Competitive Information for Cherrim [Sword/Shield]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Cherrim? 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.
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Cherrim is a decent Grass-typed Pokemon. Cherrim is a almost common Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Cherrim is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Coba Berry
Ability: Flower Gift
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Solar Beam
- Pollen Puff
- Helping Hand
- Sunny Day
Support Cherrim (Popular/Trending)
Cherrim is a decent Support for single battles. Focus Sash helps protect Cherrim from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Flower Gift, if user is cherrim and sunny day is active it and allies' attack and sp. Def are 1.5x. With a Coba Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective flying-type attack then the Coba Berry gets consumed.
◆ Solar Beam is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. Hits turn 2. No charge in sunlight).
◆ Pollen Puff is a special 90-base power Bug-type move (if the target is an ally, heals 50% of its max hp).
◆ Helping Hand is a status move (one adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn).
◆ Sunny Day is a status move (for 5 turns, intense sunlight powers fire moves).
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Item: Focus Sash / Coba Berry
Ability: Flower Gift
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Heal Pulse
- Helping Hand
- Protect
- Sunny Day
Special Sweeper Cherrim (Popular/Trending)
Cherrim is an extraordinary Special Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Cherrim from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Flower Gift, if user is cherrim and sunny day is active it and allies' attack and sp. Def are 1.5x. With a Coba Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective flying-type attack then the Coba Berry gets consumed.
◆ 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 Cherrim this turn).
◆ Sunny Day is a status move (for 5 turns, intense sunlight powers fire moves).
Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Flower Gift
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Energy Ball
- Weather Ball
- Pollen Puff
- Dazzling Gleam / Draining Kiss
Special Sweeper Cherrim (Flower Gift)
Cherrim is an astounding Special Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Cherrim from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Cherrim's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Flower Gift, if user is cherrim and sunny day is active it and allies' attack and sp. Def are 1.5x.
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
◆ Pollen Puff is a special 90-base power Bug-type move (if the target is an ally, heals 50% of its max hp).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Draining Kiss is a special 50-base power Fairy-type move (Cherrim recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Cherrim? 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.
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Flower Gift
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Energy Ball
- Dazzling Gleam / Draining Kiss
- Weather Ball
- Pollen Puff
Doubles Special Sweeper Cherrim (Flower Gift)
Cherrim is a fabulous Special Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Cherrim from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Cherrim's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Flower Gift, if user is cherrim and sunny day is active it and allies' attack and sp. Def are 1.5x.
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Draining Kiss is a special 50-base power Fairy-type move (Cherrim recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
◆ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
◆ Pollen Puff is a special 90-base power Bug-type move (if the target is an ally, heals 50% of its max hp).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Cherrim 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 Cherrim 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 Cherrim
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Safeguard + Petal dance
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Cherrim's stats
- Defense Curl
- Flower Shield
- Growth
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Cherrim
- Dazzling Gleam
- Energy Ball
- Grassy Glide
- Heal Pulse
- Helping Hand
- Pollen Puff
- Protect
- Rest
- Seed Bomb
- Solar Beam
- Solar Blade
- Sunny Day
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Cherrim in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 252/0/0/4/0/252 )
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/252/0/4/0 )
- Optimize Cherrim's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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