Lunatone
Attack
Defense
Stamina
Best Movesets
Analysis
Lunatone is a somewhat iconic Pokemon, and a bit rare due to the fact that it and Solrock change places in the Northern/Southern hemispheres for each equinox. However, it's genuinely not worth investing in.
Offense
- Rock Throw should be paired with Weather Ball Rock.
- Rock Slide isn't as good of an option.
- Psywave can be paired with Psychic, though Lunatone is poor as a Psychic attacker.
- Confusion is a great Psychic Type Fast Move, but is inferior to Psywave.
- Moonblast has minimal offensive utility on Lunatone.
Defense
- Confusion is great on defense.
- Rock Throw isn’t too shabby, but it’s inferior even when Confusion is resisted.
- Weather Ball Rock is the optimal defensive charge move, with high power and 3 bars.
- Rock Slide is a worse option.
- Psychic is good on defense, but it's redundant with Confusion.
- Psywave pales in comparison to Confusion on defense.
- Moonblast is 1-bar and will probably never get a chance to be used.
Confusion is generally recommended due to its superior energy gains, but Rock Throw can provide direct and immediate Rock-type coverage if needed as a specialist.
Weather Ball Rock costs the least amount of energy, gets STAB, and provides wide coverage. Psychic benefits from STAB to threaten strong Psychic-type damage, while Moonblast is an alternative option that offers Fairy-type coverage to hurt Dark-type opponents.
Lunatone... is not good in PvP. It has a nice moveset overall, but not nice enough to make up for its sub-par typing and slightly offensively-oriented stats. It can be useful in some cases, but its niches are better served by other Pokemon.
