Competitive Information for Graveler [Black/White]
Rock / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Graveler? 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.
Graveler is a spectacular Rock and Ground-typed Pokemon. Graveler is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Graveler is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Ice, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Rock Head
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Thunder Punch / Double-Edge
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
Physical Sweeper Graveler (Rock Head)
Graveler is popular Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Graveler is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached to it. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. White Herb will reset Graveler's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Graveler from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Graveler's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rock Head, Graveler does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage. Thunder Punch was 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).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Graveler's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Graveler's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Smack Down is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move (removes the target's ground immunity).
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Item: Eviolite
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 58 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Rollout / Gyro Ball
- Protect
- Defense Curl / Curse
- Toxic
Graveler Double Wall (The Rock)
Graveler is a pretty decent Double Wall. It's meant to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Graveler is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Sturdy, if Graveler is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko. Defense-curl if you want Roll-out, Curse if you want Gyro-ball. Toxic is for Stalling. Protect is great with Toxic.
♦ Gyro Ball is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Graveler than the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Graveler this turn).
♦ Defense Curl is a status move (raises your Graveler's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Curse is a status move (curses if ghost, else -1 spe, +1 atk, +1 def).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Graveler? 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: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Rock Head
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
- Thunder Punch / Double-Edge
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Graveler (Rock Head)
Graveler is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Graveler is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was attached to it. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. White Herb will reset Graveler's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Graveler from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Graveler's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rock Head, Graveler does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage. Thunder Punch was 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 STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Smack Down is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move (removes the target's ground immunity).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Graveler's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Graveler's speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Graveler 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 Graveler 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 Graveler
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- 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
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Graveler's stats
- Ancient Power
- Autotomize
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Graveler
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Graveler in Black and White
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