Competitive Information for Clobbopus [Sword/Shield]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Clobbopus? 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.
Clobbopus is a remarkable Fighting-typed Pokemon. Clobbopus is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Clobbopus can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Clobbopus is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 208 Hp / 252 Atk / 48 SpD
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Revenge
- Payback / Body Slam
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Ice Punch
Physical Sweeper Clobbopus (Technician)
Clobbopus is a decent Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Clobbopus's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Technician, Clobbopus's moves of 60 or less power get boosted by 1.5x power. In this case it would boosts Revenge and Payback. Payback was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Clobbopus's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Revenge is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Clobbopus is damaged by the target).
◆ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Clobbopus moves after the target).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Liquidation is a physical 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Waterfall is a physical 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Clobbopus? 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: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 208 Hp / 252 Atk / 48 SpD
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Revenge
- Payback / Body Slam
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Ice Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Clobbopus (Technician)
Clobbopus is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Clobbopus's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Technician, Clobbopus's moves of 60 or less power get boosted by 1.5x power. In this case it would boosts Revenge and Payback. Payback was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Clobbopus's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Revenge is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Clobbopus is damaged by the target).
◆ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Clobbopus moves after the target).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Liquidation is a physical 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Waterfall is a physical 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Clobbopus 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 Clobbopus 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 Clobbopus
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves boosted by Technician: Mud Shot (BP: 55), Feint (BP: 30), Payback (BP: 50), Power-Up Punch (BP: 40), Revenge (BP: 60), Rock Smash (BP: 40), Round (BP: 60), Snore (BP: 50), Bind (BP: 15), Circle Throw (BP: 60)
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Feint, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that boost Clobbopus's stats
- Bulk Up
- Power-Up Punch
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Clobbopus
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
Common Effort Values for Clobbopus in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Clobbopus's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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