What is a good competitive moveset for Silcoon? 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.
Silcoon is a sensational Bug-typed Pokemon. Silcoon is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Silcoon is weak to Fire, Flying, and Rock-typed attacks.
Species: Silcoon Item: Buginium Z / Life Orb Ability: Shed Skin Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 68 Hp / 252 Atk / 188 SpD Moveset: - Bug Bite - Tackle - Poison Sting - Harden
Physical Sweeper Silcoon (Shed Skin)
Silcoon is popular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Silcoon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shed Skin, Silcoon has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Silcoon steals and eats the target's berry). ♦ Tackle is a physical 40-base power Normal-type move that deals damage. ♦ Poison Sting is a physical 15-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Harden is a status move (raises your Silcoon's defense by 1 stage).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Silcoon? 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: Silcoon Item: Buginium Z / Life Orb Ability: Shed Skin Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 68 Hp / 252 Atk / 188 SpD Moveset: - Bug Bite - Tackle - Poison Sting - Harden
Doubles Physical Sweeper Silcoon (Shed Skin)
Silcoon is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Silcoon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shed Skin, Silcoon has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn.
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Silcoon steals and eats the target's berry). ♦ Tackle is a physical 40-base power Normal-type move that deals damage. ♦ Poison Sting is a physical 15-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Harden is a status move (raises your Silcoon's defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Silcoon 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 Silcoon 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 Silcoon
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