Competitive Information for Shellos [Diamond/Pearl]
Water
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Storm Drain ability are immune to Water attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Shellos? 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.
Shellos is a remarkable Water-typed Pokemon. Shellos is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Shellos can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Shellos's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Storm Drain
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 136 Hp / 252 Atk / 116 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Return / Body Slam
- Dive
- Counter
- Recover
Physical Sweeper Shellos (Storm Drain)
Shellos is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Shellos's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Storm Drain, Shellos draws single-target water moves to itself.
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Counter is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (if hit by physical attack, returns double damage).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Shellos by 50% of its max hp).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Storm Drain
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 136 Hp / 116 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Surf / Brine
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Earth Power / Mud-Slap
- Sludge
Special Sweeper Shellos (Storm Drain)
Shellos is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Shellos's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Shellos's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Storm Drain, Shellos draws single-target water moves to itself.
♦ Brine is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (power doubles if the target's hp is 50% or less).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Sludge is a special 65-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Shellos? 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 / Silk Scarf
Ability: Storm Drain
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 136 Hp / 252 Atk / 116 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Return / Body Slam
- Dive
- Counter
- Recover
Doubles Physical Sweeper Shellos (Storm Drain)
Shellos is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Shellos's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Storm Drain, Shellos draws single-target water moves to itself.
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Counter is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (if hit by physical attack, returns double damage).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Shellos by 50% of its max hp).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Storm Drain
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 136 Hp / 116 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Surf / Brine
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Earth Power / Mud-Slap
- Sludge
Doubles Special Sweeper Shellos (Storm Drain)
Shellos is a fabulous Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Shellos's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Shellos's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Storm Drain, Shellos draws single-target water moves to itself.
♦ Brine is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (power doubles if the target's hp is 50% or less).
♦ 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).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Sludge is a special 65-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Shellos 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 Shellos 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 Shellos
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Yawn
Moves that boost Shellos's stats
- Amnesia
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Harden
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Shellos
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Shellos in Diamond and Pearl
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