Competitive Information for Kabutops [Black/White]
Rock / Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Kabutops? 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.
Kabutops is a wonderful Rock and Water-typed Pokemon. Kabutops is a pretty common Pokemon to see in Generation 5. Kabutops is weak to Electric, Fighting, Grass, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Mystic Water
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 236 Hp / 252 Atk / 20 SpD
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Double-Edge / Return
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
Physical Sweeper Kabutops (Swift Swim)
Kabutops is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Kabutops's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Kabutops from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Kabutops'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 Kabutops's speed is doubled.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Kabutops's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ 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: Life Orb
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Jet
- Stone Edge
- Rapid Spin
- Swords Dance / Low Kick
Kabutops Physical Sweeper (Fossil Spinner)
Kabutops is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Kabutops's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Kabutops defense is lowered by 1 speed is raised by 1.
♦ Stone Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Rapid Spin is a physical 20-base power Normal-type move (frees Kabutops from hazards, binding, leech seed).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Kabutops's attack by 2 stages).
♦ Low Kick is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (more power the heavier the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Kabutops? 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: Life Orb / Hard Stone
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 236 Hp / 252 Atk / 20 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Double-Edge / Return
- Superpower / Brick Break
Doubles Physical Sweeper Kabutops (Swift Swim)
Kabutops is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Kabutops's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Kabutops from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Kabutops'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 Kabutops's speed is doubled.
♦ Smack Down is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move (removes the target's ground immunity).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Kabutops's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Kabutops 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 Kabutops 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 Kabutops
- 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, Feint, Aqua Jet
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Kabutops's stats
- Ancient Power
- Harden
- Hone Claws
- Iron Defense
- Rapid Spin
- Rock Polish
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Kabutops
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Rest
- Scald
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Kabutops in Black and White
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