Competitive Information for Dewgong [Ruby/Sapphire]
Water / Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Dewgong? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Dewgong is an awesome Water and Ice-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to see Dewgong show up as a Ruby/Sapphire opponent. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Dewgong is weak to Electric, Fighting, Grass, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Signal Beam
- Lick
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Dewgong (Thick Fat)
Dewgong is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Remember before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Thick Fat, the power of fire- and ice-type attacks against Dewgong is halved.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Signal Beam is a physical 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Lick is a physical 20-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Dewgong this turn).
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Item: Mystic Water
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Waterfall
- Ice Beam / Aurora Beam
- Thief
- Protect
Special Sweeper Dewgong (Thick Fat)
Dewgong is an interesting Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Thick Fat, the power of fire- and ice-type attacks against Dewgong is halved.
♦ Waterfall is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Aurora Beam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Thief is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Dewgong has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Dewgong this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Dewgong? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Signal Beam
- Lick
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Dewgong (Thick Fat)
Dewgong is a decent Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Remember prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Thick Fat, the power of fire- and ice-type attacks against Dewgong is halved.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Signal Beam is a physical 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Lick is a physical 20-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Dewgong this turn).
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Item: Mystic Water
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Waterfall
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Thief
- Protect
Doubles Special Sweeper Dewgong (Thick Fat)
Dewgong is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Keep in mind back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Thick Fat, the power of fire- and ice-type attacks against Dewgong is halved.
♦ Waterfall is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thief is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Dewgong has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Dewgong this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Dewgong 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 Dewgong can perform in Ruby/Sapphire. 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 RS Move and Ability Combos for Dewgong
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Perish song + Protect
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Fake Out
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Most notable and possible best moves for Dewgong
- Fake Out
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Dewgong in Ruby and Sapphire
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