Competitive Information for Cottonee [Black/White]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Cottonee? 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.
Cottonee is pretty popular Grass-typed Pokemon. Cottonee is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Cottonee can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Cottonee is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 228 Hp / 252 Atk / 28 SpD
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb / Razor Leaf
- Frustration / Return
- Knock Off / Beat Up
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Cottonee (Chlorophyll)
Cottonee is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Cottonee is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached. 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 Cottonee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Cottonee's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Cottonee's speed is doubled.
♦ Razor Leaf is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 20-base power Dark-type move (removes the target's held item).
♦ Beat Up is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (all healthy allies aid in damaging the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Cottonee this turn).
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Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 228 Hp / 252 SpA / 28 SpD
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Round / Snore
- Protect
- Stun Spore
Special Sweeper Cottonee (Chlorophyll)
Cottonee is an outstanding Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Cottonee is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was equipped. 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 Cottonee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Cottonee's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Cottonee's speed is doubled.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Cottonee recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Cottonee must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Cottonee this turn).
♦ Stun Spore is a status move (paralyzes the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Cottonee? 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: Chlorophyll
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 228 Hp / 252 Atk / 28 SpD
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Seed Bomb
- Frustration / Return
- Knock Off / Beat Up
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Cottonee (Chlorophyll)
Cottonee is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Cottonee is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until it was realized Eviolite would make it quite viable. 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 Cottonee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Cottonee's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Cottonee's speed is doubled.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 20-base power Dark-type move (removes the target's held item).
♦ Beat Up is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (all healthy allies aid in damaging the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Cottonee this turn).
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Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 228 Hp / 252 SpA / 28 SpD
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Round / Snore
- Protect
- Stun Spore
Doubles Special Sweeper Cottonee (Chlorophyll)
Cottonee is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Cottonee is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite. 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 Cottonee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Cottonee's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Cottonee's speed is doubled.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Cottonee recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Cottonee must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Cottonee this turn).
♦ Stun Spore is a status move (paralyzes the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Cottonee learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Cottonee 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 Cottonee
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Helping Hand, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Stun Spore, Toxic
Moves that boost Cottonee's stats
- Cotton Guard
- Growth
Most notable and possible best moves for Cottonee
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Cottonee in Black and White
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