What is a good competitive moveset for Sudowoodo? 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.
Sudowoodo is a notable Rock-typed Pokemon. It's a almost common sight to see Sudowoodo out in the 3rd generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Sudowoodo is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Sudowoodo Item: Silk Scarf Ability: Rock Head Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Moveset: - Double-Edge / Return - Rock Slide / Rock Throw - Earthquake / Dig - Brick Break / Seismic Toss
Physical Sweeper Sudowoodo (Rock Head)
Sudowoodo is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed 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 Rock Head, Sudowoodo does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Rock Throw is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move that deals damage. ♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig). ♦ Dig is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2). ♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune). ♦ Seismic Toss is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (does damage equal to your Sudowoodo's level).
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 Sudowoodo? 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: Sudowoodo Item: Hard Stone Ability: Rock Head Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Moveset: - Rock Slide / Rock Throw - Earthquake / Dig - Double-Edge / Return - Brick Break / Seismic Toss
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sudowoodo (Rock Head)
Sudowoodo is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the old days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Rock Head, Sudowoodo does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Rock Throw is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Rock-type move that deals damage. ♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig). ♦ Dig is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune). ♦ Seismic Toss is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (does damage equal to your Sudowoodo's level).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sudowoodo 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 Sudowoodo 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 Sudowoodo
Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Swagger + Psych up
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Sudowoodo's stats
Calm Mind
Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Sudowoodo
Earthquake
Protect
Rest
Taunt
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Sudowoodo in Ruby and Sapphire
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