Competitive Information for Blastoise (mega) [Sword/Shield]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Blastoise-mega? 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 an awesome Water-typed Pokemon. Blastoise are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Blastoise's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Blastoisinite
Ability: Mega Launcher
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Water Pulse / Surf
- Dragon Pulse
- Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
Special Sweeper Blastoise-Mega (Mega Launcher)
Blastoise is a pretty decent Special Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Mega Launcher, Blastoise's pulse moves have 1.5x power. Heal pulse heals 3/4 target's max hp. With a Blastoisinite equipped to it, if held by a blastoise, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ 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).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Blastoise-mega? 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: Blastoisinite
Ability: Mega Launcher
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Water Spout / Surf
- Dragon Pulse
- Dark Pulse
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Blastoise-Mega (Mega Launcher)
Blastoise is a pretty decent Special Sweeper for double battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Mega Launcher, Blastoise's pulse moves have 1.5x power. Heal pulse heals 3/4 target's max hp. With a Blastoisinite equipped to it, if held by a blastoise, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ 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).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Blastoise-mega 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-mega 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-mega
- 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
- 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-mega'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-mega
- 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-mega in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Blastoise-mega's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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