Competitive Information for Wingull [Ruby/Sapphire]


Water / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Wingull? 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.
Wingull is an awesome Water and Flying-typed Pokemon. Wingull is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Wingull can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Wingull's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Rock.
Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Water Pulse / Water Gun
- Pursuit / Thief
- Twister
Special Sweeper Wingull
Wingull is a spectacular Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed 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 Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Wingull's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Water Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Water Gun is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Water-type move that deals damage.
♦ Pursuit is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if the targeted foe is switching out).
♦ Thief is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Wingull has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Wingull? 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: Keen Eye
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Water Pulse / Water Gun
- Twister
- Pursuit / Thief
Doubles Special Sweeper Wingull
Wingull is an awesome Special Sweeper. It's designed 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 Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Wingull's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Water Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Water Gun is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Water-type move that deals damage.
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Pursuit is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if the targeted foe is switching out).
♦ Thief is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Wingull has no item, it steals the target's).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Wingull 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 Wingull 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 Wingull
- 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
Moves that boost Wingull's stats
- Agility
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Wingull
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Wingull in Ruby and Sapphire
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