Best moves for Sylveon in Pokémon Legends: Arceus

In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, moves determine your Pokémon’s potential in battle. Pokémon will naturally learn more powerful ones as it levels up, but you can also visit Zisu in Jubilife Village to have it learn others for a price. This is true for every Pokémon in the game, including Sylveon—one of Eevee’s many evolutionary forms.

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Best moves for Sylveon

Sylveon is a Sp. Defensive Pokémon with an equally high Sp. Attack stat. This means that it’s better off keeping special attacks over physical ones like Play Rough. Given that, below are the best moves it can learn.

• Dazzling Gleam
• Mystical Fire
• Shadow Ball
• Rest

All these moves can be learned from the Move Tutor, Zisu.

Moves that are used by Pokémon of the same type have their base damage increased by 50%. We call this same-type attack bonus (STAB). Dazzling Gleam is going to be your Sylveon’s main STAB move due to its high power. Meanwhile, Mystical Fire is super effective against Steel Pokémon, which it’s weak to.

Shadow Ball is there for more coverage. It’s a powerful Ghost move and is super effective against Psychic and Ghost, which are abundant during the night.

Finally, Rest is for regening HP, a great move for a bulky Pokémon like Sylveon in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. After all, the game doesn’t have the sleep status—only drowsy. Drowsy Pokémon can still sometimes move. It’s no different from being paralyzed and will only last a maximum of five turns.

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