What is THAT moveset for Smeargle?

Almost everyone uses a smeargle to weaken shinies, and I’m curious what it is. What is it in Scarlet and Violet?

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

According tothis recent Reddit thread,the most prominent catching moveset for Smeargle goes something like this:

Smeargle@MetronomeAbility: TechnicianNature: (Doesn’t really matter but Adamant is best)- False Swipe- Spore- Soak- Gastro Acid/Simple Beam/Skill Swap

The Metronome boosts Smeargle’s False Swipe every time it’s used, which is extremely beneficial due to Smeargle’s pitiful Attack stat. Spore is for guaranteed sleep. Soak turning the opponent into a Water-type allows Smeargle to hit Ghost-types with False Swipe and Grass-types with Spore. The last move is used to suppress an opponent’s ability that might be troubling. Abilities like Shed Skin or Vital Spirit or Insomnia that prevent or possibly prevent sleep, or Solar Power that might deal damage to the Pokemon your trying to catch. Those are just a few off the top of my head, but I’m sure there are much more. Skill Swap is probably the best for this, as Steel-types are immune to Gastro Acid, (although Soak fixes that,) and an opponent with Simple and stat changes might get chaotic.

I hope this helps! Please ask if you have more questions.