Competitive Information for Venomoth [Sun/Moon]
Bug / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Venomoth? 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.
Venomoth is a remarkable Bug and Poison-typed Pokemon. Venomoth is a not-uncommon Pokemon to see in Generation 7. Venomoth is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Buginium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Tinted Lens
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Bug Buzz
- Sludge Bomb
- Quiver Dance
- Roost
Special Sweeper Venomoth (Popular/Trending)
Venomoth is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Venomoth from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out (usually Quiver Dance to boost Venomoth for the following turns). With Tinted Lens, Venomoth's attacks that are not very effective on a target deal double damage.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Quiver Dance is a status move (raises your Venomoth's special attack, special defense, speed by 1 stage).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
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Item: Poisonium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Shield Dust
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Bug Buzz / Signal Beam
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Psychic / Psybeam
Special Sweeper Venomoth (Shield Dust)
Venomoth is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Venomoth from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Shield Dust, Venomoth is not affected by the secondary effect of another pokemon's attack.
♦ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Venomoth recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Item: Black Sludge
Ability: Wonder Skin
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 248 Hp / 8 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Quiver Dance
- Bug Buzz
- Baton Pass
- Sleep Powder
Venomoth Support (Quiverpasser)
Venomoth is a remarkable Support. With Wonder Skin, status moves with accuracy checks are 50% accurate when used on Venomoth.
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Baton Pass is a status move (Venomoth switches, passing stat changes and more).
♦ Sleep Powder is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
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Item: Black Sludge
Ability: Wonder Skin
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 212 SpD / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Infestation
- Quiver Dance
- Silver Wind
- Sludge Bomb
Venomoth Special Tank (Mothman Cometh)
Venomoth is popular Special Tank. It's meant to take a mighty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Wonder Skin, status moves with accuracy checks are 50% accurate when used on Venomoth.
♦ Quiver Dance is a status move (raises your Venomoth's special attack, special defense, speed by 1 stage).
♦ Silver Wind is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Venomoth? 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: Buginium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Shield Dust
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz
- Air Cutter
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Energy Ball / Razor Wind
Doubles Special Sweeper Venomoth (Shield Dust)
Venomoth is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Venomoth from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Shield Dust, Venomoth is not affected by the secondary effect of another pokemon's attack. Energy Ball was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Air Cutter is a special 60-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Razor Wind is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Venomoth 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 Venomoth 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 Venomoth
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Whirlwind + Toxic spikes
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect, Rage Powder
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Stun Spore, Toxic, Sleep Powder
Moves that boost Venomoth's stats
- Agility
- Curse
- Ominous Wind
- Quiver Dance
- Rage
- Silver Wind
Most notable and possible best moves for Venomoth
- Baton Pass
- Bug Buzz
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power Ground
- Protect
- Quiver Dance
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roost
- Sleep Powder
- Sludge Bomb
- Teleport
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Venomoth in Sun and Moon
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/68/252/0/188/ )
- Optimize Venomoth's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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