What is a good competitive moveset for Spinarak? 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.
Spinarak is popular Bug and Poison-typed Pokemon. Spinarak is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Spinarak can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Spinarak is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Species: Spinarak Item: Poisonium Z / Scope Lens Ability: Sniper Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 160 Hp / 252 Atk / 48 Def / 48 SpD Moveset: - Cross Poison / Poison Jab - Night Slash / Sucker Punch - Lunge / Leech Life - Double-Edge / Return
Physical Sweeper Spinarak (Sniper)
Spinarak is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Spinarak critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Spinarak's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. With Sniper, if Spinarak strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
♦ Cross Poison is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison). ♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking). ♦ Lunge is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage). ♦ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (Spinarak recovers 50% of the damage dealt). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Spinarak? 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: Spinarak Item: Poisonium Z / Scope Lens Ability: Sniper Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 160 Hp / 252 Atk / 48 Def / 48 SpD Moveset: - Cross Poison / Poison Jab - Night Slash / Sucker Punch - Lunge / Leech Life - Double-Edge / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Spinarak (Sniper)
Spinarak is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Spinarak critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Spinarak's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. With Sniper, if Spinarak strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
♦ Cross Poison is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison). ♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking). ♦ Lunge is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage). ♦ Leech Life is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (Spinarak recovers 50% of the damage dealt). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Spinarak 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 Spinarak 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.
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