What is a good competitive moveset for Scolipede? 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.
Scolipede is an outstanding Bug and Poison-typed Pokemon. Scolipede are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. Scolipede is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Scolipede is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Scolipede from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Flame Orb will burn Scolipede at the end of the turn which will activate Scolipede's Quick Feet ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Quick Feet, if Scolipede is statused its speed is 1.5x; ignores speed drop from paralysis. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Quick Feet to seriously give Scolipede a sweet boost.
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Scolipede is burn/poison/paralyzed). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a good amount of damage. ♦ Steamroller is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Bug-type move (30% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Poison Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison). ♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Scolipede this turn).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Species: Scolipede Item: Black Sludge Ability: Swarm Nature: Lonely (+Atk, -Def) EVs: 14 Hp / 247 Atk / 247 SpD Moveset: - Poison Jab - Iron Tail - Megahorn - Rock Slide
Scolipede Physical Tank (Dangerous And Sexy)
Scolipede is a fabulous Physical Tank. It is primarily designed to take a great amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Scolipede's attacking stat is 1.5x with bug attacks.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Iron Tail is a physical 100-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage). ♦ Megahorn is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Bug-type move that deals a notable amount of damage. ♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Scolipede? 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.
Scolipede is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Scolipede's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Scolipede from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Flame Orb will burn Scolipede at the end of the turn which will activate Scolipede's Quick Feet ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Quick Feet, if Scolipede is statused its speed is 1.5x; ignores speed drop from paralysis. Superpower was added to provide additional threat coverage.Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Quick Feet to seriously give Scolipede a sweet boost.
♦ 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). ♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Scolipede's attack and defense by 1 stage). ♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Scolipede is burn/poison/paralyzed). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Scolipede this turn).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Scolipede 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Scolipede 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 Scolipede
Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Sunny Day + Solar Beam
Moves: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Ability: Quick Feet + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
Moves with Priority: Protect, Snatch
Most notable and possible best moves for Scolipede
Protect
Rest
Common Effort Values for Scolipede in Black and White
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