Competitive Information for Vulpix [Ruby/Sapphire]
Fire
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Flash Fire ability are immune to Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Vulpix? 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.
Vulpix is an extraordinary Fire-typed Pokemon. Vulpix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Vulpix can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Vulpix is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Dig
- Protect
- Toxic
Physical Sweeper Vulpix (Flash Fire)
Vulpix is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is 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 Flash Fire, Vulpix's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Dig is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Vulpix this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Item: Charcoal / White Herb
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Protect
- Toxic
- Roar
Special Sweeper Vulpix (Flash Fire)
Vulpix is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Years before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. White Herb will reset Vulpix's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Overheat). With Flash Fire, Vulpix's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Vulpix this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
♦ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Vulpix? 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: Silk Scarf
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Dig
- Protect
- Toxic
Doubles Physical Sweeper Vulpix (Flash Fire)
Vulpix is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the old days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Flash Fire, Vulpix's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Dig is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Vulpix this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Item: Charcoal
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Protect
- Toxic
- Roar
Doubles Special Sweeper Vulpix (Flash Fire)
Vulpix is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It's goal is 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. With Flash Fire, Vulpix's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Vulpix's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Vulpix this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
♦ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Vulpix 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 Vulpix 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 Vulpix
- Moves: Mimic + Imprison
- 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
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Hypnosis, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Vulpix's stats
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Vulpix
- Howl
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Vulpix in Ruby and Sapphire
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