Competitive Information for Exeggutor [Black/White]
Grass / Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Exeggutor? 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.
Exeggutor is a marvelous Grass and Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's a frequent sight to see Exeggutor out in the 5th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Exeggutor is weak to Bug, Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 160 Hp / 252 SpA / 92 SpD / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Sludge Bomb
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Exeggutor (Chlorophyll)
Exeggutor is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Exeggutor's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Focus Sash helps protect Exeggutor from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Exeggutor'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 Exeggutor's speed is doubled.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Extrasensory is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Exeggutor cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Item: Heat Rock
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Grass Knot / Curse
- Energy Ball
- Sunny Day
- Solar Beam
Exeggutor Special Sweeper (Sun Beast)
Exeggutor is a fabulous Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Exeggutor's speed is doubled.
♦ Curse is a status move (curses if ghost, else -1 spe, +1 atk, +1 def).
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Sunny Day is a status move (for 5 turns, intense sunlight powers fire moves).
♦ Solar Beam is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm
- Sunny Day
- Substitute
- Solar Beam
Exeggutor Support (Sunny Substitute)
Exeggutor is an outstanding Support. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Exeggutor last longer regaining it's health points every turn. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Exeggutor's speed is doubled.
♦ Sunny Day is a status move (for 5 turns, intense sunlight powers fire moves).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Exeggutor takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Solar Beam is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
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Item: Tanga Berry
Ability: Harvest
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Energy Ball
- Sludge Bomb
- Dream Eater
- Hypnosis
Exeggutor Special Tank (Exeggcution)
Exeggutor is an astounding Special Tank. The purpose of this moveset is to take a mighty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Harvest, if last item used is a berry 50% chance to restore it each end of turn. 100% in sun.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Dream Eater is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Psychic-type move (Exeggutor gains 1/2 hp inflicted. sleeping target only).
♦ Hypnosis is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Exeggutor? 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 / Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 160 Hp / 252 SpA / 92 SpD / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Sludge Bomb
- Hyper Beam / Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Exeggutor (Chlorophyll)
Exeggutor is a notable Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Exeggutor's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Focus Sash helps protect Exeggutor from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Exeggutor'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 Exeggutor's speed is doubled.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Extrasensory is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Exeggutor cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Exeggutor 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 Exeggutor 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 Exeggutor
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Gravity + Hypnosis
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Harvest + Item: Sitrus berry
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Stun Spore, Toxic, Hypnosis, Sleep Powder
Moves that boost Exeggutor's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Exeggutor
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Exeggutor in Black and White
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