Competitive Information for Vulpix [Black/White]
Fire
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Flash Fire ability are immune to Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Vulpix? 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.
Vulpix is a fabulous Fire-typed Pokemon. Vulpix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Vulpix is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Heat Rock / Eviolite
Ability: Drought
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Flame Charge
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Foul Play / Payback
- Zen Headbutt
Physical Sweeper Vulpix (Drought)
Vulpix is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Vulpix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached to it. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Vulpix from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out (usually Flame Charge to boost Vulpix for the following turns). Life Orb boosts the power of Vulpix's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Drought changes the weather to Intense Sunlight when Vulpix is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all fire attacks while the Sunlight remains active.
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Vulpix's speed by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Vulpix moves after the target).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Heat Rock / Eviolite
Ability: Drought
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Extrasensory
- Energy Ball
- Dark Pulse
Special Sweeper Vulpix (Drought)
Vulpix is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Vulpix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until it was realized Eviolite would make it quite viable. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. White Herb will reset Vulpix's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Overheat). Focus Sash helps protect Vulpix from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Vulpix's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Drought changes the weather to Intense Sunlight when Vulpix is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all fire attacks while the Sunlight remains active.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Vulpix? 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: Heat Rock / Eviolite
Ability: Drought
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Flame Charge
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Foul Play / Payback
- Zen Headbutt
Doubles Physical Sweeper Vulpix (Drought)
Vulpix is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Vulpix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Vulpix from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out (usually Flame Charge to boost Vulpix for the following turns). Life Orb boosts the power of Vulpix's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Drought changes the weather to Intense Sunlight when Vulpix is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all fire attacks while the Sunlight remains active.
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Vulpix's speed by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Vulpix moves after the target).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Heat Rock / Eviolite
Ability: Drought
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Extrasensory
- Energy Ball
- Dark Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Vulpix (Drought)
Vulpix is a remarkable Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Vulpix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached to it. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Vulpix from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Vulpix's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Drought changes the weather to Intense Sunlight when Vulpix is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all fire attacks while the Sunlight remains active.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Vulpix's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Vulpix 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 Vulpix 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 Vulpix
- Moves: Mimic + Imprison
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Ability: Drought + Item: Heat rock
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Inferno
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Toxic, Hypnosis, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Vulpix's stats
- Flame Charge
- Howl
- Ominous Wind
Most notable and possible best moves for Vulpix
- Howl
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Vulpix in Black and White
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