Competitive Information for Mawile [Black/White]
Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Mawile? 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.
Mawile is an awesome Steel-typed Pokemon. It's a almost common sight to see Mawile out in the 5th generation battlefield. Mawile is weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Metal Coat
Ability: Hyper Cutter
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide / Double-Edge
- Crunch / Sucker Punch
- Ice Punch
Physical Sweeper Mawile (Hyper Cutter)
Mawile is a notable Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Mawile from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Mawile's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hyper Cutter, prevents other pokemon from lowering Mawile's attack stat stage. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 220 Hp / 240 Atk / 48 Spe
Moveset:
- Iron Head
- Baton Pass
- Rock Slide / Ice Fang
- Swords Dance
Mawile Physical Tank (Sweeping Jaw)
Mawile is a fabulous Physical Tank. It attempts to take a hefty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Mawile's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sheer Force, Mawile's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Baton Pass is a status move (Mawile switches, passing stat changes and more).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Mawile's attack by 2 stages).
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 28 Hp / 252 Atk / 228 Spe
Moveset:
- Iron Head
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Ice Punch
Mawile Physical Sweeper (Beauty That Bites)
Mawile is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Mawile's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sheer Force, Mawile's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects. Mawile's Attack reaches a sexy 538 after a single Swords Dance boost, which is further boosted by Life Orb and Sheer Force.
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Mawile's attack by 2 stages).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Mawile? 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: Hyper Cutter
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Iron Head
- Ice Punch / Double-Edge
- Crunch / Sucker Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Mawile (Hyper Cutter)
Mawile is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Mawile from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Mawile's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hyper Cutter, prevents other pokemon from lowering Mawile's attack stat stage. Ice Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Mawile 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 Mawile 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 Mawile
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar Beam
- Moves: Swagger + Punishment
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit Up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Moves: Pain Split + Toxic
- Ability: Sheer Force + Item: Life Orb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Bite
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fire Blast
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Body Slam
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flamethrower
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ice Beam
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Headbutt
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ice Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ancient Power
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Astonish
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Charge Beam
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flash Cannon
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Focus Blast
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Snatch, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Optimize Mawile's EVs for Black/White
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