What is a good competitive moveset for Wormadam-sandy? 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.
Wormadam is a wonderful Bug and Ground-typed Pokemon. Wormadam are common Pokemon to see in the DP metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Wormadam is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Wormadam-Sandy Item: Life Orb / Choice Band Ability: Anticipation Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Moveset: - Earthquake / Dig - Return / Secret Power - Bug Bite - Sucker Punch / Thief
Physical Sweeper Wormadam-Sandy
Wormadam is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Wormadam's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Wormadam's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Anticipation, on switch-in Wormadam shudders if any foe has a supereffective or ohko move.
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig). ♦ Dig is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)). ♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Wormadam steals and eats the target's berry). ♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking). ♦ Thief is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Wormadam has no item, it steals the target's).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Wormadam-sandy? 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: Wormadam-Sandy Item: Life Orb / Choice Band Ability: Anticipation Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Moveset: - Earthquake / Dig - Return / Secret Power - Bug Bite - Sucker Punch / Thief
Doubles Physical Sweeper Wormadam-Sandy
Wormadam is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Wormadam's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Wormadam's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Anticipation, on switch-in Wormadam shudders if any foe has a supereffective or ohko move.
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig). ♦ Dig is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)). ♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Wormadam steals and eats the target's berry). ♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking). ♦ Thief is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Wormadam has no item, it steals the target's).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Wormadam-sandy 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 Wormadam-sandy 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 Wormadam-sandy
Moves: Swagger + Psych up
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Endure + Endeavor
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch
Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Wormadam-sandy's stats
Harden
Most notable and possible best moves for Wormadam-sandy
Earthquake
Protect
Rest
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Wormadam-sandy in Diamond and Pearl
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