Competitive Information for Horsea [Diamond/Pearl]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Horsea? 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.
Horsea is a sensational Water-typed Pokemon. Horsea is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Horsea can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Horsea's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Scope Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Bubble Beam
- Razor Wind / Snore
- Ice Beam / Aurora Beam
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Breath
Special Sweeper Horsea (Sniper)
Horsea is an astounding Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Horsea critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Horsea's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Life Orb boosts the power of Horsea's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Horsea strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
♦ Bubble Beam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (10% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Razor Wind is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Horsea must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Aurora Beam is a special 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Horsea? 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: Scope Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Bubble Beam
- Razor Wind / Snore
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Dragon Pulse / Twister
Doubles Special Sweeper Horsea (Sniper)
Horsea is a sensational Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Horsea critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Horsea's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Life Orb boosts the power of Horsea's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Horsea strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
♦ Bubble Beam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (10% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Razor Wind is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Horsea must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Horsea 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 Horsea 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 Horsea
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Sniper + Item: Scope lens
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Razor Wind
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Horsea's stats
- Agility
- Dragon Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Horsea
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Horsea in Diamond and Pearl
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