Competitive Information for Kabuto [Black/White]
Rock / Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Kabuto? 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.
Kabuto is a phenomenal Rock and Water-typed Pokemon. Kabuto is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Kabuto can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Kabuto is weak to Electric, Fighting, Grass, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 76 SpD / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Waterfall / Aqua Jet
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
- Dig
Physical Sweeper Kabuto (Swift Swim)
Kabuto is popular Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Kabuto is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite makes it possibly stronger than it's final form. 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%. Focus Sash helps protect Kabuto from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Kabuto's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Kabuto's speed is doubled.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first).
♦ 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).
♦ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Kabuto? 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: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 76 SpD / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
- Waterfall / Aqua Jet
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Dig
Doubles Physical Sweeper Kabuto (Swift Swim)
Kabuto is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Kabuto 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%. Focus Sash helps protect Kabuto from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Kabuto's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Kabuto's speed is doubled.
♦ Smack Down is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move (removes the target's ground immunity).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Kabuto 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 Kabuto 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 Kabuto
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Weak armor + Item: White herb
- Ability: Weak armor + Item: Weakness policy
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Aqua Jet
- Moves that inflict status: Scald, Toxic
Moves that boost Kabuto's stats
- Ancient Power
- Harden
- Hone Claws
- Iron Defense
- Rapid Spin
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Kabuto
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Rest
- Scald
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Kabuto in Black and White
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