Competitive Information for Tropius [Black/White]
Grass / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Tropius? 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.
Tropius is a spectacular Grass and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's a normal sight to see Tropius out in the 5th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Tropius is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 220 Hp / 252 Atk / 36 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Blade / Seed Bomb
- Double-Edge / Return
- Outrage
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
Physical Sweeper Tropius (Chlorophyll)
Tropius is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Tropius's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Tropius's speed is doubled.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Tropius afterwards).
♦ 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).
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Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 220 Hp / 252 SpA / 36 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Air Slash / Air Cutter
- Dragon Pulse / Twister
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Tropius (Chlorophyll)
Tropius is a marvelous Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Tropius's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Life Orb boosts the power of Tropius's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Tropius's speed is doubled.
♦ 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).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Tropius cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Naughty (+Atk, -SpD)
EVs: 225 Hp / 225 Atk / 60 Def
Moveset:
- Dragon Dance
- Safeguard
- Outrage
- Earthquake
Tropius Physical Tank (Safeguarding Teh Bananas)
Tropius is an interesting Physical Tank. 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 Tropius last longer regaining it's HP every turn. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Tropius's speed is doubled.
♦ Safeguard is a status move (for 5 turns, protects Tropius's party from status).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Tropius afterwards).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 198 Hp / 252 Atk / 58 SpD
Moveset:
- Dragon Dance
- Leaf Blade
- Sunny Day
- Earthquake
Tropius Physical Tank (Dancer Tropius)
Tropius is a wonderful Physical Tank. It's purpose is to take a considerable amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Tropius's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Solar Power, if sunny day is active Tropius's sp. atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn.
♦ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Sunny Day is a status move (for 5 turns, intense sunlight powers fire moves).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Charti Berry
Ability: Harvest
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Natural Gift
- Roost
- Dragon Dance
- Leaf Blade
Tropius Physical Sweeper (Banana Breath)
Tropius is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Harvest, if last item used is a berry 50% chance to restore it each end of turn. 100% in sun.
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Dragon Dance is a status move (raises your Tropius's attack and speed by 1 stage).
♦ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Tropius? 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 / Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 220 Hp / 252 Atk / 36 Spe
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Double-Edge / Return
- Outrage
Doubles Physical Sweeper Tropius (Chlorophyll)
Tropius is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Tropius's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Tropius's speed is doubled.
♦ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ 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).
♦ 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).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Tropius afterwards).
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Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 220 Hp / 252 SpA / 36 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Dragon Pulse / Twister
- Razor Wind / Hyper Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Tropius (Chlorophyll)
Tropius is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Tropius's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Life Orb boosts the power of Tropius's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, if sunny day is active Tropius's speed is doubled.
♦ 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).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Razor Wind is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Tropius cannot move next turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Tropius 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 Tropius 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 Tropius
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Harvest + Item: Sitrus berry
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Tropius's stats
- Curse
- Dragon Dance
- Growth
- Ominous Wind
- Silver Wind
- Steel Wing
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Tropius
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Tropius in Black and White
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