Competitive Information for Typhlosion [Sun/Moon]
Fire
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Flash Fire ability are immune to Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Typhlosion? 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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Typhlosion is a decent Fire-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to find yourself dealing with Typhlosion when battling in the 7th generation meta. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Typhlosion is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Firium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Eruption / Burn Up
- Extrasensory
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Solar Beam
Special Sweeper Typhlosion (Flash Fire)
Typhlosion is an awesome Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Typhlosion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Typhlosion's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Burn Up is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (Typhlosion's fire type becomes typeless; must be fire).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Typhlosion cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Quirky
EVs: 72 Hp / 76 Atk / 76 Def / 104 SpA / 76 SpD / 104 Spe
Moveset:
- Brick Break / Focus Blast
- Earthquake / Rock Slide
- Flamethrower
- Thunder Punch
Typhlosion Special Tank (Crimson)
Typhlosion is a stupendous Special Tank. It's primary goal is to take a substantial amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Typhlosion last longer regaining it's it's vitality every turn. With Flash Fire, Typhlosion's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Focus Blast is a special 120-base power Fighting-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Typhlosion? 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: Firium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Eruption / Heat Wave
- Extrasensory
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Solar Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Typhlosion (Flash Fire)
Typhlosion is an astounding Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Typhlosion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Typhlosion's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Heat Wave is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Typhlosion cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Typhlosion 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 Typhlosion 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 Typhlosion
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Blaze + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Inferno
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Detect, Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Typhlosion's stats
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Flame Charge
- Howl
- Power-Up Punch
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Typhlosion
- Blast Burn
- Brick Break
- Burn Up
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Eruption
- Extrasensory
- Fire Blast
- Flamethrower
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power Electric
- Hidden Power Grass
- Hidden Power Rock
- Howl
- Nature Power
- Protect
- Rest
- Solar Beam
- Substitute
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Typhlosion in Sun and Moon
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/4/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Typhlosion's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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