Competitive Information for Meganium [Black/White]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Meganium? 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.
Meganium is popular Grass-typed Pokemon. It's a super common sight to see Meganium out in the 5th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Meganium is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb / Razor Leaf
- Outrage / Dragon Tail
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
Physical Sweeper Meganium
Meganium is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Meganium's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Meganium's attacking stat is 1.5x with grass attacks.
♦ Razor Leaf is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Meganium afterwards).
♦ Dragon Tail is a physical 60-base power Dragon-type move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
♦ 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).
♦ 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).
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Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Petal Dance
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Ancient Power
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Meganium
Meganium is a decent Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Meganium's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Life Orb boosts the power of Meganium's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Meganium's attacking stat is 1.5x with grass attacks.
♦ Petal Dance is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Grass-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Meganium afterwards).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Meganium cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Ancient Power is a special 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 20 Hp / 235 Atk / 1 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dragon Tail
- Seed Bomb
- Sunny Day
- Earthquake
Meganium Physical Sweeper (Best Set Evah)
Meganium is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Meganium's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Meganium's attacking stat is 1.5x with grass attacks.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Sunny Day is a status move (for 5 turns, intense sunlight powers fire moves).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Meganium? 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 / Miracle Seed
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Seed Bomb
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Outrage / Dragon Tail
- Double-Edge / Frustration
Doubles Physical Sweeper Meganium
Meganium 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 Meganium's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Meganium's attacking stat is 1.5x with grass attacks.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Meganium afterwards).
♦ Dragon Tail is a physical 60-base power Dragon-type move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
♦ 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).
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Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Petal Dance
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Ancient Power
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Meganium
Meganium is an interesting Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Meganium's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Life Orb boosts the power of Meganium's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Meganium's attacking stat is 1.5x with grass attacks.
♦ Petal Dance is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Grass-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Meganium afterwards).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Meganium cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Ancient Power is a special 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Meganium learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Meganium 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 Meganium
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Safeguard + Petal dance
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Overgrow + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Meganium's stats
- Ancient Power
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Meganium
- Earthquake
- Frenzy Plant
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Meganium in Black and White
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