Note: Pokemon with the Dry Skin ability are immune to Water attacks but also take more damage from Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Helioptile? 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.
Helioptile is a phenomenal Electric and Normal-typed Pokemon. Helioptile is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Helioptile can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Helioptile's only type-related weaknesses are Fighting and Ground.
Species: Helioptile Item: Electrium Z / Life Orb Ability: Solar Power Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Moveset: - Thunderbolt / Volt Switch - Surf - Round / Razor Wind - Dark Pulse
Special Sweeper Helioptile (Solar Power)
Helioptile is a stupendous Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Helioptile's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Solar Power, if sunny day is active Helioptile's sp. atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target). ♦ Volt Switch is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Electric-type move (Helioptile switches out after damaging the target). ♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive). ♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn). ♦ Razor Wind is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio). ♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Helioptile? 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: Helioptile Item: Normalium Z / Life Orb Ability: Solar Power Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Moveset: - Razor Wind / Round - Electroweb / Parabolic Charge - Surf - Dark Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Helioptile (Solar Power)
Helioptile is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Helioptile's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Solar Power, if sunny day is active Helioptile's sp. atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn.
♦ Razor Wind is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio). ♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn). ♦ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage). ♦ Parabolic Charge is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (Helioptile recovers 50% of the damage dealt). ♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive). ♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Helioptile 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 Helioptile 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 Helioptile
Moves: Swagger + Psych up
Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Parabolic Charge + Item: Big Root
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Protect, Quick Attack
Moves that inflict status: Glare, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Helioptile's stats
Agility
Charge
Charge Beam
Most notable and possible best moves for Helioptile
Hidden Power
Light Screen
Protect
Rest
Toxic
U-turn
Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Helioptile in Sun and Moon
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