Competitive Information for Ivysaur [Diamond/Pearl]
Grass / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Ivysaur? 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.
Ivysaur is a fabulous Grass and Poison-typed Pokemon. Ivysaur is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Ivysaur is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Petal Dance
- Sludge Bomb / Sludge
- Snore
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Ivysaur
Ivysaur is an outstanding 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 Ivysaur's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Ivysaur's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Ivysaur's grass-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Petal Dance is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Ivysaur afterwards).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Sludge is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Ivysaur must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ivysaur? 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 / Choice Specs
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Petal Dance
- Sludge Bomb / Sludge
- Snore
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Ivysaur
Ivysaur is a decent Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Ivysaur's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Ivysaur's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Ivysaur's grass-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Petal Dance is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Ivysaur afterwards).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Sludge is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Ivysaur must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Ivysaur learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Ivysaur 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 Ivysaur
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Safeguard + Petal dance
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Overgrow + Item: Focus sash
- 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, Toxic
Moves that boost Ivysaur's stats
- Amnesia
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Growth
- Skull Bash
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Ivysaur
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Ivysaur in Diamond and Pearl
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