Competitive Information for Binacle [Sword/Shield]
Rock / Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Binacle? 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.
Binacle is a decent Rock and Water-typed Pokemon. Binacle is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Binacle is weak to Electric, Fighting, Grass, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Scope Lens / Eviolite
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Razor Shell
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake
- X-Scissor
Physical Sweeper Binacle (Sniper)
Binacle is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Binacle is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite makes it possibly stronger than it's final form. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Binacle critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Binacle's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Focus Sash helps protect Binacle from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Binacle's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Binacle strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
♦ Razor Shell is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Water-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ 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; Note: Earthquake does double damage on Pokemon using dig).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Binacle? 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: Scope Lens / Eviolite
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Liquidation / Razor Shell
- X-Scissor
Doubles Physical Sweeper Binacle (Sniper)
Binacle is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Binacle is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until it was realized Eviolite would make it quite viable. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Binacle critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Binacle's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Focus Sash helps protect Binacle from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Binacle's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Binacle strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
♦ 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; Note: Earthquake does double damage on Pokemon using dig).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Razor Shell is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Water-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Binacle 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 Binacle 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 Binacle
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Ability: Sniper + Item: Scope Lens
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Create a build
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