Competitive Information for Cottonee [Sword/Shield]
Grass / Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Cottonee? 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.
Cottonee is an extraordinary Grass and Fairy-typed Pokemon. Cottonee is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Cottonee can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Cottonee is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Kebia Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb / Grassy Glide
- Knock Off / Beat Up
- Facade / Covet
- Leech Seed
Physical Sweeper Cottonee (Infiltrator)
Cottonee is an interesting Physical Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Cottonee's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Kebia Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective poison-type attack then the Kebia Berry gets consumed.
◆ Grassy Glide is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Grass-type move (Cottonee on grassy terrain: +1 priority).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Beat Up is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (all healthy allies aid in damaging the target).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Cottonee is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Covet is a physical 60-base power Normal-type move (if your Cottonee has no item, it steals the target's).
◆ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Cottonee every turn).
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Item: Kebia Berry / Throat Spray
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Dazzling Gleam / Fairy Wind
- Round / Snore
- Leech Seed
Special Sweeper Cottonee (Infiltrator)
Cottonee is a remarkable Special Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed 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 boosts Cottonee's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil. With a Kebia Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective poison-type attack then the Kebia Berry gets consumed.
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Cottonee recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Fairy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Fairy-type move that deals damage.
◆ 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 (Cottonee must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Cottonee every turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Cottonee? 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: Kebia Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Seed Bomb
- Knock Off / Beat Up
- Facade / Covet
- Leech Seed
Doubles Physical Sweeper Cottonee (Infiltrator)
Cottonee is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Cottonee's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Kebia Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective poison-type attack then the Kebia Berry gets consumed.
◆ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Beat Up is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (all healthy allies aid in damaging the target).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Cottonee is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Covet is a physical 60-base power Normal-type move (if your Cottonee has no item, it steals the target's).
◆ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Cottonee every turn).
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Item: Kebia Berry / Throat Spray
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Fairy Wind
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Round / Snore
- Leech Seed
Doubles Special Sweeper Cottonee (Infiltrator)
Cottonee is a decent Special Sweeper for double battles. It was designed 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 Cottonee's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil. With a Kebia Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective poison-type attack then the Kebia Berry gets consumed.
◆ Fairy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Fairy-type move that deals damage.
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Cottonee recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ 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 (Cottonee must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Cottonee every turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Cottonee learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Cottonee 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 Cottonee
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Stun Spore, Toxic
Moves that boost Cottonee's stats
- Cotton Guard
- Growth
Most notable and possible best moves for Cottonee
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Cottonee in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Cottonee's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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