Competitive Information for Skorupi [Diamond/Pearl]
Poison / Bug
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Skorupi? 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.
Skorupi is a wonderful Poison and Bug-typed Pokemon. Skorupi is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Skorupi can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Skorupi is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Scope Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Cross Poison / Poison Jab
- Night Slash / Crunch
- Slash / Return
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
Physical Sweeper Skorupi (Sniper)
Skorupi is popular Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Skorupi critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Skorupi's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Life Orb boosts the power of Skorupi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Skorupi strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Skorupi steals and eats the target's berry).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Skorupi? 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: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Cross Poison / Poison Jab
- Night Slash / Crunch
- Slash / Return
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
Doubles Physical Sweeper Skorupi (Sniper)
Skorupi is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Skorupi critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Skorupi's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Life Orb boosts the power of Skorupi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Skorupi strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Skorupi steals and eats the target's berry).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Skorupi 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 Skorupi 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 Skorupi
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Whirlwind + Toxic spikes
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Sniper + Item: Scope lens
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Cross Poison
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Night Slash
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Slash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Skorupi's stats
- Acupressure
- Agility
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Skorupi
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Skorupi in Diamond and Pearl
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