Competitive Information for Cinderace [Sword/Shield]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Cinderace? 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.
WhimsicottRotom-WashMoltres-GalarUrshifuRegielekiMamoswineDuraludonGlastrierNihilegoClefairy
Cinderace is a spectacular Fire-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty common sight to see Cinderace out in the 8th generation battlefield. Cinderace is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Cinderace is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Libero
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick
- Pyro Ball / Flare Blitz
- Bounce
- Iron Head
Physical Sweeper Cinderace (Popular/Trending)
Cinderace is a sensational Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Cinderace from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Cinderace's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Libero, Cinderace's type changes to match the type of the move it is about to use.
◆ Pyro Ball is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target. Thaws Cinderace).
◆ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. Thaws Cinderace).
◆ Bounce is a physical 85-base power Flying-type move (bounces turn 1. Hits turn 2. 30% paralyze).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Libero
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 164 Hp / 252 Atk / 92 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Pyro Ball
- Double-Edge / Zen Headbutt
- High Jump Kick
- Iron Head
Physical Sweeper Cinderace (Libero)
Cinderace is a spectacular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Cinderace's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Cinderace recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge and Flare Blitz. With Libero, Cinderace's type changes to match the type of the move it is about to use.
◆ Pyro Ball is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target. Thaws Cinderace).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ High Jump Kick is a physical 130-base power Fighting-type move (Cinderace is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Cinderace? 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.
WhimsicottRotom-WashMoltres-GalarUrshifuRegielekiMamoswineDuraludonGlastrierNihilegoClefairy
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Libero
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 164 Hp / 252 Atk / 92 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Pyro Ball
- Double-Edge / Zen Headbutt
- High Jump Kick
- Iron Head
Doubles Physical Sweeper Cinderace (Libero)
Cinderace is an outstanding Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Cinderace's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Cinderace recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge and Flare Blitz. With Libero, Cinderace's type changes to match the type of the move it is about to use.
◆ Pyro Ball is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target. Thaws Cinderace).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ High Jump Kick is a physical 130-base power Fighting-type move (Cinderace is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Cinderace 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 Cinderace 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 Cinderace
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Blaze + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Feint, Sucker Punch, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Scorching Sands
Moves that boost Cinderace's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Flame Charge
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Cinderace
- Baton Pass
- Blast Burn
- Bounce
- Coaching
- Flare Blitz
- Gunk Shot
- High Jump Kick
- Iron Head
- Protect
- Pyro Ball
- Rest
- Snarl
- Sucker Punch
- Taunt
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Cinderace in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Optimize Cinderace's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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