Competitive Information for Skorupi [Black/White]
Poison / Bug
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Skorupi? 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.
Skorupi is a phenomenal Poison and Bug-typed Pokemon. Skorupi is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Skorupi can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Skorupi is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Scope Lens / Eviolite
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Poison Jab / Cross Poison
- Crunch / Brick Break
- Aqua Tail
Physical Sweeper Skorupi (Sniper)
Skorupi is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Skorupi is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite changes that. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Skorupi critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Skorupi's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Focus Sash helps protect Skorupi from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Skorupi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Skorupi strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5. Crunch or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Skorupi steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Cross Poison is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Skorupi? 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: Scope Lens / Eviolite
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Poison Jab / Cross Poison
- Crunch / Brick Break
- Aqua Tail
Doubles Physical Sweeper Skorupi (Sniper)
Skorupi is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Skorupi is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolte was added to the mix. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Skorupi critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Skorupi's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Focus Sash helps protect Skorupi from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Skorupi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Skorupi strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5. Crunch or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Skorupi steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Cross Poison is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Skorupi 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 Skorupi 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 Skorupi
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Whirlwind + Toxic spikes
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Sniper + Item: Scope lens
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Cross Poison
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Night Slash
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Poison Tail
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Slash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Skorupi's stats
- Acupressure
- Agility
- Hone Claws
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Skorupi
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Skorupi in Black and White
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