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Roaring Moon, a Dragon and Dark type Pokémon, official artwork

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Roaring Moon: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

DragonDarkUber

Roaring Moon is a fast, hard-hitting attacker, led by its Attack (139) and Speed (119), with a base stat total of 590. Competitively it is banned from standard play for being too strong; a top pick in Ubers and unrestricted formats.

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What is Roaring Moon weak to?

How much damage Roaring Moon takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toFairy
2×Weak toBugDragonFightingIce
0.5×ResistsDarkElectricFireGhostGrassWater
0×Immune toPsychic

Roaring Moon takes super-effective damage from Fairy, Bug, Dragon, Fighting, Ice (Fairy hit it for 4x damage). It resists Dark, Electric, Fire, Ghost, Grass, Water and is immune to Psychic.

Best moveset for Roaring Moon

Roaring Moon has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Draco MeteorDragon130
  • Fire BlastFire110
  • HurricaneFlying110

Best nature for Roaring Moon

Jolly. Roaring Moon's Attack (139) far outclasses its Special Attack (55), and its 119 Speed is worth maximising, so Jolly (+Speed, −Sp. Atk) fits best.

Abilities

  • ProtosynthesisSunny Day active or Booster Energy used: highest stat is 1.3x, or 1.5x if Speed.
Full learnset (68 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Draco MeteorDragon13090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
HurricaneFlying11070%Special
Hydro PumpWater11080%Special
Dragon RushDragon10075%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Heat WaveFire9590%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
FlyFlying9095%Physical
Hyper VoiceNormal90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dragon PulseDragon85100%Special
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
DigGround80100%Physical
Dragon ClawDragon80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Jaw LockDark80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Air SlashFlying7595%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
Night SlashDark70100%Physical
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
U-turnBug70100%Physical
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Thunder FangElectric6595%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
Breaking SwipeDragon60100%Physical
Dragon BreathDragon60100%Special
Dragon TailDragon6090%Physical
IncinerateFire60100%Special
AcrobaticsFlying55100%Physical
SnarlDark5595%Special
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
Fire SpinFire3585%Special
Scale ShotDragon2590%Physical
Dragon CheerDragon--Status
Dragon DanceDragon--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Focus EnergyNormal--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
RoostFlying--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
TailwindFlying--Status
TauntDark-100%Status