Competitive Information for Quagsire [Black/White]
Water / Ground
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Water Absorb ability are immune to Water attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Quagsire? 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.
ChanseyFerrothornPolitoedTentacruelDragoniteLatiasBlisseySpiritomb
Quagsire is a sensational Water and Ground-typed Pokemon. It's common to find yourself dealing with Quagsire when battling in the 5th generation meta. Quagsire's only type-related weakness is Grass.
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 248 Hp / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Scald
- Recover
- Toxic
Physical Wall Quagsire (Popular/Trending)
Quagsire is a remarkable Physical Wall. This moveset is designed to take a mighty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Quagsire last longer regaining it's HP every turn. With Unaware, Quagsire ignores other pokemon's stat stages when taking or doing damage.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Quagsire by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Water Absorb
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Ice Punch
Physical Sweeper Quagsire (Water Absorb)
Quagsire is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Quagsire from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Quagsire's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Water Absorb, Quagsire heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by water moves; water immunity.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a hefty 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).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- After You
- Hail
- Curse
- Amnesia
Quagsire Special Wall (Duhsire)
Quagsire is a fabulous Special Wall. It tries to take a considerable amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Quagsire last longer regaining it's it's health every turn. With Unaware, Quagsire ignores other pokemon's stat stages when taking or doing damage.
♦ Hail is a status move (for 5 turns, hail crashes down).
♦ Curse is a status move (curses if ghost, else -1 spe, +1 atk, +1 def).
♦ Amnesia is a status move (raises your Quagsire's special defense by 2 stages).
Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!
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Item: Rocky Helmet
Ability: Unaware
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 248 Hp / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Moveset:
- Yawn
- Curse
- Recover
- Earthquake
Quagsire Physical Wall (Like A Sire)
Quagsire is pretty popular Physical Wall. The purpose of this moveset is to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Unaware, Quagsire ignores other pokemon's stat stages when taking or doing damage.
♦ Curse is a status move (curses if ghost, else -1 spe, +1 atk, +1 def).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Quagsire by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Unaware
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Scald
- Recover
- Toxic
- Earthquake
Quagsire Special Wall (Quag Defense)
Quagsire is a fabulous Special Wall. This moveset is designed to take a decent amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Quagsire last longer regaining it's life every turn. With Unaware, Quagsire ignores other pokemon's stat stages when taking or doing damage.
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Quagsire by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Quagsire? 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.
ChanseyFerrothornPolitoedTentacruelDragoniteLatiasBlisseySpiritomb
Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Water Absorb
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Double-Edge / Frustration
Doubles Physical Sweeper Quagsire (Water Absorb)
Quagsire is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Quagsire from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Quagsire's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Water Absorb, Quagsire heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by water moves; water immunity.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a good 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).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Quagsire 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 Quagsire 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 Quagsire
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- 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, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Yawn, Scald
Moves that boost Quagsire's stats
- Amnesia
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Quagsire
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Other
- Protect
- Recover
- Rest
- Scald
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Quagsire in Black and White
- Relaxed Nature ( 248/0/252/0/8/0/ )
- Relaxed Nature ( 252/0/252/0/4/0/ )
- Optimize Quagsire's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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