Competitive Information for Skarmory [Ruby/Sapphire]
Steel / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Skarmory? 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.
Skarmory is a marvelous Steel and Flying-typed Pokemon. Skarmory are common Pokemon to see in the RS metagame. Skarmory can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Skarmory's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Fire.
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Drill Peck
- Roar
- Spikes
- Toxic
Special Wall Skarmory (Popular/Trending)
Skarmory is popular Special Wall. It tries to take a nice amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. In the dark days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Skarmory last longer regaining it's it's vitality every turn. With Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Skarmory's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
♦ Spikes is a status move (hurts grounded foes on switch-in. max 3 layers).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Item: Sharp Beak
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Drill Peck / Sky Attack
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Steel Wing
- Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Skarmory (Sturdy)
Skarmory is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Sturdy, ohko moves fail when used against Skarmory.
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Steel Wing is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Skarmory's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Skarmory? 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: Sharp Beak
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Drill Peck
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Steel Wing
Doubles Physical Sweeper Skarmory (Sturdy)
Skarmory is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Sturdy, ohko moves fail when used against Skarmory.
♦ Drill Peck is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Flying-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Steel Wing is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Skarmory's defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Skarmory 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 Skarmory 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 Skarmory
- Moves: Whirlwind + Spikes
- 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 Skarmory's stats
- Agility
- Curse
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Skarmory
- Drill Peck
- Protect
- Rest
- Roar
- Spikes
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Whirlwind
Common Effort Values for Skarmory in Ruby and Sapphire
- Careful Nature ( 252/0/4/0/252/0/ )
- Careful Nature ( 252/0/0/0/252/4/ )
- Optimize Skarmory's EV spread for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
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