Competitive Information for Weezing [Sun/Moon]
Poison
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Levitate ability are immune to Ground attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Weezing? 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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Weezing is a spectacular Poison-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to find yourself dealing with Weezing when battling in the 7th generation meta. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Weezing's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic.
Item: Black Sludge / Rocky Helmet
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 236 Def / 20 SpD
Moveset:
- Pain Split
- Taunt
- Toxic Spikes
- Will-O-Wisp
Physical Wall Weezing (Popular/Trending)
Weezing is a stupendous Physical Wall. It was designed to take a mighty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Levitate, Weezing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
♦ Toxic Spikes is a status move (poisons grounded foes on switch-in. max 2 layers).
♦ Will-O-Wisp is a status move (burns the target).
Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!
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Item: Black Sludge / Rocky Helmet
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb / Clear Smog
- Pain Split
- Taunt
- Will-O-Wisp / Flamethrower
Double Wall Weezing (Popular/Trending)
Weezing is a phenomenal Double Wall. It's purpose is to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. With Levitate, Weezing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Clear Smog is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (resets all of the target's stat stages to 0).
♦ Pain Split is a status move (shares hp of Weezing and target equally).
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
♦ Will-O-Wisp is a status move (burns the target).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Item: Normalium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Secret Power
- Thief / Assurance
- Rollout
- Gyro Ball
Physical Sweeper Weezing (Levitate)
Weezing is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Weezing's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Weezing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Weezing has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
♦ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. repeats for 5 turns).
♦ Gyro Ball is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Weezing than the target).
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Item: Poisonium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Weezing (Levitate)
Weezing is popular Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Weezing's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Weezing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Weezing? 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: Normalium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Secret Power
- Thief / Assurance
- Rollout
- Gyro Ball
Doubles Physical Sweeper Weezing (Levitate)
Weezing is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Weezing's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Weezing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Weezing has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
♦ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. repeats for 5 turns).
♦ Gyro Ball is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Weezing than the target).
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Item: Poisonium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Incinerate / Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Weezing (Levitate)
Weezing is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Weezing's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Weezing is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Incinerate is a special 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Weezing 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 Weezing 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 Weezing
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Double Hit + Item: King's Rock
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Weezing's stats
- Curse
- Rage
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Weezing
- Clear Smog
- Destiny Bond
- Flamethrower
- Haze
- Pain Split
- Protect
- Rest
- Sludge Bomb
- Taunt
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
- Toxic Spikes
- Will-O-Wisp
Common Effort Values for Weezing in Sun and Moon
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/236/0/20/0/ )
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/252/0/4/0/ )
- Optimize Weezing's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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