Competitive Information for Kecleon [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Kecleon? 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.
Kecleon is an outstanding Normal-typed Pokemon. It's pretty regular to find yourself dealing with Kecleon when battling in the 5th generation meta. Kecleon's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Color Change
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Foul Play / Sucker Punch
- Aqua Tail
- Brick Break / Drain Punch
Physical Sweeper Kecleon (Color Change)
Kecleon is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Kecleon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Kecleon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Color Change, Kecleon's type changes to the type of a move it's hit by unless it has the type.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Kecleon recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Item: Choice Band
Ability: Color Change
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Moveset:
- Shadow Claw
- Sucker Punch / Brick Break
- Trick
- Return
Kecleon Physical Tank (Kecband)
Kecleon is an astounding Physical Tank. It was designed to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Choice Band will increase the damage of Kecleon's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Color Change, Kecleon's type changes to the type of a move it's hit by unless it has the type.
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Trick is a status move (Kecleon switches its held item with the target's).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Kecleon? 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 / Silk Scarf
Ability: Color Change
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Rock Slide
- Foul Play / Sucker Punch
- Aqua Tail
Doubles Physical Sweeper Kecleon (Color Change)
Kecleon is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Kecleon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Kecleon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Color Change, Kecleon's type changes to the type of a move it's hit by unless it has the type.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Kecleon 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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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Kecleon 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 Kecleon
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- 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, Magic Coat, Protect, Snatch, Fake Out, Feint, Shadow Sneak, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Kecleon's stats
- Ancient Power
- Charge Beam
- Defense Curl
- Hone Claws
- Nasty Plot
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Kecleon
- Fake Out
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Kecleon in Black and White
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