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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for Accelgor

Base Stats for Accelgor

Bug

Abilities:
,
,

Evolutions / Family:
Shelmet
Accelgor

Weakness Chart for Bug-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

0.5x

2x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0.5x

2x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Accelgor? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.

Common team mates for Accelgor in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

SylveonIndeedeeConkeldurrGoodraWhimsicottChandelureScraftyOranguruIndeedee-FExcadrill

Accelgor is an interesting Bug-typed Pokemon. It's common to find yourself dealing with Accelgor when battling in the 8th generation meta. Accelgor is weak to Fire, Flying, and Rock-typed attacks.

Species: Accelgor
Item: Focus Sash / Throat Spray
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 80 Hp / 168 Def / 252 SpA / 8 SpD
Moveset:
- Bug Buzz / Struggle Bug
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Hyper Beam / Round

Special Sweeper Accelgor (Unburden)

Accelgor is a decent Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Bug Buzz or Round) and increases Accelgor's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Accelgor from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.

♦ 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).
♦ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Venoshock is a special 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).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Accelgor recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Accelgor cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).

Species: Accelgor
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Hydration
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Struggle Bug
- Focus Blast
- Bug Buzz
- Spikes

Accelgor Special Tank (Killgor)

Accelgor is a phenomenal Special Tank. It is meant to take a mighty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Accelgor last longer regaining it's it's life every turn. With Hydration, Accelgor has its status cured at the end of each turn if rain dance is active.

♦ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Focus Blast is a special 120-base power Fighting-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Spikes is a status move (hurts grounded foes on switch-in. max 3 layers).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Accelgor? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.

Common team mates for Accelgor in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

SylveonIndeedeeConkeldurrGoodraWhimsicottChandelureScraftyOranguruIndeedee-FExcadrill

Species: Accelgor
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 80 Hp / 168 Def / 252 SpA / 8 SpD
Moveset:
- Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz
- Sludge Bomb / Acid
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Hyper Beam / Round

Doubles Special Sweeper Accelgor (Unburden)

Accelgor is a remarkable Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Accelgor from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.

♦ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Acid is a special 40-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to lower the foes special defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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 (Accelgor recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Accelgor cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Accelgor 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Accelgor can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Accelgor

Moves: Endure + Reversal
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
Moves: Substitute + Reversal
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Feint, Water Shuriken

Optimize Accelgor's EVs for Sword/Shield

Competitive Information for Accelgor [Sword/Shield]