dazzling Gleam- Scald
Charizard @ Charizardite YAbility: Blaze —> DroughtEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeModest Nature- Heat Wave- Air Slash- Tailwind- Protect
On turn one, Charizard Mega Evolves and sets up Tailwind while Manaphy uses Tail Glow. Then Charizard Protects and Manaphy uses Tail Glow again. On turn three, Manaphy uses Heart Swap on Charizard, who then proceeds to rip through everything with +6 Sun-boosted Heat Waves. Manaphy can then keep using Tail Glow to up it’s own Special Attack and use Dazzling Gleam, or if it hasn’t done any more Tail Glows it can steal an opposing Pokemon’s boosts with Heart Swap.
Manaphy
Manaphy @ Weakness PolicyAbility: HydrationEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Tail Glow- Surf- Protect- Ice Beam
Awesome For Sweep! Love this Moveset
Set 1: Manaphy @ Damp Rock
Trait: HydrationTimid NatureEVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 HP
Moves:
-Rain Dance-Rest-Scald-Ice Beam
Start by using Rain Dance. With the Damp Rock, Rain Dance will extend from 5 turns to 8 turns. Once your Manaphy has been afflicted with a status condition (i.e. burn, paralyze, poison) or has taken a lot of damage from attacks, use Rest. Hydration will cause Manaphy to automatically wake up due to Hydration while also fully healing itself. Then, Scald is for STAB, a chance to burn the opponent, and an increase of power due to Rain Dance, so Scald now has a BP of 180. Finally, Ice Beam is for coverage against Grass-Types.
Set 2: Manaphy @ Life OrbTrait: HydrationTimid NatureEVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 HP
Moves:
-Tail Glow-Ice Beam-Scald-Heal Bell/Dazzling Gleam
Tail Glow raises SpAtk by 3 stages (x2.5). Scald is for STAB while also being powered by Life Orb and Tail Glow. Thus, making Scald have a BP of 300. Ice Beam is for coverage and Heal Bell is also to heal your team’s status conditions. You can also use Dazzling Gleam to have moves super-effective against more types while also hitting both opponents in a Double Battle.
Manaphy @ LeftoversAbility: HydrationEVs: 248 HP / 80 Def / 180 SpDBold NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Muddy Water- Tail Glow- Energy Ball- Soak
I find the setup extremely annoying.
Allowing you to set upTail Glowwithout too much effort.once(236x2.5=590 SpA)twice(236x4=944 SpA)
Then you can spamMuddy Water (Stab)
Soakenemies and then hit them with a super effectiveEnergy Ball.
You can also replace Soak withIce Beamdepending on your playstyle.
Offense+3 0 SpA Manaphy Muddy Water vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Arceus-Electric: 207-244 (54.3 - 64%) – guaranteed 2HKO
One of the most underrated Pokémon out there.
NATIONAL DEX
Manaphy @ Salac Berry / Lum BerryAbility: HydrationTera Type: GroundEVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA or Spe / 4 Def or SpeTimid Nature- Tail Glow- Surf- Ice Beam- Rest / Tera Blast [Ground]
Tail Glow is a awesome stat boosting move, giving it big sweeping capabilities (expecially with Salac Berry). Surf is a great STAB move. Ice Beam gives coverage for Grass and Dragon types. Rest is to heal, but Tera Blast combined with Ground Tera can give you coverage for things like Toxapex and G-Slowking. Tera Ground also has the benefit of making Manaphy immune to Electric moves. Lum Berry can be used to instantly wake up after a Rest or prevent a parahax.
Have fun using it!
Gen 9 Setup Stealer Manaphy
Manaphy @ Focus SashAbility: HydrationTera Type: Ground/IceEVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 SpeHasty/Naive Nature- Heart Swap- Surf- Tera Blast- Stored Power
Using the focus sash and heart swap, you can guarantee that you live atleast one turn to steal a setup sweepers boosts with heart swap
Surf is for good ol' reliable STAB
Tera Blast is there because it uses both stats depending on which one is higher, so that manaphy can steal a physical attackers boost aswell. Any Tera Type can work, but I simply just chose ground and ice as those can hit common types and the types manaphy is weak to for super effective damage
And stored power is there to have an attack that is stronger with the bigger the boost you stole
I doubt this set would actually be effective as it also relies on manaphy stealing speed boosts for it to outspeed anything due to the insane speed tiers in the recent generations, but it is a fun thing thing I thought of and it could be worth trying out because not only can it save a team from a sweep, it can also bite back on the opponent
