Competitive Information for Bonsly [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Bonsly? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Bonsly is an extraordinary Rock-typed Pokemon. Bonsly is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Bonsly can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Bonsly is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Rattled
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
- Foul Play / Sucker Punch
- Brick Break / Low Kick
Physical Sweeper Bonsly (Rattled)
Bonsly is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Bonsly is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was attached to it. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Bonsly from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Bonsly's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rattled, Bonsly's speed is raised 1 stage if hit by a bug- dark- or ghost-type attack.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Smack Down is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move (removes the target's ground immunity).
♦ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Low Kick is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Bonsly? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Rattled
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
- Double-Edge / Return
- Foul Play / Sucker Punch
- Brick Break / Low Kick
Doubles Physical Sweeper Bonsly (Rattled)
Bonsly is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Bonsly is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite makes it possibly stronger than it's final form. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Bonsly from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Bonsly's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rattled, Bonsly's speed is raised 1 stage if hit by a bug- dark- or ghost-type attack.
♦ Smack Down is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move (removes the target's ground immunity).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Low Kick is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Bonsly learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Bonsly can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Bonsly
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Bonsly's stats
- Calm Mind
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Harden
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Bonsly
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Bonsly in Black and White
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