Competitive Information for Vivillon [Sun/Moon]
Bug / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Vivillon? 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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Vivillon is a marvelous Bug and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty common sight to see Vivillon out in the 7th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Vivillon is weak to Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers / Focus Sash
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hurricane
- Quiver Dance
- Sleep Powder
- Substitute
Special Sweeper Vivillon (Popular/Trending)
Vivillon is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Vivillon last longer regaining it's health points every turn. Focus Sash helps protect Vivillon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out (usually Quiver Dance to boost Vivillon for the following turns). With Compound Eyes, Vivillon's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3.
♦ Quiver Dance is a status move (raises your Vivillon's special attack, special defense, speed by 1 stage).
♦ Sleep Powder is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Vivillon takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
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Item: Buginium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Def / 252 SpA / 16 SpD / 228 Spe
Moveset:
- Bug Buzz / Signal Beam
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Electroweb / Hyper Beam
Special Sweeper Vivillon (Compound Eyes)
Vivillon is an astounding Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Vivillon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Compound Eyes, Vivillon's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3. Electroweb was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Signal Beam is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ 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).
♦ 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 (Vivillon recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Electroweb is a special 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Vivillon cannot move next turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Vivillon? 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: Buginium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Def / 252 SpA / 16 SpD / 228 Spe
Moveset:
- Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz
- Electroweb
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
Doubles Special Sweeper Vivillon (Compound Eyes)
Vivillon is an astounding Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Vivillon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Compound Eyes, Vivillon's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3.
♦ 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).
♦ Electroweb is a special 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ 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 (Vivillon recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Vivillon 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 Vivillon 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 Vivillon
- 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
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Rage Powder, Powder
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Sleep Powder, Stun Spore, Toxic
Moves that boost Vivillon's stats
- Calm Mind
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Quiver Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Vivillon
- Bug Buzz
- Hidden Power
- Hurricane
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Quiver Dance
- Rest
- Roost
- Sleep Powder
- Substitute
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Vivillon in Sun and Moon
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Optimize Vivillon's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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