Competitive Information for Virizion [Black/White]
Grass / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Virizion? 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.
Virizion is a stupendous Grass and Fighting-typed Pokemon. Virizion are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. Virizion is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Virizion is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers / Fighting Gem
Ability: Justified
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 220 Hp / 76 SpA / 212 Spe
Moveset:
- Focus Blast
- Giga Drain
- Calm Mind / Reflect
- Taunt
Special Tank Virizion (Popular/Trending)
Virizion is a legendary Special Tank. The purpose of this moveset is to take a mighty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Virizion last longer regaining it's health points every turn. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Virizion recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Virizion's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Reflect is a status move (for 5 turns, physical damage to allies is halved).
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
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Item: Leftovers / Fighting Gem
Ability: Justified
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Focus Blast
- Giga Drain
- Calm Mind / Calm Mind
- Taunt / Taunt
Support Virizion (Popular/Trending)
Virizion is a legendary Support. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Virizion last longer regaining it's health points every turn. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Virizion recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Virizion's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Virizion's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
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Item: Coba Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Justified
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 20 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 Def / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Close Combat
- Leaf Blade / Seed Bomb
- Zen Headbutt / Frustration
- X-Scissor
Physical Sweeper Virizion (Justified)
Virizion is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Virizion's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Life Orb boosts the power of Virizion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move. Zen Headbutt was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Virizion's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
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Item: Coba Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Justified
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 20 Hp / 56 Def / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Synthesis
- Protect
Special Sweeper Virizion (Justified)
Virizion is a legendary Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Virizion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Virizion recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Virizion cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Synthesis is a status move (heals your Virizion by a weather-dependent amount).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Virizion this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Virizion? 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: Coba Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Justified
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 20 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 Def / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Close Combat
- Leaf Blade / Seed Bomb
- Zen Headbutt / Frustration
- X-Scissor
Doubles Physical Sweeper Virizion (Justified)
Virizion is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Virizion's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Life Orb boosts the power of Virizion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move. Zen Headbutt was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Virizion's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
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Item: Coba Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Justified
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 20 Hp / 56 Def / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Synthesis
- Protect
Doubles Special Sweeper Virizion (Justified)
Virizion is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Virizion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Virizion recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Virizion cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Synthesis is a status move (heals your Virizion by a weather-dependent amount).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Virizion this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Virizion 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 Virizion 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 Virizion
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- 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 Virizion's stats
- Calm Mind
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Virizion
- Calm Mind
- Focus Blast
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power Ice
- Hidden Power Rock
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Virizion in Black and White
- Timid Nature ( 220/0/0/76/0/212/ )
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Virizion's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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