Competitive Information for Virizion [Sun/Moon]
Grass / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Virizion? 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.
MagearnaUxieHonchkrowGoodraAraquanidSceptile-MegaMawile-MegaMewGarchomp-MegaVictini
Virizion is a pretty decent Grass and Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's pretty regular to find yourself dealing with Virizion when battling in the 7th generation meta. Virizion is weak to Fairy, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Fightinium Z / Leftovers
Ability: Justified
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Sacred Sword
- Leaf Blade
- Swords Dance
- Synthesis
Physical Sweeper Virizion (Popular/Trending)
Virizion is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Virizion last longer regaining it's healthiness every turn. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Sacred Sword is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Fighting-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
♦ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Virizion's attack by 2 stages).
♦ Synthesis is a status move (heals your Virizion by a weather-dependent amount).
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Item: Fightinium Z / Coba Berry
Ability: Justified
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 20 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 Def / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Sacred Sword
- Leaf Blade / Seed Bomb
- Zen Headbutt / Return
- X-Scissor
Physical Sweeper Virizion (Justified)
Virizion is a legendary Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move. Zen Headbutt was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Sacred Sword is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Fighting-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
♦ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
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Item: Grassium Z / Coba Berry
Ability: Justified
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 20 Hp / 56 Def / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Synthesis
- Toxic
Special Sweeper Virizion (Justified)
Virizion is a legendary Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Virizion recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Virizion cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Synthesis is a status move (heals your Virizion by a weather-dependent amount).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Virizion? 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.
MagearnaUxieHonchkrowGoodraAraquanidSceptile-MegaMawile-MegaMewGarchomp-MegaVictini
Item: Fightinium Z / Coba Berry
Ability: Justified
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 20 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 Def / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Sacred Sword
- Leaf Blade / Seed Bomb
- Zen Headbutt / Return
- X-Scissor
Doubles Physical Sweeper Virizion (Justified)
Virizion is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move. Zen Headbutt was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Sacred Sword is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Fighting-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
♦ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
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Item: Grassium Z / Coba Berry
Ability: Justified
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 20 Hp / 56 Def / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Synthesis
- Toxic
Doubles Special Sweeper Virizion (Justified)
Virizion is a legendary Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Virizion recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Virizion cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Synthesis is a status move (heals your Virizion by a weather-dependent amount).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Virizion 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 Virizion 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 Virizion
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Guard, Quick Attack
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Virizion's stats
- Calm Mind
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Virizion
- Close Combat
- Hidden Power
- Leaf Blade
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Sacred Sword
- Stone Edge
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
- Synthesis
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Virizion in Sun and Moon
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 252/0/0/0/4/252/ )
- Optimize Virizion's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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