Competitive Information for Cherubi [Sword/Shield]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Cherubi? 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.
Cherubi is an awesome Grass-typed Pokemon. Cherubi is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Cherubi is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 200 Hp / 56 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Weather Ball
- Pollen Puff
- Dazzling Gleam / Draining Kiss
Special Sweeper Cherubi (Chlorophyll)
Cherubi is a wonderful Special Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Cherubi's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Cherubi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, Cherubi's speed is doubled during sunny weather.
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Cherubi recovers 50% 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).
◆ 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 (Cherubi recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Cherubi? 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: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 200 Hp / 56 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Draining Kiss
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Weather Ball
- Pollen Puff
Doubles Special Sweeper Cherubi (Chlorophyll)
Cherubi is a marvelous Special Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Cherubi's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Cherubi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, Cherubi's speed is doubled during sunny weather.
◆ Draining Kiss is a special 50-base power Fairy-type move (Cherubi recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
◆ 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).
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Cherubi recovers 50% 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 Cherubi 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 Cherubi 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 Cherubi
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- 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 Cherubi's stats
- Defense Curl
- Flower Shield
- Growth
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Cherubi
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Cherubi in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Cherubi's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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