Competitive Information for Treecko [Black/White]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Treecko? 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.
Treecko is a fabulous Grass-typed Pokemon. Treecko is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Treecko can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Treecko is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: White Herb / Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 148 Hp / 108 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Dragon Breath
- Round / Razor Wind
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Treecko (Unburden)
Treecko is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Treecko's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Focus Sash helps protect Treecko from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Razor Wind is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Treecko? 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: White Herb / Power Herb
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 148 Hp / 108 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Razor Wind / Round
- Dragon Breath
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Treecko (Unburden)
Treecko is an astounding Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Treecko's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Focus Sash helps protect Treecko from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Razor Wind is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Treecko 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 Treecko 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 Treecko
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Unburden + Move: Acrobatics
- Ability: Overgrow + Item: Focus sash
- Ability: Unburden + Item: Mirror herb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Detect, Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Treecko's stats
- Agility
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Treecko
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Treecko in Black and White
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