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 an awesome 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: Rindo Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Tough Claws
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 248 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Razor Shell
- Shadow Claw
- Night Slash
- Poison Jab / Slash
Physical Sweeper Binacle (Tough Claws)
Binacle is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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 Tough Claws, Binacle's contact moves have their power multiplied by 1.3. Poison Jab was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Razor Shell is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Water-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
Item: Scope Lens / Rindo Berry
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 248 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Moveset:
- Night Slash
- Shadow Claw
- Earthquake / Poison Jab
- Liquidation / Razor Shell
Physical Sweeper Binacle (Sniper)
Binacle is a decent Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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. With Sniper, if Binacle strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5. Earthquake or Poison Jab are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ 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).
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: Rindo Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Tough Claws
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 248 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Liquidation / Razor Shell
- Earthquake
- Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Binacle (Tough Claws)
Binacle is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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 Tough Claws, Binacle's contact moves have their power multiplied by 1.3.
♦ 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).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
Item: Scope Lens / Rindo Berry
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 248 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Night Slash
- Liquidation / Poison Jab
Doubles Physical Sweeper Binacle (Sniper)
Binacle is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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. With Sniper, if Binacle strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5. Liquidation or Poison Jab are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ 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 pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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.
Damage Modifiers:
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: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- 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
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Slash
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Cross Chop
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Night Slash
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Shadow Claw
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Stone Edge
- Contact moves boosted by Tough Claws: Dig, Fury Swipes, Slash, Cut, Scratch, Strength, Cross Chop, Thief, Rock Smash, Fury Cutter, False Swipe, Brick Break, Endeavor, Aerial Ace, Facade, Payback, Assurance, Grass Knot, Night Slash, Poison Jab, Shadow Claw, X-Scissor, Dual Chop, Razor Shell, Infestation, Power-Up Punch, Liquidation
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Most notable and possible best moves for Binacle
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Binacle in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Binacle's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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