What is a good competitive moveset for Spearow? 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.
Spearow is an interesting Normal and Flying-typed Pokemon. Spearow is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Spearow is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Spearow is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It tries 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 Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Spearow's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil). ♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Drill Peck is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Flying-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage. ♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit). ♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Spearow's defense by 1 stage). ♦ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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 Spearow? 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.
Spearow is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Previously before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Spearow's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil). ♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Drill Peck is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Flying-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage. ♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit). ♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Spearow's defense by 1 stage). ♦ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Spearow 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 Spearow 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 Spearow
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect
Most notable and possible best moves for Spearow
Protect
Rest
Common Effort Values for Spearow in Ruby and Sapphire
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