Competitive Information for Chewtle [Sword/Shield]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Chewtle? 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.
Chewtle is a decent Water-typed Pokemon. Chewtle is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Chewtle can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Chewtle's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Strong Jaw
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 152 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Dive
- Jaw Lock / Bite
- Ice Fang
- Body Slam / Facade
Physical Sweeper Chewtle (Strong Jaw)
Chewtle is a marvelous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Chewtle's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Chewtle's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Strong Jaw, Chewtle's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. Bug bite is not boosted. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
◆ Jaw Lock is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (prevents both Chewtle and target from switching out).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Chewtle is burn/poison/paralyzed).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 152 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Dive
- Ice Fang / Body Slam
- Jaw Lock / Assurance
- Skitter Smack
Physical Sweeper Chewtle (Swift Swim)
Chewtle is a sensational Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Chewtle's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Chewtle's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, Chewtle's speed is doubled during rainy weather. Ice Fang was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
◆ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Jaw Lock is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (prevents both Chewtle and target from switching out).
◆ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
◆ Skitter Smack is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower target's special attack by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Chewtle? 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 Band
Ability: Strong Jaw
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 152 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Dive
- Jaw Lock / Bite
- Ice Fang
- Body Slam / Facade
Doubles Physical Sweeper Chewtle (Strong Jaw)
Chewtle is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Chewtle's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Chewtle's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Strong Jaw, Chewtle's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. Bug bite is not boosted. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
◆ Jaw Lock is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (prevents both Chewtle and target from switching out).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Chewtle is burn/poison/paralyzed).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 152 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Dive
- Ice Fang / Body Slam
- Jaw Lock / Assurance
- Skitter Smack
Doubles Physical Sweeper Chewtle (Swift Swim)
Chewtle is a sensational Physical Sweeper for double battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Chewtle's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Chewtle's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, Chewtle's speed is doubled during rainy weather. Ice Fang was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
◆ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Jaw Lock is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (prevents both Chewtle and target from switching out).
◆ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
◆ Skitter Smack is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower target's special attack by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Chewtle 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 Chewtle 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 Chewtle
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Bite
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Jaw Lock
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Ice Fang
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Moves that boost Chewtle's stats
- Scale Shot
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Chewtle
- Hydro Pump
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Chewtle in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Chewtle's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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