Competitive Information for Beedrill [Sun/Moon]
Bug / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Beedrill? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Beedrill is an awesome Bug and Poison-typed Pokemon. Beedrill is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 7. Beedrill is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Groundium Z / Scope Lens
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Drill Run
- Poison Jab
- X-Scissor / U-turn
- Knock Off / Brick Break
Physical Sweeper Beedrill (Sniper)
Beedrill is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Beedrill critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Beedrill's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. With Sniper, if Beedrill strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5. Knock Off or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (Beedrill switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Beedrill? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Item: Groundium Z / Scope Lens
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Drill Run
- Poison Jab
- X-Scissor / U-turn
- Knock Off / Brick Break
Doubles Physical Sweeper Beedrill (Sniper)
Beedrill is a decent Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Beedrill critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Beedrill's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. With Sniper, if Beedrill strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5. Knock Off or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (Beedrill switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Beedrill 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 Beedrill can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Beedrill
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Sniper + Item: Scope lens
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Air Cutter
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Drill Run
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break, Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Beedrill's stats
- Agility
- Curse
- Fell Stinger
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Ominous Wind
- Rage
- Silver Wind
- Skull Bash
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Beedrill
- Baton Pass
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Beedrill in Sun and Moon
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