What is a good competitive moveset for Grimer? 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.
Grimer is a marvelous Poison-typed Pokemon. Grimer is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Grimer can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Grimer's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic.
Grimer is an astounding Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Grimer from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Grimer's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Grimer's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target). ♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Grimer? 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.
Species: Grimer Item: Life Orb / Hard Stone Ability: Poison Touch Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Moveset: - Rock Slide - Poison Jab - Frustration / Return - Fire Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Grimer (Poison Touch)
Grimer is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Grimer from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Grimer's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Grimer's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Grimer 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Grimer 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 Grimer
Moves: Mimic + Imprison
Moves: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
Moves: Pain split + Toxic
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, Helping Hand, Protect, Shadow Sneak
Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Grimer's stats
Acid Armor
Curse
Harden
Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Grimer
Protect
Rest
Taunt
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Grimer in Black and White
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