Competitive Information for Comfey [Sword/Shield]
Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Comfey? 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.
Moltres-GalarTapu FiniRegirockRillaboomRegielekiIncineroarKartanaRotom-HeatUrshifuMamoswine
Comfey is an astounding Fairy-typed Pokemon. Comfey are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Comfey's only type-related weaknesses are Poison and Steel.
Item: Babiri Berry / Focus Sash
Ability: Triage
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Giga Drain
- Ally Switch
- Floral Healing / Draining Kiss
- Trick Room
Physical Wall Comfey (Popular/Trending)
Comfey is an interesting Physical Wall for single battles. It is designed to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Focus Sash helps protect Comfey from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. The Babiri Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Steel-type attack. With Triage, Comfey's healing moves have their priority increased by 3.
◆ Ally Switch is a status move (your Comfey swaps positions with its ally).
◆ Floral Healing is a status move (heals the target by 50% of its max hp).
◆ Draining Kiss is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Fairy-type move (Comfey recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Triage
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Energy Ball
- Dazzling Gleam / Draining Kiss
- Pollen Puff
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Comfey (Triage)
Comfey is a wonderful Special Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Comfey's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Comfey's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Triage, Comfey's healing moves have their priority increased by 3.
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Draining Kiss is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Fairy-type move (Comfey recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
◆ Pollen Puff is a special 90-base power Bug-type move (if the target is an ally, heals 50% of its max hp).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Comfey cannot move next turn).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Comfey? 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.
Moltres-GalarTapu FiniRegirockRillaboomRegielekiIncineroarKartanaRotom-HeatUrshifuMamoswine
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Triage
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 124 Def / 4 SpA / 100 SpD / 28 Spe
Moveset:
- Giga Drain
- Trick Room
- Floral Healing
- Helping Hand
Doubles Double Wall Comfey (Popular VGC)
Comfey is a remarkable Double Wall for double battles. This particular build was popular during past competitions. It's primary goal is to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Focus Sash helps protect Comfey from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Triage, Comfey's healing moves have their priority increased by 3.
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
◆ Floral Healing is a status move (heals the target by 50% of its max hp).
◆ Helping Hand is a status move (one adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Flower Veil
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Draining Kiss
- Petal Dance / Energy Ball
- Pollen Puff
- Hyper Beam / Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Comfey (Flower Veil)
Comfey is pretty popular Special Sweeper for double battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Comfey's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Comfey's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flower Veil, this side's grass types can't have stats lowered or status inflicted by other pokemon.
◆ Draining Kiss is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Fairy-type move (Comfey recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
◆ Petal Dance is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Comfey afterwards).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Pollen Puff is a special 90-base power Bug-type move (if the target is an ally, heals 50% of its max hp).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Comfey cannot move next turn).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Item: Room Service
Ability: Flower Veil
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 208 Def / 48 SpD
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Energy Ball
- Dazzling Gleam / Draining Kiss
- Pollen Puff
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Comfey (Flower Veil)
Comfey is an astounding Defensive Trick Room for single battles. With Flower Veil, this side's grass types can't have stats lowered or status inflicted by other pokemon. With a Room Service equipped to it, if trick room is active, Comfey's speed is lowered by 1 stage then the Room Service gets consumed.
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Draining Kiss is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Fairy-type move (Comfey recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
◆ Pollen Puff is a special 90-base power Bug-type move (if the target is an ally, heals 50% of its max hp).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Comfey 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 Comfey 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 Comfey
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Safeguard + Petal dance
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Endure, Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Comfey's stats
- Amnesia
- Calm Mind
- Flower Shield
- Growth
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Comfey
- Ally Switch
- Draining Kiss
- Floral Healing
- Giga Drain
- Helping Hand
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Stored Power
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Trick Room
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Comfey in Sword and Shield
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/252/0/4/0 )
- Modest Nature ( 244/0/172/92/0/0 )
- Optimize Comfey's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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