Competitive Information for Venomoth [Ruby/Sapphire]
Bug / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Venomoth? 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.
Venomoth is a spectacular Bug and Poison-typed Pokemon. Venomoth are common Pokemon to see in the RS metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Venomoth is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Shield Dust
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Solar Beam / Giga Drain
- Thief
- Protect
Special Sweeper Venomoth (Shield Dust)
Venomoth is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. In the old days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Shield Dust, Venomoth is not affected by the secondary effect of another pokemon's attack.
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 60-base power Grass-type move (Venomoth recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Thief is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Venomoth has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Venomoth this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Venomoth? 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: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Shield Dust
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Solar Beam / Giga Drain
- Thief
- Protect
Doubles Special Sweeper Venomoth (Shield Dust)
Venomoth is popular Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Don't forget before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Shield Dust, Venomoth is not affected by the secondary effect of another pokemon's attack.
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 60-base power Grass-type move (Venomoth recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Thief is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Venomoth has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Venomoth this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Venomoth 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 Venomoth 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 Venomoth
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- 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: Stun Spore, Toxic, Sleep Powder
Moves that boost Venomoth's stats
- Silver Wind
Most notable and possible best moves for Venomoth
- Baton Pass
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Venomoth in Ruby and Sapphire
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