Competitive Information for Watchog [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Watchog? 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.
Watchog is a wonderful Normal-typed Pokemon. It's super common to find yourself dealing with Watchog when battling in the 5th generation meta. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Watchog's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Analytic
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Frustration / Return
- Aqua Tail
- Seed Bomb
- Crunch
Physical Sweeper Watchog (Analytic)
Watchog is a notable Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Watchog from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Watchog's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Analytic, Watchog's attacks have 1.3x power if it is the last to move in a turn.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Shell Bell
Ability: Analytic
Nature: Naughty (+Atk, -SpD)
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Work Up
- Aqua Tail
- Baton Pass
- Fire Punch
Watchog Physical Tank (Baton Pass Warthog)
Watchog is an astounding Physical Tank. It is designed to take a mighty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Analytic, Watchog's attacks have 1.3x power if it is the last to move in a turn.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Baton Pass is a status move (Watchog switches, passing stat changes and more).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 190 Hp / 225 Atk / 95 Spe
Moveset:
- Gunk Shot
- Hyper Fang
- Dig
- Fire Punch
Watchog Physical Tank (Get A Life)
Watchog is a stupendous Physical Tank. The purpose of this moveset is to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Watchog's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Watchog's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Hyper Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Watchog? 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: Analytic
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Frustration / Return
- Aqua Tail
- Seed Bomb
- Crunch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Watchog (Analytic)
Watchog is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Watchog from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Watchog's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Analytic, Watchog's attacks have 1.3x power if it is the last to move in a turn.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Watchog 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.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Watchog 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 Watchog
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Detect, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic, Hypnosis
Moves that boost Watchog's stats
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Watchog
- Baton Pass
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Watchog in Black and White
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