Competitive Information for Heracross [Black/White]
Bug / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Heracross? 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.
Heracross is a notable Bug and Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to find yourself dealing with Heracross when battling in the 5th generation meta. Heracross is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Heracross is weak to Fire, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Choice Scarf / Flame Orb
Ability: Moxie
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat
- Megahorn
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge / Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Heracross (Popular/Trending)
Heracross is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Scarf will increase Heracross's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Flame Orb will burn Heracross at the end of the turn. With Moxie, Heracross's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Megahorn is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Bug-type move that deals a high amount of damage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Stone Edge is a physical 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Item: Flame Orb / Coba Berry
Ability: Guts
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Shadow Claw / Night Slash
- Earthquake
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Heracross (Guts)
Heracross is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Heracross's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Close Combat). Flame Orb will burn Heracross at the end of the turn which will activate Heracross's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Heracross is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Shadow Claw or Night Slash are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Heracross this turn).
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Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Moxie
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Stone Edge
- Night Slash
- Close Combat
- Megahorn
Heracross Physical Sweeper (Beastly Beetle)
Heracross is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Scarf will increase Heracross's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Moxie, Heracross's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Heracross's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Megahorn is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Bug-type move that deals a gigantic amount of damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Heracross? 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: Flame Orb / Coba Berry
Ability: Guts
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Bug Bite / Night Slash
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Heracross (Guts)
Heracross is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Heracross's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Close Combat). Flame Orb will burn Heracross at the end of the turn which will activate Heracross's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Heracross is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Bug Bite or Night Slash are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Heracross steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Heracross this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Heracross 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 Heracross 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 Heracross
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Guts + Item: Flame orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Feint, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Heracross's stats
- Bulk Up
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Heracross
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Megahorn
- Night Slash
- Other
- Protect
- Pursuit
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Stone Edge
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Heracross in Black and White
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/4/0/0/252/ )
- Optimize Heracross's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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