Competitive Information for Terrakion [Black/White]
Rock / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Terrakion? 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.
Landorus-TherianTyranitarLatiosAlakazamRotom-WashSalamenceGengarBisharpAmoongussSlowbro
Terrakion is a pretty decent Rock and Fighting-typed Pokemon. Terrakion is a usual Pokemon to see in Generation 5. Terrakion can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Terrakion is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Psychic, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Rock Gem / Choice Band
Ability: Justified
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge / Stealth Rock
- Quick Attack
- Swords Dance
Physical Sweeper Terrakion (Popular/Trending)
Terrakion is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Terrakion's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Justified, Terrakion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Stone Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness).
♦ Quick Attack is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Terrakion's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Life Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Justified
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 Atk / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Close Combat
- Poison Jab / Frustration
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Terrakion (Justified)
Terrakion is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Terrakion's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Life Orb boosts the power of Terrakion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Justified, Terrakion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move. Poison Jab was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Terrakion's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: White Herb
Ability: Justified
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 198 Hp / 209 Atk / 103 Spe
Moveset:
- Sacred Sword
- Stone Edge
- Superpower
- Reflect
Terrakion Physical Tank (Wrath Of Terra)
Terrakion is a legendary Physical Tank. It was designed to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. White Herb will reset Terrakion's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). With Justified, Terrakion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Stone Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Terrakion's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Reflect is a status move (for 5 turns, physical damage to allies is halved).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Justified
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Stone Edge
- Rock Polish
- Close Combat
- Swords Dance
Terrakion Physical Sweeper (Dbd Terrakion)
Terrakion is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Terrakion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Justified, Terrakion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move. With Rock Polish and Swords Dance boosting Terrakion's already impressive Speed and Attack, Terrakion can be a huge force to be reckoned with. Add Terrakion's great offensive coverage due to its STAB moves, and you have the makings of an extremely potent sweeper.
♦ Rock Polish is a status move (raises your Terrakion's speed by 2 stages).
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Terrakion's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Terrakion's attack by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Terrakion? 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.
Landorus-TherianTyranitarLatiosAlakazamRotom-WashSalamenceGengarBisharpAmoongussSlowbro
Item: Life Orb / Hard Stone
Ability: Justified
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 Atk / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Superpower / Close Combat
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Poison Jab / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Terrakion (Justified)
Terrakion is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Terrakion's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Life Orb boosts the power of Terrakion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Justified, Terrakion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move. Poison Jab was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Superpower is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Terrakion's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Terrakion's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Terrakion 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 Terrakion 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 Terrakion
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Protect, Helping Hand, Quick Guard
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Terrakion's stats
- Calm Mind
- Rock Polish
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Terrakion
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Quick Attack
- Reflect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Sacred Sword
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Swords Dance
- Taunt
- Toxic
- X-Scissor
Common Effort Values for Terrakion in Black and White
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252/ )
- Optimize Terrakion's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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