Competitive Information for Seviper [Black/White]
Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Seviper? 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.
Seviper is a spectacular Poison-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty common sight to see Seviper out in the 5th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Seviper's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic.
Item: Life Orb / Poison Barb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Poison Jab / Poison Fang
- Sucker Punch / Double-Edge
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Aqua Tail
Physical Sweeper Seviper (Infiltrator)
Seviper is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Seviper from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Seviper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, Seviper's moves ignore the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist. Sucker Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Poison Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to badly poison the target).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ 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 90-base power Water-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
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Item: Life Orb / Poison Barb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Flamethrower
- Dark Pulse
- Giga Drain
Special Sweeper Seviper (Infiltrator)
Seviper is a notable Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Seviper from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Seviper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, Seviper's moves ignore the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Seviper recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 69 Hp / 195 Atk / 57 SpD / 189 Spe
Moveset:
- Coil
- Aqua Tail
- Substitute
- Earthquake
Seviper Physical Sweeper (Yesssssssssssssssssss)
Seviper is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Seviper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shed Skin, Seviper has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Substitute is a status move (Seviper takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Black Sludge
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 199 Hp / 240 Def / 71 Spe
Moveset:
- Night Slash
- Knock Off
- Toxic
- Earthquake
Seviper Physical Wall (Preciousssssssssssss)
Seviper is an extraordinary Physical Wall. It was designed to take a great amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Infiltrator, Seviper's moves ignore the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist.
♦ Knock Off is a physical 20-base power Dark-type move (removes the target's held item).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons 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 Seviper? 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 / Soft Sand
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Sucker Punch / Double-Edge
- Poison Jab / Poison Fang
- Aqua Tail
Doubles Physical Sweeper Seviper (Infiltrator)
Seviper is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Seviper from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Seviper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, Seviper's moves ignore the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist. Sucker Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Poison Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to badly poison the target).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
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Item: Life Orb / Poison Barb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Flamethrower
- Dark Pulse
- Giga Drain
Doubles Special Sweeper Seviper (Infiltrator)
Seviper is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Seviper from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Seviper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, Seviper's moves ignore the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Seviper recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Seviper 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 Seviper 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 Seviper
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Swagger + Punishment
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Snatch, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Glare, Toxic
Moves that boost Seviper's stats
- Coil
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Seviper
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Seviper in Black and White
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