Competitive Information for Taillow [Sun/Moon]
Normal / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Taillow? 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.
Taillow is pretty popular Normal and Flying-typed Pokemon. Taillow is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Taillow can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Taillow is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Flame Orb / Normalium Z
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- U-turn
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Taillow (Guts)
Taillow is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Taillow at the end of the turn which will activate Taillow's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Taillow is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Taillow a sweet boost.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Taillow switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Taillow this turn).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Scrappy
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Defog
- Endeavor
- Protect
- Quick Attack
Taillow Physical Sweeper (Yolo Baby Bird)
Taillow is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Taillow from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Scrappy, Taillow can hit ghost types with normal- and fighting-type moves.
♦ Endeavor is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (lowers the target's hp to your Taillow's hp).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Taillow this turn).
♦ Quick Attack is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (usually goes first).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Taillow? 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: Flame Orb / Normalium Z
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Double-Edge
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- U-turn
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Taillow (Guts)
Taillow is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Taillow at the end of the turn which will activate Taillow's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Taillow is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Taillow a sweet boost.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Taillow switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Taillow this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Taillow 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 Taillow 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 Taillow
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Guts + Item: Flame orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Quick Guard, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Taillow's stats
- Agility
- Ominous Wind
- Rage
- Steel Wing
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Taillow
- Boomburst
- Hidden Power
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Taillow in Sun and Moon
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