Competitive Information for Tepig [Black/White]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Tepig? 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.
Tepig is an outstanding Fire-typed Pokemon. Tepig is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Tepig can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Tepig is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Charcoal
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Flame Charge
- Superpower / Rock Smash
- Frustration / Return
- Wild Charge / Assurance
Physical Sweeper Tepig
Tepig is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Tepig's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Tepig from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out (usually Flame Charge to boost Tepig for the following turns). Life Orb boosts the power of Tepig's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Tepig's attacking stat is 1.5x with fire attacks.
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Tepig's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Tepig's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Assurance is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
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Item: Air Balloon
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 233 Hp / 241 Atk / 34 SpD
Moveset:
- Heat Crash
- Flare Blitz
- Magnitude
- Take Down
Tepig Physical Tank (Bacon Burger)
Tepig is an outstanding Physical Tank. This moveset attempts to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Tepig's attacking stat is 1.5x with fire attacks.
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Tepig).
♦ Magnitude is a physical 0-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power varies; 2x on dig).
♦ Take Down is a physical 90-base power Normal-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Tepig? 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 / Charcoal
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Flame Charge
- Superpower / Rock Smash
- Frustration / Return
- Wild Charge / Assurance
Doubles Physical Sweeper Tepig
Tepig is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Tepig's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Tepig from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out (usually Flame Charge to boost Tepig for the following turns). Life Orb boosts the power of Tepig's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Tepig's attacking stat is 1.5x with fire attacks.
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Tepig's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Tepig's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Assurance is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Tepig 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 Tepig 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 Tepig
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Ability: Blaze + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp, Yawn
Moves that boost Tepig's stats
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Flame Charge
Most notable and possible best moves for Tepig
- Head Smash
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Tepig in Black and White
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