Competitive Information for Heracross [Diamond/Pearl]
Bug / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Heracross? 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.
Heracross is pretty popular Bug and Fighting-typed Pokemon. Heracross is a pretty common Pokemon to see in Generation 4. Heracross is weak to Fire, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Guts
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat
- Megahorn
- Stone Edge
- Sleep Talk / Facade
Physical Sweeper Heracross (Popular/Trending)
Heracross is popular Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Heracross from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Guts, if Heracross is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Heracross a sweet boost.
♦ Megahorn is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Bug-type move that deals a vast amount of damage.
♦ Stone Edge is a physical 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Sleep Talk is a status move (Heracross must be asleep. uses another known move).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Heracross is burn/poison/paralyzed).
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Item: Flame Orb / Coba Berry
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Bug Bite / Facade
- Shadow Claw
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Heracross (Guts)
Heracross is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Heracross at the end of the turn which will activate Heracross's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Heracross is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Bug Bite was added to provide additional threat coverage.Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Heracross a sweet boost.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Heracross steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Heracross is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Heracross this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Heracross? 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: Flame Orb / Coba Berry
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Earthquake
- Night Slash / Shadow Claw
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Heracross (Guts)
Heracross is a notable Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Heracross at the end of the turn which will activate Heracross's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Heracross is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Night Slash or Shadow Claw are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Heracross this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Heracross 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 Heracross 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 Heracross
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Guts + Item: Flame orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Feint, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Heracross's stats
- Bulk Up
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Heracross
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Facade
- Knock Off
- Megahorn
- Nothing
- Protect
- Pursuit
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Stone Edge
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Heracross in Diamond and Pearl
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252/ )
- Optimize Heracross's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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