Competitive Information for Scolipede [Sun/Moon]
Bug / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Scolipede? 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.
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Scolipede is a phenomenal Bug and Poison-typed Pokemon. It's normal to find yourself dealing with Scolipede when battling in the 7th generation meta. Scolipede is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Waterium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Aqua Tail
- Poison Jab
- Swords Dance / Endeavor
Physical Sweeper Scolipede (Popular/Trending)
Scolipede is an awesome Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Scolipede from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Speed Boost, Scolipede's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Scolipede's attack by 2 stages).
♦ Endeavor is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (lowers the target's hp to your Scolipede's hp).
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Item: Buginium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 108 Hp / 252 Atk / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / Steamroller
- Throat Chop / Double-Edge
- Superpower
- Poison Jab / Poison Tail
Physical Sweeper Scolipede (Speed Boost)
Scolipede is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Scolipede from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Speed Boost, Scolipede's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. Throat Chop was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Steamroller is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Bug-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Scolipede's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Poison Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
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Item: Black Sludge
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Lonely (+Atk, -Def)
EVs: 14 Hp / 247 Atk / 247 SpD
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Iron Tail
- Megahorn
- Rock Slide
Scolipede Physical Tank (Dangerous And Sexy)
Scolipede is popular Physical Tank. It's primary goal is to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Scolipede's attacking stat is 1.5x with bug attacks.
♦ Iron Tail is a physical 100-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Megahorn is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Bug-type move that deals a vast amount of damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Scolipede? 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.
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Item: Groundium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 108 Hp / 252 Atk / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- X-Scissor / Steamroller
- Superpower / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Scolipede (Speed Boost)
Scolipede is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Scolipede from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Speed Boost, Scolipede's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. Superpower was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Steamroller is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Bug-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Scolipede's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Scolipede 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 Scolipede 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 Scolipede
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Speed boost + Move: Protect
- Ability: Speed boost + Move: Baton pass
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Snatch
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Scolipede's stats
- Agility
- Defense Curl
- Iron Defense
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Scolipede
- Aqua Tail
- Baton Pass
- Earthquake
- Endeavor
- Megahorn
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Rest
- Spikes
- Swords Dance
- Toxic
- Toxic Spikes
Common Effort Values for Scolipede in Sun and Moon
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 32/252/0/0/24/200/ )
- Optimize Scolipede's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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