Competitive Information for Dewgong [Sun/Moon]
Water / Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Dewgong? 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.
Dewgong is a marvelous Water and Ice-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Dewgong when battling in the 7th generation meta. Dewgong is weak to Electric, Fighting, Grass, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Waterium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Hydration
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Aqua Tail
- Double-Edge / Return
- Drill Run
- Avalanche / Ice Shard
Physical Sweeper Dewgong (Hydration)
Dewgong is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Hydration, Dewgong has its status cured at the end of each turn if rain dance is active.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Dewgong is damaged by the target).
♦ Ice Shard is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ice-type move (usually goes first).
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Item: Waterium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Hydration
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Bubble Beam
- Ice Beam / Frost Breath
- Signal Beam
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Dewgong (Hydration)
Dewgong is an awesome Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Dewgong's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hydration, Dewgong has its status cured at the end of each turn if rain dance is active.
♦ Bubble Beam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (10% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Frost Breath is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (always results in a critical hit).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Dewgong cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Item: Damp Rock
Ability: Hydration
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 123 Hp / 252 Atk / 135 SpD
Moveset:
- Drill Run
- Aqua Jet
- Fake Out
- Rain Dance
Dewgong Physical Tank (Unoriginal Name)
Dewgong is popular Physical Tank. The purpose of this moveset is to take a hefty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Hydration, Dewgong has its status cured at the end of each turn if rain dance is active.
♦ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Fake Out is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. first turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
♦ Rain Dance is a status move (for 5 turns, heavy rain powers water moves).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Dewgong? 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: Waterium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Hydration
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Aqua Tail
- Double-Edge / Return
- Drill Run
- Avalanche / Ice Shard
Doubles Physical Sweeper Dewgong (Hydration)
Dewgong is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Hydration, Dewgong has its status cured at the end of each turn if rain dance is active.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Dewgong is damaged by the target).
♦ Ice Shard is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ice-type move (usually goes first).
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Item: Waterium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Hydration
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Bubble Beam
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Signal Beam
- Hyper Beam / Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Dewgong (Hydration)
Dewgong is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Dewgong's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Hydration, Dewgong has its status cured at the end of each turn if rain dance is active.
♦ Bubble Beam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (10% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Dewgong cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Dewgong learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Dewgong 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 Dewgong
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Perish song + Protect
- Moves: Whirlpool + Perish song
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Helping Hand, Aqua Jet, Ice Shard
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Dewgong's stats
- Curse
- Rage
- Skull Bash
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Dewgong
- Fake Out
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Dewgong in Sun and Moon
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