Competitive Information for Alcremie (gmax) [Sword/Shield]
Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Alcremie-gmax? 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.
Alcremie is a stupendous Fairy-typed Pokemon. Alcremie is a normal Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Alcremie's only type-related weaknesses are Poison and Steel.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Aroma Veil
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Misty Explosion / Dazzling Gleam
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Tri Attack / Hyper Beam
Special Sweeper Alcremie-Gmax (Aroma Veil)
Alcremie is a pretty decent Special Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Alcremie's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Alcremie's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Aroma Veil, protects user/allies from attract disable encore heal block taunt and torment.
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ 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 (Alcremie recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
◆ Tri Attack is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Alcremie cannot move next turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Alcremie-gmax? 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.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Aroma Veil
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Misty Explosion
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Tri Attack / Hyper Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Alcremie-Gmax (Aroma Veil)
Alcremie is popular Special Sweeper for double battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Alcremie's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Alcremie's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Aroma Veil, protects user/allies from attract disable encore heal block taunt and torment.
◆ Misty Explosion is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fairy-type move (Alcremie faints. Alcremie on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
◆ 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 (Alcremie recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
◆ Tri Attack is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Alcremie cannot move next turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Alcremie-gmax 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 Alcremie-gmax 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 Alcremie-gmax
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Baby-Doll Eyes
Moves that boost Alcremie-gmax's stats
- Acid Armor
- Aromatic Mist
- Calm Mind
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Alcremie-gmax
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Stored Power
Common Effort Values for Alcremie-gmax in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Alcremie-gmax's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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