Competitive Information for Blastoise (gmax) [Sword/Shield]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Blastoise-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.
Blastoise is popular Water-typed Pokemon. It's almost common to find yourself dealing with Blastoise when battling in the 8th generation meta. Blastoise's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Rain Dish
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Aqua Tail
- Outrage
- Ice Punch / Double-Edge
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Blastoise-Gmax (Rain Dish)
Blastoise is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Blastoise's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Blastoise's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rain Dish, if rain dance is active Blastoise heals 1/16 of its max hp each turn. Ice Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
◆ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Blastoise afterwards).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Rain Dish
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Weather Ball / Surf
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Dragon Pulse
- Dark Pulse
Special Sweeper Blastoise-Gmax (Rain Dish)
Blastoise is an outstanding Special Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Blastoise's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Blastoise's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rain Dish, if rain dance is active Blastoise heals 1/16 of its max hp each turn.
◆ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Blastoise-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: Wacan Berry
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 244 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Hydro Cannon
- Yawn
- Icy Wind
- Helping Hand
Doubles Special Tank Blastoise-Gmax (Popular VGC)
Blastoise is a phenomenal Special Tank for double battles. This particular build was popular during recent competitions. It attempts to take a large amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Torrent, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Blastoise's attacking stat is 1.5x with water attacks. With a Wacan Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective electric-type attack then the Wacan Berry gets consumed.
◆ Yawn is a status move (puts the target to sleep after 1 turn).
◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Helping Hand is a status move (one adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn).
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Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Rain Dish
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Liquidation / Aqua Tail
- Double-Edge / Body Slam
Doubles Physical Sweeper Blastoise-Gmax (Rain Dish)
Blastoise is popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Blastoise's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Blastoise recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Rain Dish, if rain dance is active Blastoise heals 1/16 of its max hp each turn.
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Rain Dish
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Water Spout / Surf
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Dragon Pulse
- Flash Cannon
Doubles Special Sweeper Blastoise-Gmax (Rain Dish)
Blastoise is a stupendous Special Sweeper for double battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Blastoise's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Blastoise's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rain Dish, if rain dance is active Blastoise heals 1/16 of its max hp each turn.
◆ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
◆ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Blastoise-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 Blastoise-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 Blastoise-gmax
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Moves: Body Press + Curse
- Moves: Body Press + Defense Curl
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Moves: Body Press + Withdraw
- Moves: Body Press + Skull Bash
- Ability: Torrent + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Follow Me, Helping Hand, Protect, Aqua Jet, Fake Out
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Scald, Toxic
Moves that boost Blastoise-gmax's stats
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Iron Defense
- Power-Up Punch
- Rapid Spin
- Shell Smash
- Skull Bash
- Withdraw
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Blastoise-gmax
- Earthquake
- Fake Out
- Flip Turn
- Hydro Cannon
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Reflect
- Rest
- Scald
- Toxic
- Water Spout
Common Effort Values for Blastoise-gmax in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Blastoise-gmax's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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