What is a good competitive moveset for Horsea? 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.
Horsea is a pretty decent Water-typed Pokemon. Horsea is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Horsea can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Horsea's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Species: Horsea Item: Mystic Water Ability: Swift Swim Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 88 Hp / 252 SpA / 168 SpD Moveset: - Surf / Waterfall - Ice Beam / Aurora Beam - Dragon Breath / Dragon Rage - Protect
Special Sweeper Horsea (Swift Swim)
Horsea is an awesome Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. In the dark days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Horsea's speed is doubled.
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Water-type move (hits foes. power doubles against dive). ♦ Waterfall is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move that deals a nice amount of damage. ♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target). ♦ Aurora Beam is a special 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage). ♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target). ♦ Dragon Rage is a special 0-base power Dragon-type move (deals 40 hp of damage to the target). ♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Horsea this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Horsea? 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.
Species: Horsea Item: Mystic Water Ability: Swift Swim Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 88 Hp / 252 SpA / 168 SpD Moveset: - Surf / Waterfall - Icy Wind / Ice Beam - Twister / Dragon Breath - Protect
Doubles Special Sweeper Horsea (Swift Swim)
Horsea is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Remember before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Horsea's speed is doubled.
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Water-type move (hits foes. power doubles against dive). ♦ Waterfall is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move that deals a nice amount of damage. ♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage). ♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target). ♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target). ♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Horsea this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Horsea 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 Horsea 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 Horsea
Moves: Endure + Flail
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 Horsea's stats
Agility
Dragon Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Horsea
Hydro Pump
Ice Beam
Protect
Rest
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Horsea in Ruby and Sapphire
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