Competitive Information for Shiftry [Black/White]
Grass / Dark
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Shiftry? 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.
Shiftry is a stupendous Grass and Dark-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Shiftry when battling in the 5th generation meta. Shiftry is weak to Bug, Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Black Glasses
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 120 Hp / 252 Atk / 68 Def / 68 SpD
Moveset:
- Sucker Punch / Payback
- Brick Break / Double-Edge
- Seed Bomb / Razor Leaf
- X-Scissor
Physical Sweeper Shiftry (Chlorophyll)
Shiftry is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Shiftry from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Shiftry's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Shiftry's speed is doubled. Brick Break was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Payback is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Shiftry moves after the target).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Razor Leaf is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
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Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 120 Hp / 68 Def / 252 SpA / 68 SpD
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Dark Pulse / Snarl
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
- Extrasensory
Special Sweeper Shiftry (Chlorophyll)
Shiftry is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Shiftry's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Focus Sash helps protect Shiftry from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Shiftry's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Shiftry's speed is doubled.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Snarl is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Choice Specs
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 6 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Tornado
- Energy Ball
- Dark Pulse / Grass Knot
- Growth / Giga Drain
Shiftry Special Sweeper (Choice Specs)
Shiftry is a sensational Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Shiftry's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Early Bird, Shiftry's sleep counter drops by 2 instead of 1.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Grass Knot is a special STAB-boosted 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
♦ Growth is a status move (raises Shiftry's attack and special attack by 1 stage; 2 in sun).
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Shiftry recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 6 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Nasty Plot
- Dark Pulse
- Shadow Ball / Snarl
- Giga Drain
Shiftry Special Sweeper (Nasty Plottree)
Shiftry is popular Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Shiftry's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Early Bird, Shiftry's sleep counter drops by 2 instead of 1.
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Snarl is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Shiftry recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Shiftry? 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 / Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 120 Hp / 252 Atk / 68 Def / 68 SpD
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Seed Bomb
- Rock Slide
- Brick Break / Double-Edge
- Sucker Punch / Payback
Doubles Physical Sweeper Shiftry (Chlorophyll)
Shiftry is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Shiftry from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Shiftry's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Shiftry's speed is doubled. Brick Break was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Payback is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Shiftry moves after the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 120 Hp / 68 Def / 252 SpA / 68 SpD
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Snarl / Dark Pulse
- Air Cutter
- Icy Wind
Doubles Special Sweeper Shiftry (Chlorophyll)
Shiftry is a sensational Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Shiftry's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Focus Sash helps protect Shiftry from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Shiftry's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Shiftry's speed is doubled.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Snarl is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Air Cutter is a special 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Shiftry 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 Shiftry 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 Shiftry
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Quick Attack, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog, Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Shiftry's stats
- Amnesia
- Defense Curl
- Growth
- Harden
- Nasty Plot
- Ominous Wind
- Silver Wind
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Shiftry
- Fake Out
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Shiftry in Black and White
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