Competitive Information for Vespiquen [Diamond/Pearl]
Bug / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Vespiquen? 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.
Vespiquen is an extraordinary Bug and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's almost common to find yourself dealing with Vespiquen when battling in the 4th generation meta. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Vespiquen is weak to Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Charti Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Attack Order / X-Scissor
- Slash / Return
- Pursuit / Thief
- Poison Sting
Physical Sweeper Vespiquen (Pressure)
Vespiquen is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Vespiquen's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Vespiquen is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Pursuit is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if a foe is switching out).
♦ Thief is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Vespiquen has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Poison Sting is a physical 15-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Charti Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Gust
- Signal Beam / Silver Wind
- Sludge Bomb
- Power Gem
Special Sweeper Vespiquen (Pressure)
Vespiquen is popular Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Vespiquen's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Vespiquen is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Gust is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Flying-type move (power doubles during bounce and fly).
♦ Signal Beam is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Silver Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Power Gem is a special 70-base power Rock-type move that deals damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Vespiquen? 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: Charti Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Attack Order / X-Scissor
- Slash / Return
- Pursuit / Thief
- Poison Sting
Doubles Physical Sweeper Vespiquen (Pressure)
Vespiquen is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Vespiquen's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Vespiquen is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Pursuit is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if a foe is switching out).
♦ Thief is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Vespiquen has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Poison Sting is a physical 15-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Charti Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Gust
- Signal Beam / Silver Wind
- Sludge Bomb
- Power Gem
Doubles Special Sweeper Vespiquen (Pressure)
Vespiquen is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Vespiquen's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Vespiquen is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Gust is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Flying-type move (power doubles during bounce and fly).
♦ Signal Beam is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Silver Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Power Gem is a special 70-base power Rock-type move that deals damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Vespiquen 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 Vespiquen 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 Vespiquen
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- 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
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Vespiquen's stats
- Defend Order
- Ominous Wind
- Silver Wind
Most notable and possible best moves for Vespiquen
- Destiny Bond
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Vespiquen in Diamond and Pearl
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