Competitive Information for Roserade [Diamond/Pearl]
Grass / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Roserade? 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.
Roserade is pretty popular Grass and Poison-typed Pokemon. Roserade is a pretty regular Pokemon to see in Generation 4. Roserade can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Roserade is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Black Sludge / Focus Sash
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 140 Def / 116 Spe
Moveset:
- Rest
- Sleep Powder / Leaf Storm
- Spikes
- Toxic Spikes / Sludge Bomb
Physical Wall Roserade (Popular/Trending)
Roserade is a remarkable Physical Wall. It's designed to take a considerable amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Focus Sash helps protect Roserade from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Natural Cure, Roserade has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Sleep Powder is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Roserade's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Spikes is a status move (hurts grounded foes on switch-in. max 3 layers).
♦ Toxic Spikes is a status move (poisons grounded foes on switch-in. max 2 layers).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Def / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Petal Dance
- Sludge Bomb
- Weather Ball / Hyper Beam
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Roserade (Natural Cure)
Roserade is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Roserade from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Roserade's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Natural Cure, Roserade has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Petal Dance is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Roserade afterwards).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Roserade cannot move next turn).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Shell Bell
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 199 Hp / 199 SpA / 112 SpD
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm
- Energy Ball
- Extrasensory
- Growth
Roserade Special Tank (A Rose By Any Name)
Roserade is a notable Special Tank. It's purpose is to take a considerable amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Natural Cure, Roserade has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ 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).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Growth is a status move (raises your Roserade's special attack by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Roserade? 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: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Def / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Petal Dance
- Sludge Bomb
- Weather Ball / Hyper Beam
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Roserade (Natural Cure)
Roserade is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Roserade from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Roserade's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Natural Cure, Roserade has its major status condition cured when it switches out.
♦ Petal Dance is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Roserade afterwards).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Roserade cannot move next turn).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Roserade 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 Roserade 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 Roserade
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Stun Spore, Toxic, Sleep Powder
Moves that boost Roserade's stats
- Growth
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Roserade
- Giga Drain
- Grass Knot
- Hidden Power Fire
- Hidden Power Ground
- Hidden Power Ice
- Leaf Storm
- Protect
- Rest
- Sleep Powder
- Sludge Bomb
- Spikes
- Stun Spore
- Toxic
- Toxic Spikes
Common Effort Values for Roserade in Diamond and Pearl
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/140/0/0/116/ )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Optimize Roserade's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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