Competitive Information for Drilbur [Black/White]
Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Drilbur? 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.
Drilbur is an astounding Ground-typed Pokemon. Drilbur is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Drilbur can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Drilbur is weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Sand Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Drill Run
- Poison Jab / Brick Break
- Rock Slide
- X-Scissor
Physical Sweeper Drilbur (Sand Force)
Drilbur is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Drilbur from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Drilbur's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Force, Drilbur's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it. Poison Jab or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Drill Run is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
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Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Sand Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 96 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 Def / 60 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Drill Run
- Brick Break / Rock Slide
- X-Scissor
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Drilbur (Sand Rush)
Drilbur is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Drilbur from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Drilbur's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Rush, if sandstorm is active Drilbur's speed is doubled; immunity to sandstorm. Brick Break or Rock Slide are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Drill Run is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Drilbur? 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 / Soft Sand
Ability: Sand Force / Sand Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Poison Jab / Brick Break
- X-Scissor
Doubles Physical Sweeper Drilbur (Sand Force)
Drilbur is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Drilbur from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Drilbur's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Force, Drilbur's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it. Poison Jab or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Drilbur 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 Drilbur 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 Drilbur
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Drilbur's stats
- Hone Claws
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
- Rapid Spin
- Skull Bash
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Drilbur
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Drilbur in Black and White
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