Competitive Information for Beedrill [Diamond/Pearl]
Bug / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Beedrill? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Beedrill is an awesome Bug and Poison-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to see Beedrill show up as a Diamond/Pearl opponent. Beedrill is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- X-Scissor / U-turn
- Poison Jab / Poison Sting
- Brick Break / Rock Smash
Physical Sweeper Beedrill
Beedrill is a decent Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Beedrill from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Beedrill's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Beedrill's bug-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (Beedrill switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Poison Sting is a physical STAB-boosted 15-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Beedrill? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- X-Scissor / U-turn
- Poison Jab / Poison Sting
- Brick Break / Rock Smash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Beedrill
Beedrill is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Beedrill from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Beedrill's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Beedrill's bug-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (Beedrill switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Poison Sting is a physical STAB-boosted 15-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 40-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Beedrill 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 Beedrill can perform in Diamond/Pearl. 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 DP Move and Ability Combos for Beedrill
- Moves: Sunny Day + Solar Beam
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Optimize Beedrill's EVs for Diamond/Pearl
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