Competitive Information for Steelix [Black/White]
Steel / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Steelix? 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.
Steelix is a notable Steel and Ground-typed Pokemon. Steelix are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. Steelix is weak to Fighting, Fire, Ground, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Ice Fang
- Gyro Ball
- Protect
Physical Wall Steelix (Popular/Trending)
Steelix is popular Physical Wall. It was designed to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Steelix last longer regaining it's it's vitality every turn. With Sheer Force, Steelix's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Gyro Ball is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Steelix than the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Steelix this turn).
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Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Rock Head
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide / Double-Edge
- Iron Head
- Aqua Tail
Physical Sweeper Steelix (Rock Head)
Steelix is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Steelix from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Steelix's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rock Head, Steelix does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 231 Hp / 248 Def / 31 SpD
Moveset:
- Stealth Rock
- Payback
- Rock Slide
- Roar
Steelix Physical Wall (Real Steelix)
Steelix is a fabulous Physical Wall. It's goal is to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Steelix last longer regaining it's it's life every turn. With Sturdy, if Steelix is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko.
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Steelix moves after the target).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Steelix? 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 / Soft Sand
Ability: Rock Head
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Return
- Iron Head
Doubles Physical Sweeper Steelix (Rock Head)
Steelix is popular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Steelix from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Steelix's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rock Head, Steelix does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Steelix 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 Steelix 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 Steelix
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Sheer force + Item: Life orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Slide
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Body Slam
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Headbutt
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Twister
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ancient Power
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Crunch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Smash
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Snore
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Dragon Breath
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Iron Tail
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Mud-Slap
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Secret Power
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Tomb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fire Fang
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Climb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Dark Pulse
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Earth Power
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flash Cannon
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ice Fang
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Iron Head
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Thunder Fang
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Bulldoze
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Steelix's stats
- Ancient Power
- Autotomize
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Harden
- Rage
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Steelix
- Earthquake
- Gyro Ball
- Ice Fang
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Steelix in Black and White
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/252/0/4/0/ )
- Relaxed Nature ( 252/0/220/0/36/0/ )
- Optimize Steelix's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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