Competitive Information for Butterfree [Black/White]
Bug / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Butterfree? 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.
Butterfree is a sensational Bug and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's a super common sight to see Butterfree out in the 5th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Butterfree is weak to Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Silver Powder
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Bug Buzz / Signal Beam
- Psychic
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Butterfree (Compound Eyes)
Butterfree is a wonderful Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Butterfree from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Butterfree's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Compound Eyes, Butterfree's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3.
♦ Signal Beam is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Butterfree recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Leftovers / Life Orb
Ability: Tinted Lens
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Quiver Dance
- Bug Buzz
- Substitute
- Sleep Powder
Butterfree Special Sweeper (Quiverfree Unleashed)**
Butterfree is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Butterfree last longer regaining it's it's life every turn. With Tinted Lens, Butterfree's attacks that are not very effective on a target deal double damage. Sleep Powder is key to this set, as Butterfree's main way to set up on an opponent is to put them to sleep. It is usually a safe option to simply throw out first when Butterfree is sent out, as BW's sleep mechanics basically guarantee that a sleeping Pokemon is effectively knocked out.
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Butterfree takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Sleep Powder is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Butterfree? 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: Life Orb / Sharp Beak
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter
- Bug Buzz / Signal Beam
- Electroweb
- Psychic
Doubles Special Sweeper Butterfree (Compound Eyes)
Butterfree is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Butterfree from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Butterfree's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Compound Eyes, Butterfree's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3.
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Electroweb is a special 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Butterfree 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 Butterfree 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 Butterfree
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Rage Powder
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Stun Spore, Toxic, Sleep Powder
Moves that boost Butterfree's stats
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Ominous Wind
- Quiver Dance
- Silver Wind
Most notable and possible best moves for Butterfree
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Butterfree in Black and White
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