Competitive Information for Grubbin [Sun/Moon]
Bug
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Grubbin? 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.
Grubbin is a marvelous Bug-typed Pokemon. Grubbin is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Grubbin can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Grubbin is weak to Fire, Flying, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Buginium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 168 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Def / 44 SpD
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Return / Facade
- Wild Charge / Spark
- Crunch / Bite
Physical Sweeper Grubbin
Grubbin is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Grubbin's attacking stat is 1.5x with bug attacks. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Grubbin steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Grubbin is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Spark is a physical 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Electrium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 168 Hp / 44 Def / 252 SpA / 44 SpD
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Volt Switch
- Round / Snore
- Mud Shot / Mud-Slap
- Harden
Special Sweeper Grubbin
Grubbin is popular Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Grubbin's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Grubbin's attacking stat is 1.5x with bug attacks.
♦ Volt Switch is a special 70-base power Electric-type move (Grubbin switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Grubbin must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud Shot is a special 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Harden is a status move (raises your Grubbin's defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Grubbin? 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: Buginium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 168 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Def / 44 SpD
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / Bug Bite
- Return / Facade
- Wild Charge / Spark
- Crunch / Bite
Doubles Physical Sweeper Grubbin
Grubbin is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Grubbin's attacking stat is 1.5x with bug attacks. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Grubbin steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Grubbin is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Spark is a physical 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Electrium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 168 Hp / 44 Def / 252 SpA / 44 SpD
Moveset:
- Electroweb / Thunderbolt
- Round / Snore
- Mud Shot / Mud-Slap
- Harden
Doubles Special Sweeper Grubbin
Grubbin is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Grubbin's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Grubbin's attacking stat is 1.5x with bug attacks.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Grubbin must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud Shot is a special 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Harden is a status move (raises your Grubbin's defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Grubbin 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 Grubbin 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 Grubbin
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Grubbin's stats
- Charge Beam
- Harden
Most notable and possible best moves for Grubbin
- Hidden Power
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Grubbin in Sun and Moon
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