Competitive Information for Entei [Ruby/Sapphire]


Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Entei? 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.
Entei is an awesome Fire-typed Pokemon. Entei is a not-uncommon Pokemon to see in Generation 3. Entei is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 132 Hp / 228 SpA / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Flamethrower
- Calm Mind
- Substitute
- Toxic
Special Sweeper Entei (Popular/Trending)
Entei is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. In the old days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Entei last longer regaining it's health points every turn. With Pressure, if Entei is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Entei's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Entei takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 12 SpD / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Dig / Mud-Slap
- Rock Smash
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Entei (Pressure)
Entei is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed 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 Pressure, if Entei is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Dig is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Mud-Slap is a physical 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 20-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Entei this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Entei? 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: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 12 SpD / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Dig / Mud-Slap
- Rock Smash
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Entei (Pressure)
Entei is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the dark days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Pressure, if Entei is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Dig is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Mud-Slap is a physical 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 20-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Entei this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Entei 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 Entei 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 Entei
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Entei's stats
- Calm Mind
Most notable and possible best moves for Entei
- Calm Mind
- Flamethrower
- Hidden Power Grass
- Other
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Substitute
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Entei in Ruby and Sapphire
- Timid Nature ( 132/0/0/228/0/148/ )
- Timid Nature ( 184/0/0/72/0/252/ )
- Optimize Entei's EV spread for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
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