Competitive Information for Galvantula [Black/White]
Bug / Electric
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Galvantula? 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.
GastrodonPolitoedTentacruelToxicroakHydreigonKeldeoTornadusKrookodileVolcaronaSigilyph
Galvantula is an extraordinary Bug and Electric-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to find yourself dealing with Galvantula when battling in the 5th generation meta. Galvantula's only type-related weaknesses are Fire and Rock.
Item: Life Orb / Leftovers
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunder / Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Bug Buzz
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
Special Sweeper Galvantula (Popular/Trending)
Galvantula is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Galvantula last longer regaining it's it's health points every turn. Life Orb boosts the power of Galvantula's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Compound Eyes, Galvantula's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3.
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Galvantula recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Item: Life Orb / Magnet
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Bug Buzz / Signal Beam
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Galvantula (Compound Eyes)
Galvantula is an awesome Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Galvantula from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Galvantula's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Compound Eyes, Galvantula's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3.
♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Galvantula recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Galvantula 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: Life Orb
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 46 Hp / 209 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Bug Buzz
- Signal Beam
- Sleep Talk
- Rest
Galvantula Special Tank (Spiderman Spiderman)
Galvantula is pretty popular Special Tank. It attempts to take a mighty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Galvantula'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 Galvantula's attacking stat is 1.5x with bug attacks.
♦ Signal Beam is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Sleep Talk is a status move (Galvantula must be asleep. uses another known move).
♦ Rest is a status move (Galvantula sleeps 2 turns and restores hp and status).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Galvantula? 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.
GastrodonPolitoedTentacruelToxicroakHydreigonKeldeoTornadusKrookodileVolcaronaSigilyph
Item: Life Orb / Magnet
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Bug Buzz / Signal Beam
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Hyper Beam / Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Galvantula (Compound Eyes)
Galvantula is popular Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Galvantula from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Galvantula's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Compound Eyes, Galvantula's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3.
♦ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Galvantula recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Galvantula 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 Galvantula 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 Galvantula 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 Galvantula
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Galvantula's stats
- Agility
- Charge Beam
Most notable and possible best moves for Galvantula
- Bug Buzz
- Energy Ball
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power Ice
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Thunder
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Galvantula in Black and White
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Modest Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Galvantula's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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