Competitive Information for Typhlosion [Ruby/Sapphire]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Typhlosion? 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.
Typhlosion is a wonderful Fire-typed Pokemon. Typhlosion is a usual Pokemon to see in Generation 3. Typhlosion is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Charcoal / White Herb
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Thunder Punch
- Defense Curl
- Toxic
Special Sweeper Typhlosion
Typhlosion is popular Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. White Herb will reset Typhlosion's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Overheat). With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Typhlosion's fire-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a special 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Defense Curl is a status move (raises your Typhlosion's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Quirky
EVs: 72 Hp / 76 Atk / 76 Def / 104 SpA / 76 SpD / 104 Spe
Moveset:
- Brick Break
- Earthquake / Rock Slide
- Flamethrower
- Thunder Punch
Typhlosion Special Tank (Crimson)
Typhlosion is a pretty decent Special Tank. It is meant to take a nice amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. In the old days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Typhlosion last longer regaining it's life every turn.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a special 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Typhlosion? 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: Charcoal / White Herb
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Thunder Punch
- Defense Curl
- Toxic
Doubles Special Sweeper Typhlosion
Typhlosion is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. In the old days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. White Herb will reset Typhlosion's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Overheat). With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Typhlosion's fire-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a special 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Defense Curl is a status move (raises your Typhlosion's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Typhlosion 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 Typhlosion 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 Typhlosion
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Blaze + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Typhlosion's stats
- Defense Curl
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Typhlosion
- Blast Burn
- Earthquake
- Howl
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Typhlosion in Ruby and Sapphire
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