Competitive Information for Combusken [Sword/Shield]
Fire / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Combusken? 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.
Combusken is a decent Fire and Fighting-typed Pokemon. Combusken is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Combusken is weak to Flying, Ground, Psychic, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Blaze Kick
- Night Slash / Double-Edge
- Brick Break / Low Sweep
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Combusken (Speed Boost)
Combusken is a decent Physical Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Combusken'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 Combusken recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge and Flare Blitz. With Speed Boost, Combusken's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. Night Slash was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Blaze Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
◆ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Low Sweep is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Focus Sash / Throat Spray
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Round / Snore
- Vacuum Wave
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Combusken (Speed Boost)
Combusken is a stupendous Special Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and increases Combusken's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Combusken from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Speed Boost, Combusken's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
◆ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Combusken must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Vacuum Wave is a special STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Fighting-type move (usually goes first).
◆ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flame Charge
- Hone Claws / Bulk Up
- Baton Pass
- Protect
Combusken Support (Chica The Chicken)
Combusken is a decent Support for single battles. Focus Sash helps protect Combusken from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out (usually Flame Charge to boost Combusken for the following turns). With Speed Boost, Combusken's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. Since the ban of Blaziken, I have built a combusted to do a similar job. Protect for speed boost, use any of the self status moves, protect again, then use an attack or baton pass.
◆ Hone Claws is a status move (raises your Combusken's attack and accuracy by 1 stage).
◆ Bulk Up is a status move (raises your Combusken's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Baton Pass is a status move (Combusken switches, passing stat changes and more).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Combusken this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Combusken? 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: Shell Bell / Expert Belt
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Blaze Kick
- Rock Slide
- Night Slash / Shadow Claw
- Brick Break / Low Sweep
Doubles Physical Sweeper Combusken (Speed Boost)
Combusken is an outstanding Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Expert Belt boosts the damage of Combusken's super effective moves by 20%. The Shell Bell item option is to help Combusken recover from the recoil damage it may take from Flare Blitz. With Speed Boost, Combusken's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. Night Slash or Shadow Claw are added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Blaze Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Low Sweep is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash / Throat Spray
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Round / Snore
- Vacuum Wave
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Combusken (Speed Boost)
Combusken is a remarkable Special Sweeper for double battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and raises Combusken's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Combusken from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Speed Boost, Combusken's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
◆ Incinerate is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Combusken must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Vacuum Wave is a special STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Fighting-type move (usually goes first).
◆ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Combusken 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 Combusken 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 Combusken
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Speed boost + Move: Protect
- Ability: Speed boost + Move: Baton pass
- Ability: Blaze + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Feint, Quick Attack, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog, Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Combusken's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Curse
- Flame Charge
- Hone Claws
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Combusken
- Baton Pass
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Combusken in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Combusken's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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