Competitive Information for Spinda [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Spinda? 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.
FerrothornZapdosMewTentacruelPolitoedCloysterShayminGengarLiepardDitto
Spinda is a fabulous Normal-typed Pokemon. Spinda is a frequent Pokemon to see in Generation 5. Spinda's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Leftovers / Air Balloon
Ability: Contrary
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 172 Atk / 40 SpD / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower
- Sucker Punch
- Facade
- Protect
Physical Tank Spinda (Popular/Trending)
Spinda is a phenomenal Physical Tank. It is meant to take a decent amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Spinda last longer regaining it's it's HP every turn. With Contrary, if Spinda has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead and vice versa. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Spinda is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Spinda this turn).
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Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Contrary
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Wild Charge / Thunder Punch
- Sucker Punch
Physical Sweeper Spinda (Contrary)
Spinda is a decent Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Spinda's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Spinda from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Spinda's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Contrary, if Spinda has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead and vice versa.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (increases your Spinda's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ 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).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
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Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Contrary
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Shadow Ball
- Water Pulse
Special Sweeper Spinda (Contrary)
Spinda is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Spinda from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Spinda's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Contrary, if Spinda has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead and vice versa.
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse 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).
♦ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Spinda? 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.
FerrothornZapdosMewTentacruelPolitoedCloysterShayminGengarLiepardDitto
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Contrary
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Rock Slide
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Wild Charge / Thunder Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Spinda (Contrary)
Spinda is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Spinda's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Spinda from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Spinda's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Contrary, if Spinda has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead and vice versa.
♦ Frustration is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (increases your Spinda's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ 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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Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Contrary
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Icy Wind
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Spinda (Contrary)
Spinda is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Spinda from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Spinda's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Contrary, if Spinda has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead and vice versa.
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse 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).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Spinda 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.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Spinda 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 Spinda
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Safeguard + Thrash
- Moves: Wish + Baton pass
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Ability: Contrary + Move: Superpower
- 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, Helping Hand, Protect, Snatch, Fake Out, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Hypnosis, Toxic
Moves that boost Spinda's stats
- Calm Mind
- Defense Curl
- Rapid Spin
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Spinda
- Baton Pass
- Facade
- Fake Out
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Rest
- Sucker Punch
- Superpower
- Toxic
- Trick Room
Common Effort Values for Spinda in Black and White
- Adamant Nature ( 252/172/0/0/40/44/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 252/252/4/0/0/0/ )
- Optimize Spinda's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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