Competitive Information for Boltund [Sword/Shield]
Electric
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Boltund? 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.
RillaboomCelesteelaKartanaGarchompNihilegoTornadusDrifblimPrimarinaTurtonatorNinetales-Alola
Boltund is an awesome Electric-typed Pokemon. Boltund are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Boltund's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Item: Shuca Berry / Focus Sash
Ability: Competitive
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic Fangs
- Eerie Impulse / Nuzzle
- Helping Hand
- Protect
Support Boltund (Popular/Trending)
Boltund is an interesting Support for single battles. Focus Sash helps protect Boltund from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Competitive, Boltund's sp. Atk is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe. With a Shuca Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective ground-type attack then the Shuca Berry gets consumed.
◆ Eerie Impulse is a status move (lowers the target's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Nuzzle is a physical STAB-boosted 20-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Helping Hand is a status move (one adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Boltund this turn).
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Item: Shuca Berry / Focus Sash
Ability: Competitive
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 240 Hp / 252 SpA / 16 Spe
Moveset:
- Volt Switch / Thunderbolt
- Snarl
- Eerie Impulse
- Helping Hand
Special Tank Boltund (Popular/Trending)
Boltund is a pretty decent Special Tank for single battles. It's primary goal is to take a nice amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Focus Sash helps protect Boltund from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Competitive, Boltund's sp. Atk is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe. With a Shuca Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective ground-type attack then the Shuca Berry gets consumed.
◆ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Eerie Impulse is a status move (lowers the target's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Helping Hand is a status move (one adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Strong Jaw
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 164 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 Def / 8 SpD / 76 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunder Fang / Wild Charge
- Psychic Fangs
- Crunch / Bite
- Double-Edge / Facade
Physical Sweeper Boltund (Strong Jaw)
Boltund is popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Boltund from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Boltund's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Strong Jaw, Boltund's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. Bug bite is not boosted. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Wild Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Boltund is burn/poison/paralyzed).
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Item: Focus Sash / Throat Spray
Ability: Competitive
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 164 Hp / 8 Def / 252 SpA / 8 SpD / 76 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Snarl
- Bulk Up
Special Sweeper Boltund (Competitive)
Boltund is a remarkable Special Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice or Snarl) and increases Boltund's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Boltund from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Competitive, Boltund's sp. Atk is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
◆ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Boltund cannot move next turn).
◆ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Bulk Up is a status move (raises your Boltund's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Boltund? 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.
RillaboomCelesteelaKartanaGarchompNihilegoTornadusDrifblimPrimarinaTurtonatorNinetales-Alola
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Strong Jaw
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 164 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 Def / 8 SpD / 76 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunder Fang / Wild Charge
- Psychic Fangs
- Crunch / Bite
- Double-Edge / Facade
Doubles Physical Sweeper Boltund (Strong Jaw)
Boltund is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Boltund from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Boltund's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Strong Jaw, Boltund's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. Bug bite is not boosted. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Wild Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Boltund is burn/poison/paralyzed).
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Item: Focus Sash / Throat Spray
Ability: Competitive
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 164 Hp / 8 Def / 252 SpA / 8 SpD / 76 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Discharge / Thunderbolt
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Snarl
- Bulk Up
Doubles Special Sweeper Boltund (Competitive)
Boltund is a wonderful Special Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice or Snarl) and raises Boltund's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Boltund from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Competitive, Boltund's sp. Atk is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
◆ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Boltund cannot move next turn).
◆ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Bulk Up is a status move (raises your Boltund's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Boltund 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 Boltund 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 Boltund
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Thunder Fang
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Bite
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Crunch
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Psychic Fangs
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Fire Fang
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Psychic Fangs
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave
Moves that boost Boltund's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Charge
- Flame Charge
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Boltund
- Charm
- Discharge
- Eerie Impulse
- Electrify
- Helping Hand
- Howl
- Nuzzle
- Protect
- Psychic Fangs
- Rest
- Roar
- Snarl
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Boltund in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 252/4/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 240/0/0/252/0/16 )
- Optimize Boltund's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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