What is a good competitive moveset for Sudowoodo? 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.
Sudowoodo is a pretty decent Rock-typed Pokemon. It's usual to see Sudowoodo show up as a Diamond/Pearl opponent. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Sudowoodo is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Sudowoodo Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb Ability: Rock Head Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 172 Hp / 252 Atk / 84 SpD Moveset: - Wood Hammer / Hammer Arm - Hammer Arm / Double-Edge - Rock Slide - Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Sudowoodo (Rock Head)
Sudowoodo is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Sudowoodo's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rock Head, Sudowoodo does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage. Hammer Arm was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Wood Hammer is a physical 120-base power Grass-type move (has 1/3 recoil). ♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Sudowoodo's speed by 1 stage). ♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Sudowoodo's speed by 1 stage). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sudowoodo? 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.
Species: Sudowoodo Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb Ability: Rock Head Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 172 Hp / 252 Atk / 84 SpD Moveset: - Rock Slide - Earthquake - Wood Hammer / Hammer Arm - Hammer Arm / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sudowoodo (Rock Head)
Sudowoodo is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Sudowoodo's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rock Head, Sudowoodo does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage. Hammer Arm was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig). ♦ Wood Hammer is a physical 120-base power Grass-type move (has 1/3 recoil). ♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Sudowoodo's speed by 1 stage). ♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Sudowoodo's speed by 1 stage). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sudowoodo 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Sudowoodo 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 Sudowoodo
Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Swagger + Psych up
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Sucker Punch
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Sudowoodo's stats
Calm Mind
Defense Curl
Harden
Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Sudowoodo
Earthquake
Protect
Rest
Stealth Rock
Taunt
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Sudowoodo in Diamond and Pearl
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