Competitive Information for Corviknight (gmax) [Sword/Shield]
Flying / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Corviknight-gmax? 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.
Corviknight is pretty popular Flying and Steel-typed Pokemon. It's super common to find yourself dealing with Corviknight when battling in the 8th generation meta. Corviknight's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Fire.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Mirror Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Iron Head / Steel Wing
- Body Slam / Facade
- Body Press / Revenge
Physical Sweeper Corviknight-Gmax (Mirror Armor)
Corviknight is a wonderful Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Corviknight'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 Corviknight recover from the recoil damage it may take from Brave Bird. With Mirror Armor, if Corviknight's stat stages would be lowered the attacker's are lowered instead. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. High crit).
◆ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Steel Wing is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Corviknight's defense by 1 stage).
◆ 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 Corviknight is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Corviknight's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Revenge is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Corviknight is damaged by the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Corviknight-gmax? 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 / Life Orb
Ability: Mirror Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Iron Head / Steel Wing
- Body Slam / Facade
- Body Press / Revenge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Corviknight-Gmax (Mirror Armor)
Corviknight is a decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Corviknight'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 Corviknight recover from the recoil damage it may take from Brave Bird. With Mirror Armor, if Corviknight's stat stages would be lowered the attacker's are lowered instead. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. High crit).
◆ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Steel Wing is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Corviknight's defense by 1 stage).
◆ 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 Corviknight is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Corviknight's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Revenge is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Corviknight is damaged by the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Corviknight-gmax 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 Corviknight-gmax 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 Corviknight-gmax
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Moves: Body Press + Steel Wing
- Moves: Body Press + Bulk Up
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
Moves that boost Corviknight-gmax's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Hone Claws
- Iron Defense
- Nasty Plot
- Steel Wing
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Corviknight-gmax
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roost
- Taunt
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Corviknight-gmax in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Corviknight-gmax's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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