Competitive Information for Sylveon [Sun/Moon]
Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sylveon? 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.
HeatranGarchompScizorVaporeonVenusaur-MegaLatiosCharizard-Mega-XJirachiWeavileTerrakion
Sylveon is an extraordinary Fairy-typed Pokemon. Sylveon is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 7. Sylveon is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Sylveon's only type-related weaknesses are Poison and Steel.
Item: Leftovers / Pixie Plate
Ability: Pixilate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice
- Shadow Ball
- Protect
- Wish
Special Tank Sylveon (Popular/Trending)
Sylveon is a remarkable Special Tank. It's meant to take a good amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Sylveon last longer regaining it's healthiness every turn. With Pixilate, Sylveon's normal-type moves become fairy type and have 1.2x power.
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Sylveon this turn).
♦ Wish is a status move (next turn, 50% of your Sylveon's max hp is restored).
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Item: Fairium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Pixilate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam
- Synchronoise / Psyshock
- Shadow Ball
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Sylveon (Pixilate)
Sylveon is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Sylveon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pixilate, Sylveon's normal-type moves become fairy type and have 1.2x power.
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Synchronoise is a special 120-base power Psychic-type move (hits adjacent pokemon sharing your Sylveon's type).
♦ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Cute Charm
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Moonblast
- Wish
- Shadow Ball
- Protect
Sylveon Special Wall (Sailor Sylveon)
Sylveon is popular Special Wall. It attempts to take a hefty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Sylveon last longer regaining it's it's health every turn. With Cute Charm, 30% chance of infatuating pokemon of the opposite gender if they make contact.
♦ Wish is a status move (next turn, 50% of your Sylveon's max hp is restored).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Sylveon this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sylveon? 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.
HeatranGarchompScizorVaporeonVenusaur-MegaLatiosCharizard-Mega-XJirachiWeavileTerrakion
Item: Fairium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Pixilate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Moonblast
- Synchronoise / Psyshock
- Shadow Ball
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Sylveon (Pixilate)
Sylveon is an astounding Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Sylveon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pixilate, Sylveon's normal-type moves become fairy type and have 1.2x power.
♦ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Synchronoise is a special 120-base power Psychic-type move (hits adjacent pokemon sharing your Sylveon's type).
♦ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sylveon 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 Sylveon 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 Sylveon
- Moves: Wish + Baton pass
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Moves: Psyshock + Tickle
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Detect, Endure, Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect, Baby-Doll Eyes, Quick Attack
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Toxic
Moves that boost Sylveon's stats
- Calm Mind
- Curse
- Rage
- Skull Bash
- Work Up
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Sylveon
- Baton Pass
- Calm Mind
- Echoed Voice
- Heal Bell
- Hidden Power
- Hidden Power Fire
- Hidden Power Ground
- Hyper Beam
- Hyper Voice
- Light Screen
- Moonblast
- Protect
- Psyshock
- Reflect
- Rest
- Shadow Ball
- Stored Power
- Toxic
- Wish
Common Effort Values for Sylveon in Sun and Moon
- Modest Nature ( 252/0/0/252/4/0/ )
- Calm Nature ( 252/0/0/4/252/0/ )
- Optimize Sylveon's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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