What is a good competitive moveset for Drilbur? 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.
Drilbur is a pretty decent Ground-typed Pokemon. Drilbur is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Drilbur can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Drilbur is weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Drilbur Item: Groundium Z / Expert Belt Ability: Sand Force Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Moveset: - Earthquake / Drill Run - Poison Jab / Brick Break - Shadow Claw - Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Drilbur (Sand Force)
Drilbur is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Sand Force, Drilbur's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it. Poison Jab or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon). ♦ Drill Run is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune). ♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Species: Drilbur Item: Groundium Z / Expert Belt Ability: Sand Rush Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 96 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 Def / 60 SpD Moveset: - Earthquake / Drill Run - Poison Jab / Brick Break - Shadow Claw - X-Scissor
Physical Sweeper Drilbur (Sand Rush)
Drilbur is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Sand Rush, if sandstorm is active Drilbur's speed is doubled; immunity to sandstorm. Poison Jab or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon). ♦ Drill Run is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune). ♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Drilbur? 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.
Species: Drilbur Item: Groundium Z / Expert Belt Ability: Sand Force / Sand Rush Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Moveset: - Earthquake / Drill Run - Rock Slide - Poison Jab / Brick Break - Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Drilbur (Sand Force)
Drilbur is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Sand Force, Drilbur's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it. Poison Jab or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon). ♦ Drill Run is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune). ♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Drilbur 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Drilbur 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.
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