Competitive Information for Ribombee (totem) [Sun/Moon]
Bug / Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Ribombee-totem? 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.
Ribombee is a pretty decent Bug and Fairy-typed Pokemon. It's super common to find yourself dealing with Ribombee when battling in the 7th generation meta. Ribombee is weak to Fire, Flying, Poison, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Buginium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Sweet Veil
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 192 Hp / 12 Def / 252 SpA / 52 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Pollen Puff / Bug Buzz
- Dazzling Gleam / Draining Kiss
- Psychic
- Energy Ball / Solar Beam
Special Sweeper Ribombee-Totem (Sweet Veil)
Ribombee is an awesome Special Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Ribombee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Sweet Veil, Ribombee and its allies cannot fall asleep. With a Buginium Z equipped to it, if Ribombee has a bug move, this item allows it to use a bug z-move.
◆ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Draining Kiss is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Fairy-type move (Ribombee recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. Hits turn 2. No charge in sunlight).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ribombee-totem? 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: Fairium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Sweet Veil
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 192 Hp / 12 Def / 252 SpA / 52 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Draining Kiss
- Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz
- Psychic
- Energy Ball / Solar Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Ribombee-Totem (Sweet Veil)
Ribombee is an extraordinary Special Sweeper for double battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Ribombee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Sweet Veil, Ribombee and its allies cannot fall asleep. With a Fairium Z equipped to it, if Ribombee has a fairy move, this item allows it to use a fairy z-move.
◆ Draining Kiss is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Fairy-type move (Ribombee recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
◆ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. Hits turn 2. No charge in sunlight).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Ribombee-totem 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 Ribombee-totem 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 Ribombee-totem
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- 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: Protect, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Stun Spore, Toxic
Moves that boost Ribombee-totem's stats
- Calm Mind
- Quiver Dance
- Silver Wind
Most notable and possible best moves for Ribombee-totem
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Ribombee-totem in Sun and Moon
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