Competitive Information for Aurorus [Sword/Shield]
Rock / Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Aurorus? 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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Aurorus is an outstanding Rock and Ice-typed Pokemon. It's almost common to find yourself dealing with Aurorus when battling in the 8th generation meta. Aurorus is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Rock, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Weakness Policy / Life Orb
Ability: Refrigerate
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 196 Hp / 60 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Meteor Beam / Ancient Power
- Earth Power
- Freeze-Dry / Blizzard
- Protect / Hyper Beam
Special Tank Aurorus (Popular/Trending)
Aurorus is a wonderful Special Tank for single battles. It's primary goal is to take a considerable amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Weakness Policy activates if Aurorus 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 Aurorus's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Refrigerate, Aurorus's normal-type moves become ice type and have 1.2x power.
◆ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Freeze-Dry is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. Super effective on water).
◆ Blizzard is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze foes. Can't miss in hail).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Aurorus this turn).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Aurorus cannot move next turn).
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Item: Icy Rock / Chople Berry
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Weather Ball
- Ancient Power / Meteor Beam
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
Special Sweeper Aurorus (Snow Warning)
Aurorus is popular Special Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Aurorus is sent out onto the field. This damages all non-Ice Pokemon every turn while the Hail remains active. Equipping Icy Rock helps extend the hailstorm weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead. With a Chople Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fighting-type attack then the Chople Berry gets consumed.
◆ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
◆ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
◆ Meteor Beam is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Rock-type move (raises Aurorus's special attack by 1 stage on turn 1. Hits turn 2).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Aurorus? 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: Power Herb
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 204 Hp / 52 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Freeze-Dry
- Meteor Beam
- Aurora Veil
- Protect
Doubles Special Tank Aurorus (Popular VGC)
Aurorus is an extraordinary Special Tank for double battles. This particular build was popular during previous competitions. It is primarily designed to take a mighty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Aurorus is sent out onto the field. This damages all non-Ice Pokemon every turn while the Hail remains active. Aurora Veil halves damage done to the user by physical and special moves for five turns; In doubles, Aurora Veil protects the user and all allies, but only reduces damage by a third rather than half. The catch is Aurora Veil can only be used during Hail. Luckily, Snow Warning lets you keep the veil up pretty consistently. With a Power Herb equipped to it, Aurorus's two-turn moves complete in one turn (except sky drop) then the Power Herb gets consumed.
◆ Meteor Beam is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Rock-type move (raises Aurorus's special attack by 1 stage on turn 1. Hits turn 2).
◆ Aurora Veil is a status move (for 5 turns, damage to allies is halved. Hail only).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Aurorus this turn).
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Item: Icy Rock / Chople Berry
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Icy Wind
- Earth Power / Psychic
- Discharge / Thunderbolt
- Ancient Power / Meteor Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Aurorus (Snow Warning)
Aurorus is a notable Special Sweeper for double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Aurorus is sent out onto the field. This damages all non-Ice Pokemon every turn while the Hail remains active. Equipping Icy Rock helps extend the hailstorm weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead. Earth Power or Psychic are added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Chople Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fighting-type attack then the Chople Berry gets consumed.
◆ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Discharge is a special 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
◆ Meteor Beam is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Rock-type move (raises Aurorus's special attack by 1 stage on turn 1. Hits turn 2).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Aurorus 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 Aurorus 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 Aurorus
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Ability: Snow warning + Move: Blizzard
- Ability: Snow warning + Move: Aurora veil
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Meteor Beam + Item: Power Herb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave
Moves that boost Aurorus's stats
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Iron Defense
- Meteor Beam
Most notable and possible best moves for Aurorus
- Ancient Power
- Blizzard
- Earth Power
- Earthquake
- Freeze-Dry
- Hyper Beam
- Hyper Voice
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Meteor Beam
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
Common Effort Values for Aurorus in Sword and Shield
- Quiet Nature ( 196/0/60/252/0/0 )
- Modest Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Aurorus's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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