Competitive Information for Octillery [Ruby/Sapphire]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Octillery? 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.
Octillery is a decent Water-typed Pokemon. It's a common sight to see Octillery out in the 3rd generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Octillery's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Suction Cups
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Sludge Bomb
- Seismic Toss
- Mud-Slap
Physical Sweeper Octillery (Suction Cups)
Octillery is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the old days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Suction Cups, Octillery cannot be forced to switch out by another pokemon's attack or item.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a physical 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Seismic Toss is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (does damage equal to your Octillery's level).
♦ Mud-Slap is a physical 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Item: Mystic Water
Ability: Suction Cups
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Waterfall
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam / Aurora Beam
- Psychic / Psybeam
Special Sweeper Octillery (Suction Cups)
Octillery is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Years before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Suction Cups, Octillery cannot be forced to switch out by another pokemon's attack or item.
♦ Waterfall is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ 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).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Octillery? 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: Suction Cups
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Sludge Bomb
- Seismic Toss
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Physical Sweeper Octillery (Suction Cups)
Octillery is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is 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 Suction Cups, Octillery cannot be forced to switch out by another pokemon's attack or item.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a physical 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Seismic Toss is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (does damage equal to your Octillery's level).
♦ Mud-Slap is a physical 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Item: Mystic Water
Ability: Suction Cups
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Waterfall
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam / Aurora Beam
- Psychic / Psybeam
Doubles Special Sweeper Octillery (Suction Cups)
Octillery is an interesting Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Previously before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Suction Cups, Octillery cannot be forced to switch out by another pokemon's attack or item.
♦ Waterfall is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ 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).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Octillery 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 Octillery 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 Octillery
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- 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: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Octillery's stats
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Octillery
- Hidden Power Grass
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Substitute
- Surf
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Octillery in Ruby and Sapphire
- Modest Nature ( 4/0/8/252/0/244/ )
- Modest Nature ( 252/0/0/252/4/0/ )
- Optimize Octillery's EV spread for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
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