Competitive Information for Victreebel [Black/White]
Grass / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Victreebel? 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.
Victreebel is an astounding Grass and Poison-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty standard sight to see Victreebel out in the 5th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Victreebel is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 184 Hp / 252 Atk / 16 Def / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Leaf Blade / Seed Bomb
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Sucker Punch / Thief
- Bug Bite / Leech Life
Physical Sweeper Victreebel (Chlorophyll)
Victreebel is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Victreebel from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Victreebel'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 Victreebel's speed is doubled.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Thief is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Victreebel has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Bug Bite is a physical 60-base power Bug-type move (Victreebel steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Leech Life is a physical 20-base power Bug-type move (Victreebel recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 184 Hp / 16 Def / 252 SpA / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Morning Sun
Special Sweeper Victreebel (Chlorophyll)
Victreebel is an interesting Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Victreebel's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Focus Sash helps protect Victreebel from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Victreebel'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 Victreebel'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).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Victreebel cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Morning Sun is a status move (heals your Victreebel by a weather-dependent amount).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Victreebel? 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: 184 Hp / 252 Atk / 16 Def / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Sucker Punch / Thief
- Bug Bite / Leech Life
Doubles Physical Sweeper Victreebel (Chlorophyll)
Victreebel is popular Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Victreebel from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Victreebel'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 Victreebel's speed is doubled.
♦ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Thief is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Victreebel has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Bug Bite is a physical 60-base power Bug-type move (Victreebel steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Leech Life is a physical 20-base power Bug-type move (Victreebel recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 184 Hp / 16 Def / 252 SpA / 56 SpD
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Sludge Bomb / Acid
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Morning Sun
Doubles Special Sweeper Victreebel (Chlorophyll)
Victreebel is a remarkable Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Victreebel's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Focus Sash helps protect Victreebel from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Victreebel'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 Victreebel'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).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Acid is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to lower the foes special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Victreebel cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Morning Sun is a status move (heals your Victreebel by a weather-dependent amount).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Victreebel learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Victreebel 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 Victreebel
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Stun Spore, Toxic, Sleep Powder
Moves that boost Victreebel's stats
- Growth
- Stockpile
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Victreebel
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Victreebel in Black and White
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