Competitive Information for Deoxys (speed) [Black/White]
Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Deoxys-speed? 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.
Deoxys is a sensational Psychic-typed Pokemon. Deoxys is a pretty regular Pokemon to see in Generation 5. Deoxys is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Deoxys is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / Drain Punch
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Zen Headbutt
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Deoxys-Speed (Pressure)
Deoxys is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Deoxys's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Life Orb boosts the power of Deoxys's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Deoxys is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Deoxys recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Psycho Boost / Psychic
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Deoxys-Speed (Pressure)
Deoxys is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Deoxys's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Psycho Boost). Life Orb boosts the power of Deoxys's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Deoxys is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ 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: Light Clay
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Stealth Rock
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Fire Punch / Taunt
Deoxys-Speed Support (Alien Screener)
Deoxys is a legendary Support. With Pressure, if Deoxys is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. Deoxys-S uses its amazing base speed stat to help it's team. This works best in teams that pressure opponents by creating multiple setup sweepers in order to overpower the opponent's team with boosted attacks. The combination of Reflect and Light Screen is perfect for this since Deoxys-S halfs the power of your opponent's attacks for eight turns with Light Clay and grants it's teammates enough time to set up and pull off a deadly sweep.
♦ Reflect is a status move (for 5 turns, physical damage to allies is halved).
♦ Light Screen is a status move (for 5 turns, special damage to allies is halved).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Deoxys-speed? 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 / Hard Stone
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Superpower
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Zen Headbutt
Doubles Physical Sweeper Deoxys-Speed (Pressure)
Deoxys is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Deoxys's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Life Orb boosts the power of Deoxys's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Deoxys is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Deoxys's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Psycho Boost / Psychic
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Flash Cannon
Doubles Special Sweeper Deoxys-Speed (Pressure)
Deoxys is a legendary Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Deoxys's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Psycho Boost). Life Orb boosts the power of Deoxys's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Deoxys is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Deoxys-speed learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Deoxys-speed 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 Deoxys-speed
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Extreme Speed, Magic Coat, Snatch, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Deoxys-speed's stats
- Agility
- Amnesia
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Cosmic Power
- Iron Defense
- Meteor Mash
- Nasty Plot
Most notable and possible best moves for Deoxys-speed
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Psycho Boost
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Teleport
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Deoxys-speed in Black and White
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