Competitive Information for Volbeat [Black/White]
Bug
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Volbeat? 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.
Volbeat is a remarkable Bug-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty usual sight to see Volbeat out in the 5th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Volbeat is weak to Fire, Flying, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- U-turn / Bug Bite
- Brick Break
- Ice Punch
Physical Sweeper Volbeat (Prankster)
Volbeat is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Volbeat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Volbeat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Prankster, Volbeat's non-damaging moves have their priority increased by 1.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ U-turn is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (Volbeat switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Volbeat steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Tail Glow
- Trick
- Attract
- Confuse Ray
Volbeat Support (Just Beat It)
Volbeat is pretty popular Support. Focus Sash helps protect Volbeat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Prankster, Volbeat's non-damaging moves have their priority increased by 1.
♦ Trick is a status move (Volbeat switches its held item with the target's).
♦ Attract is a status move (a target of the opposite gender gets infatuated).
♦ Confuse Ray is a status move (confuses the target).
Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Volbeat? 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 / Silk Scarf
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- U-turn / Bug Bite
- Brick Break
- Ice Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Volbeat (Prankster)
Volbeat is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Volbeat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Volbeat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Prankster, Volbeat's non-damaging moves have their priority increased by 1.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ U-turn is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (Volbeat switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Volbeat steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Volbeat 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 Volbeat 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 Volbeat
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Volbeat's stats
- Charge Beam
- Ominous Wind
- Silver Wind
- Tail Glow
Most notable and possible best moves for Volbeat
- Baton Pass
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Volbeat in Black and White
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