Competitive Information for Larvitar [Ruby/Sapphire]
Rock / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Larvitar? 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.
Larvitar is pretty popular Rock and Ground-typed Pokemon. Larvitar is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Larvitar can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Larvitar is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Ice, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Soft Sand
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Dig
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Rock Slide / Ancient Power
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Larvitar (Guts)
Larvitar is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Keep in mind back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Guts, if Larvitar is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Larvitar a sweet boost.
♦ Dig is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Larvitar is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Ancient Power is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Larvitar this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Larvitar? 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: Soft Sand
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Dig
- Rock Slide / Ancient Power
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Larvitar (Guts)
Larvitar is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is 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 Guts, if Larvitar is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Larvitar a sweet boost.
♦ Dig is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Ancient Power is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Larvitar is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Larvitar this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Larvitar 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 Larvitar 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 Larvitar
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Guts + Item: Flame orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Larvitar's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Dragon Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Larvitar
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Larvitar in Ruby and Sapphire
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