Competitive Information for Metapod [Sun/Moon]
Bug
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Metapod? 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.
Metapod is an outstanding Bug-typed Pokemon. Metapod is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Metapod is weak to Fire, Flying, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Buginium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 68 Hp / 252 Atk / 188 SpD
Moveset:
- Bug Bite
- Tackle
- Harden
- Iron Defense
Physical Sweeper Metapod (Shed Skin)
Metapod is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Metapod's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shed Skin, Metapod has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn.
♦ Tackle is a physical 40-base power Normal-type move that deals damage.
♦ Harden is a status move (raises your Metapod's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Metapod's defense by 2 stages).
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Item: Electrium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 68 Hp / 252 SpA / 188 SpD
Moveset:
- Electroweb
- Snore
- Harden
- Iron Defense
Special Sweeper Metapod (Shed Skin)
Metapod is a fabulous Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Metapod's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shed Skin, Metapod has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn.
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Metapod must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Harden is a status move (raises your Metapod's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Metapod's defense by 2 stages).
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Item: Eviolite
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Bug Bite
- Iron Defense
- String Shot
- Tackle / Electroweb
Metapod Physical Wall (Lvl 100 Madness)
Metapod is a marvelous Physical Wall. It's designed to take a decent amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Metapod is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite changes that. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Shed Skin, Metapod has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn. So they say Metapod is weak as water. Time for revenge. If you can set up an iron defense, you can tank stone edges from Garchomp. WOW!!! Just...don't get crit.
♦ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Metapod's defense by 2 stages).
♦ String Shot is a status move (lowers the foes speed by 2 stages).
♦ Tackle is a physical 40-base power Normal-type move that deals damage.
♦ Electroweb is a special 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Metapod? 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 / Life Orb
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 68 Hp / 252 Atk / 188 SpD
Moveset:
- Bug Bite
- Tackle
- Harden
- Iron Defense
Doubles Physical Sweeper Metapod (Shed Skin)
Metapod is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Metapod's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shed Skin, Metapod has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn.
♦ Tackle is a physical 40-base power Normal-type move that deals damage.
♦ Harden is a status move (raises your Metapod's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Metapod's defense by 2 stages).
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Item: Electrium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 68 Hp / 252 SpA / 188 SpD
Moveset:
- Electroweb
- Snore
- Harden
- Iron Defense
Doubles Special Sweeper Metapod (Shed Skin)
Metapod is a wonderful 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 Metapod's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shed Skin, Metapod has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn.
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Metapod must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Harden is a status move (raises your Metapod's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Metapod's defense by 2 stages).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Metapod learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Metapod 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 Metapod
Moves that boost Metapod's stats
- Harden
- Iron Defense
Common Effort Values for Metapod in Sun and Moon
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