Competitive Information for Florges [Sun/Moon]
Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Florges? 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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Florges is an interesting Fairy-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to find yourself dealing with Florges when battling in the 7th generation meta. Florges's only type-related weaknesses are Poison and Steel.
Item: Leftovers / Sitrus Berry
Ability: Flower Veil
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Moonblast
- Aromatherapy
- Protect
- Wish
Special Wall Florges (Popular/Trending)
Florges is a pretty decent Special Wall. This moveset attempts to take a nice amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Florges last longer regaining it's life every turn. With Flower Veil, this side's grass types can't have stats lowered or status inflicted by other pokemon.
♦ Aromatherapy is a status move (cures your Florges's party of all status conditions).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Florges this turn).
♦ Wish is a status move (next turn, 50% of your Florges's max hp is restored).
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Item: Fairium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Flower Veil
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam
- Petal Dance / Energy Ball
- Psychic
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Florges
Florges is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Florges's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flower Veil, this side's grass types can't have stats lowered or status inflicted by other pokemon.
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Petal Dance is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Florges afterwards).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Florges 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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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Florges? 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: Fairium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Flower Veil
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Moonblast
- Petal Dance / Energy Ball
- Psychic
- Hyper Beam / Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Florges (Flower Veil)
Florges is an astounding 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 Florges's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flower Veil, this side's grass types can't have stats lowered or status inflicted by other pokemon.
♦ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Petal Dance is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Florges afterwards).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Florges 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 Florges 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 Florges 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 Florges
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Safeguard + Petal dance
- Moves: Grassy terrain + Secret power
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Florges's stats
- Calm Mind
- Flower Shield
Most notable and possible best moves for Florges
- Aromatherapy
- Calm Mind
- Defog
- Heal Bell
- Hidden Power
- Hidden Power Fire
- Light Screen
- Moonblast
- Protect
- Psychic
- Rest
- Synthesis
- Toxic
- Wish
Common Effort Values for Florges in Sun and Moon
- Calm Nature ( 252/0/0/4/252/0/ )
- Calm Nature ( 252/0/4/0/252/0/ )
- Optimize Florges's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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