Competitive Information for Escavalier [Black/White]
Bug / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Escavalier? 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.
Escavalier is a sensational Bug and Steel-typed Pokemon. It's normal to find yourself dealing with Escavalier when battling in the 5th generation meta. Escavalier's only type-related weakness is Fire.
Item: Occa Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Overcoat
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Double-Edge / Return
- Iron Head
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Escavalier (Overcoat)
Escavalier is a decent Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Escavalier's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overcoat, Escavalier is immune to damage from sandstorm or hail.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Escavalier steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ 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).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% 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
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Iron Head
- Pursuit
- Megahorn
- Swords Dance
Escavalier Physical Tank (The Jouster)
Escavalier is an outstanding Physical Tank. It's goal is to take a great amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Escavalier's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Escavalier's attacking stat is 1.5x with bug attacks. Use swords dance then follow it up with some powerful attacks.
♦ Pursuit is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if a foe is switching out).
♦ Megahorn is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Bug-type move that deals a massive amount of damage.
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Escavalier's attack by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Escavalier? 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: Occa Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Overcoat
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Double-Edge / Return
- Iron Head
- Poison Jab
Doubles Physical Sweeper Escavalier (Overcoat)
Escavalier is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Escavalier's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overcoat, Escavalier is immune to damage from sandstorm or hail.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Escavalier steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ 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).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% 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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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Escavalier 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 Escavalier 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 Escavalier
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Quick Guard
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Escavalier's stats
- Iron Defense
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Escavalier
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Escavalier in Black and White
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