Competitive Information for Calyrex (ice) [Sword/Shield]
Psychic / Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Calyrex-ice? 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.
Calyrex is a pretty decent Psychic and Ice-typed Pokemon. It's super common to find yourself dealing with Calyrex when battling in the 8th generation meta. Calyrex is weak to Bug, Dark, Fire, Ghost, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: As One (Glastrier)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Glacial Lance / Icicle Crash
- Crunch / Double-Edge
- Close Combat
- Outrage
Physical Sweeper Calyrex-Ice (As One (Glastrier))
Calyrex is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Calyrex's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With As One (Glastrier), the combination of unnerve and chilling neigh. Crunch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Calyrex's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Calyrex afterwards).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Calyrex-ice? 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: Weakness Policy
Ability: As One (Glastrier)
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 148 Atk / 108 SpD
Moveset:
- Glacial Lance
- High Horsepower
- Seed Bomb
- Protect
Doubles Physical Tank Calyrex-Ice (Popular VGC)
Calyrex is a legendary Physical Tank. This particular build was popular during past competitions. It is primarily designed to take a mighty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Weakness Policy activates if Calyrex is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With As One (Glastrier), the combination of unnerve and chilling neigh.
♦ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Calyrex this turn).
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: As One (Glastrier)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Glacial Lance / Icicle Crash
- Throat Chop / Double-Edge
- Outrage
- Close Combat / Body Press
Doubles Physical Sweeper Calyrex-Ice (As One (Glastrier))
Calyrex is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Calyrex's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With As One (Glastrier), the combination of unnerve and chilling neigh. Throat Chop was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
♦ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Calyrex afterwards).
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Calyrex's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Calyrex's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
Item: Eject Pack / Never-Melt Ice
Ability: As One (Glastrier)
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Glacial Lance / Icicle Crash
- Crunch / Double-Edge
- Close Combat
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Calyrex-Ice (As One (Glastrier))
Calyrex is a legendary Offensive Trick Room. With As One (Glastrier), the combination of unnerve and chilling neigh. Crunch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Calyrex's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Calyrex-ice 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 Calyrex-ice 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 Calyrex-ice
- Moves: Sunny Day + Solar Beam
- Moves: Sunny Day + Growth
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Safeguard + Thrash
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech Seed
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
Most notable and possible best moves for Calyrex-ice
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Calyrex-ice in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Calyrex-ice's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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