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 an outstanding 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.
Species: Larvitar 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.
♦ 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 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).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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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.
Species: Larvitar 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.
♦ 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 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).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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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.
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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 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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