Competitive Information for Charjabug [Sun/Moon]
Bug / Electric
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Charjabug? 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.
Charjabug is an awesome Bug and Electric-typed Pokemon. Charjabug is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Charjabug's only type-related weaknesses are Fire and Rock.
Item: Electrium Z / Eviolite
Ability: Battery
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Wild Charge / Spark
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Return / Facade
- Crunch / Bite
Physical Sweeper Charjabug
Charjabug is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Charjabug is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until it was realized Eviolite would make it quite viable. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Battery, Charjabug's allies have the power of their special attacks multiplied by 1.3. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Spark is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Charjabug steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Charjabug is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ 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).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Charjabug? 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: Electrium Z / Eviolite
Ability: Battery
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Wild Charge / Spark
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Return / Facade
- Crunch / Bite
Doubles Physical Sweeper Charjabug (Battery)
Charjabug is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Charjabug is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached to it. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Battery, Charjabug's allies have the power of their special attacks multiplied by 1.3. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Spark is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Charjabug steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Charjabug is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ 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).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Charjabug 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 Charjabug 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 Charjabug
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Charjabug's stats
- Charge
- Charge Beam
- Harden
- Iron Defense
Most notable and possible best moves for Charjabug
- Hidden Power
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Charjabug in Sun and Moon
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