Competitive Information for Rufflet [Black/White]
Normal / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Rufflet? 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.
Rufflet is pretty popular Normal and Flying-typed Pokemon. Rufflet is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Rufflet can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Rufflet is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Sharp Beak
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Wing Attack
- Frustration / Return
- Superpower / Rock Smash
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Rufflet (Sheer Force)
Rufflet is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Rufflet's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Rufflet from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Rufflet's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sheer Force, Rufflet's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ Frustration is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Rufflet's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Rufflet? 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 / Sharp Beak
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Wing Attack
- Frustration / Return
- Rock Slide
- Superpower / Rock Smash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Rufflet (Sheer Force)
Rufflet is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Rufflet's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Rufflet from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Rufflet's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sheer Force, Rufflet's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ Frustration is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Rufflet's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Rufflet learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Rufflet 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 Rufflet
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Sheer force + Item: Life orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Slide
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Smash
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Snore
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Heat Wave
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Tomb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Crush Claw
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Air Slash
- Moves with Priority: Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Rufflet's stats
- Bulk Up
- Hone Claws
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Rufflet
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Rufflet in Black and White
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