Competitive Information for Bruxish [Sun/Moon]
Water / Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Bruxish? 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.
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Bruxish is a wonderful Water and Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to find yourself dealing with Bruxish when battling in the 7th generation meta. Bruxish is weak to Bug, Dark, Electric, Ghost, and Grass-typed attacks.
Item: Choice Band / Choice Scarf
Ability: Strong Jaw
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Liquidation
- Psychic Fangs
- Poison Fang
- Aqua Jet
Physical Sweeper Bruxish (Popular/Trending)
Bruxish is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Bruxish's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Choice Scarf will increase Bruxish's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Strong Jaw, Bruxish's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. bug bite is not boosted.
♦ Psychic Fangs is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Poison Fang is a physical 50-base power Poison-type move (50% chance to badly poison the target).
♦ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first).
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Item: Psychium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Strong Jaw
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic Fangs
- Liquidation / Aqua Tail
- Crunch / Bite
- Ice Fang / Poison Fang
Physical Sweeper Bruxish (Strong Jaw)
Bruxish is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Bruxish from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Strong Jaw, Bruxish's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. bug bite is not boosted. Ice Fang or Poison Fang are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Poison Fang is a physical 50-base power Poison-type move (50% chance to badly poison the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Bruxish? 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.
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Item: Psychium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Strong Jaw
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic Fangs
- Liquidation / Aqua Tail
- Crunch / Bite
- Ice Fang / Poison Fang
Doubles Physical Sweeper Bruxish (Strong Jaw)
Bruxish is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Bruxish from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Strong Jaw, Bruxish's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. bug bite is not boosted. Ice Fang or Poison Fang are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Poison Fang is a physical 50-base power Poison-type move (50% chance to badly poison the target).
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Item: Psychium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Strong Jaw
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Psychic Fangs
- Liquidation / Aqua Tail
- Crunch / Bite
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Bruxish (Strong Jaw)
Bruxish is a phenomenal Offensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Bruxish from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Strong Jaw, Bruxish's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. bug bite is not boosted. Ice Fang or Poison Fang are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Bruxish 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 Bruxish 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 Bruxish
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Ice Fang
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Bite
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Crunch
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Poison Fang
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Psychic Fangs
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Magic Coat, Protect, Snatch, Aqua Jet
- Moves that Break Screens: Psychic Fangs
- Moves that inflict status: Scald, Toxic
Moves that boost Bruxish's stats
- Bulk Up
- Calm Mind
- Rage
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Bruxish
- Aqua Jet
- Crunch
- Hidden Power
- Ice Beam
- Ice Fang
- Light Screen
- Liquidation
- Poison Fang
- Protect
- Psychic Fangs
- Reflect
- Rest
- Scald
- Swords Dance
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Bruxish in Sun and Moon
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/4/0/0/252/ )
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