Competitive Information for Wimpod [Sun/Moon]
Bug / Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Wimpod? 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.
Wimpod is popular Bug and Water-typed Pokemon. Wimpod is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Wimpod can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Wimpod is weak to Electric, Flying, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Buginium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Wimp Out
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leech Life
- Waterfall / Aqua Jet
- Return / Facade
- Metal Claw
Physical Sweeper Wimpod (Wimp Out)
Wimpod is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Wimpod's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Wimp Out, Wimpod switches out when it reaches 1/2 or less of its maximum hp. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Wimpod is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Metal Claw is a physical 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Wimpod's attack by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Wimpod? 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 / Life Orb
Ability: Wimp Out
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leech Life
- Waterfall / Aqua Jet
- Return / Facade
- Metal Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Wimpod (Wimp Out)
Wimpod is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Wimpod's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Wimp Out, Wimpod switches out when it reaches 1/2 or less of its maximum hp. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Wimpod is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Metal Claw is a physical 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Wimpod's attack by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Wimpod 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 Wimpod 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 Wimpod
- 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: Protect, Aqua Jet, Wide Guard
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Wimpod's stats
- Harden
- Metal Claw
Most notable and possible best moves for Wimpod
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Wimpod in Sun and Moon
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