Competitive Information for Sigilyph [Black/White]
Psychic / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sigilyph? 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.
SkarmoryDragoniteVolcaronaCloysterConkeldurrEelektrossHippowdonEspeonGastrodonMedicham
Sigilyph is a remarkable Psychic and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to find yourself dealing with Sigilyph when battling in the 5th generation meta. Sigilyph is weak to Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 SpA / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Air Slash
- Ice Beam
- Heat Wave
Special Sweeper Sigilyph (Magic Guard)
Sigilyph is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Sigilyph's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magic Guard, Sigilyph can only be damaged by direct attacks.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 100-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dark Pulse
- Calm Mind
- Thunder Wave
- Ice Beam
Sigilyph Special Sweeper (Life Orb Sigilyph)
Sigilyph is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Sigilyph's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magic Guard, Sigilyph can only be damaged by direct attacks.
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Sigilyph's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sigilyph? 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.
SkarmoryDragoniteVolcaronaCloysterConkeldurrEelektrossHippowdonEspeonGastrodonMedicham
Item: Life Orb / Charcoal
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 SpA / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave
- Synchronoise / Psychic
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Sigilyph (Magic Guard)
Sigilyph is an awesome Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Sigilyph's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magic Guard, Sigilyph can only be damaged by direct attacks.
♦ Synchronoise is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Psychic-type move (hits adjacent pokemon sharing your Sigilyph's type).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sigilyph 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 Sigilyph 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 Sigilyph
- Moves: Gravity + Hypnosis
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Ability: Magic guard + Item: Life orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Hypnosis, Toxic
Moves that boost Sigilyph's stats
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Cosmic Power
- Steel Wing
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Sigilyph
- Air Slash
- Cosmic Power
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Psychic
- Psycho Shift
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roost
- Stored Power
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Sigilyph in Black and White
- Calm Nature ( 248/0/0/8/252/0/ )
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/200/0/0/56/ )
- Optimize Sigilyph's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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