Competitive Information for Archeops [Sword/Shield]
Rock / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Archeops? 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.
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Archeops is a spectacular Rock and Flying-typed Pokemon. Archeops are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Archeops is weak to Electric, Ice, Rock, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Weakness Policy
Ability: Defeatist
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Head Smash / Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Quick Attack
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Archeops (Popular/Trending)
Archeops is a stupendous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Weakness Policy activates if Archeops is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. Life Orb boosts the power of Archeops's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Defeatist, while Archeops has 1/2 or less of its max hp its attack and sp. Atk are halved.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Quick Attack is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (usually goes first).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Archeops this turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Defeatist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake
- Knock Off / Crunch
Physical Sweeper Archeops (Defeatist)
Archeops is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Archeops from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Archeops's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Defeatist, while Archeops has 1/2 or less of its max hp its attack and sp. Atk are halved.
◆ Dragon Claw is a physical 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Defeatist
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Acrobatics
- Stone Edge
- Knock Off
- Earthquake / Rock Slide
Archeops Physical Sweeper (Back From The Grave*)
Archeops is a decent Physical Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Sitrus Berry will restore 1/4th of Archeops's max HP when it reaches below half health and gets consumed. With Defeatist, while Archeops has 1/2 or less of its max hp its attack and sp. Atk are halved.
◆ Stone Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Archeops? 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.
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Defeatist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Knock Off / Crunch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Archeops (Defeatist)
Archeops is popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Archeops from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Archeops's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Defeatist, while Archeops has 1/2 or less of its max hp its attack and sp. Atk are halved.
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Archeops afterwards).
◆ Dragon Claw is a physical 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Archeops 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 Archeops 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 Archeops
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- 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: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Quick Guard, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
Moves that boost Archeops's stats
- Agility
- Ancient Power
- Iron Defense
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Archeops
- Air Slash
- Dual Wingbeat
- Earth Power
- Earthquake
- Head Smash
- Knock Off
- Meteor Beam
- Protect
- Quick Attack
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Archeops in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Optimize Archeops's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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