What is a good competitive moveset for Budew? 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.
Budew is a wonderful Grass and Poison-typed Pokemon. Budew is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Budew can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Budew is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Budew is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Budew's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Budew's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Natural Cure, Budew has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Budew's special attack by 2 stages). ♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Budew? 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.
Budew is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Budew's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Budew's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Natural Cure, Budew has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Budew's special attack by 2 stages). ♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Budew 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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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Budew 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 Budew
Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
Moves: Sunny day + Growth
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: Endure, Protect
Moves that inflict status: Sleep Powder, Stun Spore, Toxic
Moves that boost Budew's stats
Growth
Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Budew
Protect
Rest
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Budew in Diamond and Pearl
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