Competitive Information for Weezing [Ruby/Sapphire]
Poison
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Levitate ability are immune to Ground attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Weezing? 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.
Weezing is an outstanding Poison-typed Pokemon. Weezing are common Pokemon to see in the RS metagame. Weezing's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic.
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 120 Atk / 188 Spe
Moveset:
- Explosion / Pain Split
- Sludge Bomb
- Taunt
- Will-O-Wisp
Physical Tank Weezing (Popular/Trending)
Weezing is a remarkable Physical Tank. It's goal is to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Weezing last longer regaining it's it's life every turn. With Levitate, Weezing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Pain Split is a status move (shares hp of Weezing and target equally).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Taunt is a status move (for 2 turns, the target can't use status moves).
♦ Will-O-Wisp is a status move (burns the target).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Haze
- Pain Split
- Taunt
- Will-O-Wisp / Fire Blast
Special Sweeper Weezing (Popular/Trending)
Weezing is a decent Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Weezing last longer regaining it's it's vitality every turn. With Levitate, Weezing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Pain Split is a status move (shares hp of Weezing and target equally).
♦ Taunt is a status move (for 2 turns, the target can't use status moves).
♦ Will-O-Wisp is a status move (burns the target).
♦ Fire Blast is a special 120-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Item: Poison Barb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb / Sludge
- Return / Frustration
- Shadow Ball
- Rollout
Physical Sweeper Weezing (Levitate)
Weezing is a phenomenal 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 Levitate, Weezing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Sludge is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. repeats for 5 turns).
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Item: Charcoal
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt
- Psybeam
- Thief
Special Sweeper Weezing (Levitate)
Weezing is a marvelous Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. In the dark days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Levitate, Weezing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Thief is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Weezing has no item, it steals the target's).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Weezing? 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: Poison Barb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb / Sludge
- Return / Frustration
- Shadow Ball
- Rollout
Doubles Physical Sweeper Weezing (Levitate)
Weezing is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Don't forget back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Levitate, Weezing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Sludge is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. repeats for 5 turns).
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Item: Charcoal
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt
- Psybeam
- Thief
Doubles Special Sweeper Weezing (Levitate)
Weezing is an awesome Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Previously before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Levitate, Weezing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Thief is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Weezing has no item, it steals the target's).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Weezing 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 Weezing 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 Weezing
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Most notable and possible best moves for Weezing
- Destiny Bond
- Explosion
- Fire Blast
- Flamethrower
- Haze
- Hidden Power Grass
- Pain Split
- Protect
- Rest
- Sludge Bomb
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Will-O-Wisp
Common Effort Values for Weezing in Ruby and Sapphire
- Jolly Nature ( 200/120/0/0/0/188/ )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Optimize Weezing's EV spread for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
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