Competitive Information for Relicanth [Black/White]
Water / Rock
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Relicanth? 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.
Relicanth is a spectacular Water and Rock-typed Pokemon. It's normal to find yourself dealing with Relicanth when battling in the 5th generation meta. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Relicanth is weak to Electric, Fighting, Grass, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Mystic Water
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 84 Hp / 252 Atk / 168 SpD / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Zen Headbutt / Double-Edge
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
Physical Sweeper Relicanth (Swift Swim)
Relicanth is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Relicanth from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Relicanth's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Relicanth's speed is doubled. Zen Headbutt was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Smack Down is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move (removes the target's ground immunity).
♦ 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: Muscle Band
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Lonely (+Atk, -Def)
EVs: 175 Hp / 243 Atk / 92 SpD
Moveset:
- Zen Headbutt
- Rain Dance
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
Relicanth Physical Tank (Undersea Endeavor)
Relicanth is a fabulous Physical Tank. It tries to take a great amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Relicanth's speed is doubled.
♦ Rain Dance is a status move (for 5 turns, heavy rain powers water moves).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ 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 Relicanth? 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: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 84 Hp / 252 Atk / 168 SpD / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Zen Headbutt / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Relicanth (Swift Swim)
Relicanth is an interesting Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Relicanth from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Relicanth's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Relicanth's speed is doubled. Zen Headbutt was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Smack Down is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move (removes the target's ground immunity).
♦ 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).
♦ 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).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Relicanth 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 Relicanth 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 Relicanth
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Yawn, Scald
Moves that boost Relicanth's stats
- Amnesia
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Harden
- Rock Polish
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Relicanth
- Earthquake
- Head Smash
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Relicanth in Black and White
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