Competitive Information for Snubbull [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Snubbull? 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.
Snubbull is a marvelous Normal-typed Pokemon. Snubbull is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Snubbull can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Snubbull's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Superpower / Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Wild Charge / Thunder Punch
Physical Sweeper Snubbull (Intimidate)
Snubbull is popular Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Snubbull's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Snubbull from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Snubbull's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Intimidate, on switch-in Snubbull lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Frustration is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Snubbull's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Snubbull's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Snubbull? 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 / Silk Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Close Combat / Superpower
- Wild Charge / Thunder Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Snubbull (Intimidate)
Snubbull is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Snubbull's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Close Combat). Focus Sash helps protect Snubbull from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Snubbull's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Intimidate, on switch-in Snubbull lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Frustration is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ 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).
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Snubbull's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Snubbull's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Snubbull learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Snubbull 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 Snubbull
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Snubbull's stats
- Bulk Up
- Defense Curl
- Rage
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Snubbull
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Snubbull in Black and White
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