What is a good competitive moveset for Grimer? 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.
Grimer is an awesome Poison-typed Pokemon. Grimer is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Grimer can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Grimer's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic.
Species: Grimer Item: Poisonium Z / Life Orb Ability: Poison Touch Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 80 Hp / 252 Atk / 88 Def / 88 SpD Moveset: - Poison Jab - Thief / Return - Thunder Punch - Fire Punch
Physical Sweeper Grimer (Poison Touch)
Grimer is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Grimer's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Grimer's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning. Thief was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Grimer has no item, it steals the target's). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target). ♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Grimer? 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: Grimer Item: Rockium Z / Life Orb Ability: Poison Touch Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 80 Hp / 252 Atk / 88 Def / 88 SpD Moveset: - Rock Slide - Poison Jab - Thief / Return - Thunder Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Grimer (Poison Touch)
Grimer is a decent Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Grimer's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Poison Touch, Grimer's contact moves have a 30% chance of poisoning. Thief was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Grimer has no item, it steals the target's). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Grimer 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 Grimer 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 Grimer
Moves: Mimic + Imprison
Moves: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
Moves: Pain split + Toxic
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Shadow Sneak
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