Competitive Information for Quilava [Black/White]
Fire
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Flash Fire ability are immune to Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Quilava? 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.
Quilava is a wonderful Fire-typed Pokemon. Quilava is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Quilava is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Charcoal
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Flame Wheel
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Wild Charge / Dig
- Brick Break / Double Kick
Physical Sweeper Quilava
Quilava is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Quilava from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Quilava's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Quilava's attacking stat is 1.5x with fire attacks.
♦ Flame Wheel is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target. thaws Quilava).
♦ 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).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Double Kick is a physical 30-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/fs10a9c
Item: Life Orb / Charcoal
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Eruption / Overheat
- Extrasensory
- Round / Snore
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Quilava
Quilava is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Quilava from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Quilava's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Quilava's attacking stat is 1.5x with fire attacks.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Quilava's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Quilava must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/fs11a9c
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Quilava? 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 / Charcoal
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Flame Wheel
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Wild Charge / Dig
- Brick Break / Double Kick
Doubles Physical Sweeper Quilava
Quilava is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Quilava from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Quilava's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Quilava's attacking stat is 1.5x with fire attacks.
♦ Flame Wheel is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target. thaws Quilava).
♦ 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).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Double Kick is a physical 30-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/fd10a9c
Item: Life Orb / Charcoal
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Eruption / Heat Wave
- Extrasensory
- Round / Snore
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Quilava
Quilava is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Quilava from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Quilava's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Quilava's attacking stat is 1.5x with fire attacks.
♦ Heat Wave is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Quilava must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/fd11a9c
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Quilava 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 Quilava 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 Quilava
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Blaze + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Inferno
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Quilava's stats
- Defense Curl
- Flame Charge
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Quilava
- Blast Burn
- Eruption
- Howl
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Quilava in Black and White
- Nature ( )
- Nature ( )
- Optimize Quilava's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
Related Videos
Here are various how-to-use and competitive moveset analysis video guides for Quilava in Black/White. These featured videos will most likely contain additional strategies and combos not listed on our site. Disclaimer: All videos belong to their respective owners along with the views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the videos. They belong solely to the author and not to us.
We currently do not have any competitive video guides for Quilava in Black/White
Want to have your Competitive Pokemon videos sponsored on our site? Contact us!
Some builds on this page have been hidden, click here to display them
Here are the best movesets for Quilava. Top rated Quilava Black/White movesets. You can find Quilava builds Black/White. Quilava movesets Black/White are listed here. VGC Quilava Competitive Movesets can be found here. Find various EV spreads, find the best nature for Quilava in Black/White along with competitive movesets. Basic info and Movesets for Typhlosion evolution