Competitive Information for Forretress [Sun/Moon]
Bug / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Forretress? 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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Forretress is an extraordinary Bug and Steel-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Forretress when battling in the 7th generation meta. Forretress's only type-related weakness is Fire.
Item: Leftovers / Rocky Helmet
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 248 Hp / 252 Def / 8 SpD
Moveset:
- Rapid Spin / Explosion
- Gyro Ball
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic Spikes
Physical Wall Forretress (Popular/Trending)
Forretress is a fabulous Physical Wall. It tries to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Forretress last longer regaining it's stamina every turn. With Sturdy, if Forretress is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko.
♦ Explosion is a physical 250-base power Normal-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. your Forretress faints).
♦ Gyro Ball is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Forretress than the target).
♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness).
♦ Toxic Spikes is a status move (poisons grounded foes on switch-in. max 2 layers).
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Item: Normalium Z / Occa Berry
Ability: Overcoat
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 108 Hp / 252 Atk / 148 SpD
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Earthquake / Drill Run
- Bug Bite / Pin Missile
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
Physical Sweeper Forretress (Overcoat)
Forretress is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Overcoat, Forretress is immune to powder moves and damage from sandstorm or hail.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Forretress steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Pin Missile is a physical STAB-boosted 25-base power Bug-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 176 Def / 80 SpD
Moveset:
- Stealth Rock
- Gyro Ball
- Rapid Spin
- Spikes
Forretress Double Wall (Hazard Spinner)
Forretress is a stupendous Double Wall. It's purpose is to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Forretress last longer regaining it's it's HP every turn. With Sturdy, if Forretress is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko. My first spinner and my hazard layer. Forretress is my favorite pokemon, but unfortunately he really isn't the best mon out there. He does have a nice niche though that he can come into many choiced physical attacks and outraging dragons and set up lots and lots of field hazards. It's good ferrothorn never got Rapid Spin or forretress would be completely outclassed.
♦ Gyro Ball is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Forretress than the target).
♦ Rapid Spin is a physical 20-base power Normal-type move (frees Forretress from hazards, binding, leech seed).
♦ Spikes is a status move (hurts grounded foes on switch-in. max 3 layers).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Forretress? 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: Groundium Z / Occa Berry
Ability: Overcoat
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 108 Hp / 252 Atk / 148 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Drill Run
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Double-Edge / Return
- Bug Bite / Pin Missile
Doubles Physical Sweeper Forretress (Overcoat)
Forretress is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Overcoat, Forretress is immune to powder moves and damage from sandstorm or hail.
♦ Drill Run is a physical 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).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Forretress steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Pin Missile is a physical STAB-boosted 25-base power Bug-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Forretress 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 Forretress 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 Forretress
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Forretress's stats
- Autotomize
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Iron Defense
- Rapid Spin
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Forretress
- Earthquake
- Explosion
- Gyro Ball
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Reflect
- Rest
- Spikes
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
- Toxic Spikes
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Forretress in Sun and Moon
- Bold Nature ( 248/0/252/0/8/0/ )
- Careful Nature ( 248/0/0/0/252/0/ )
- Optimize Forretress's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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