Competitive Information for Cursola [Sword/Shield]
Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Cursola? 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.
Cursola is a stupendous Ghost-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to find yourself dealing with Cursola when battling in the 8th generation meta. Cursola's only type-related weaknesses are Dark and Ghost.
Item: Expert Belt / Weakness Policy
Ability: Perish Body
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Moveset:
- Hydro Pump
- Shadow Ball
- Burning Jealousy
- Protect
Physical Wall Cursola (Popular/Trending)
Cursola is an awesome Physical Wall for single battles. It's primary goal is to take a great amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Expert Belt boosts the damage of Cursola's super effective moves by 20%. Weakness Policy activates if Cursola is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Perish Body, making contact with Cursola starts the perish song effect for it and the attacker.
◆ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Burning Jealousy is a special 70-base power Fire-type move (100% burns a target that had a stat rise this turn).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Cursola this turn).
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Item: White Herb / Weakness Policy
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 100 Hp / 156 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Shadow Ball / Hex
- Surf / Scald
- Earth Power
- Ice Beam
Special Sweeper Cursola (Weak Armor)
Cursola is an awesome Special Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Cursola's negative stat changes once. Weakness Policy activates if Cursola is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Cursola it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
◆ Hex is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
◆ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Scald is a special 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-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 Cursola? 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: White Herb / Weakness Policy
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 100 Hp / 156 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Burning Jealousy
- Surf / Scald
- Shadow Ball / Hex
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Cursola (Weak Armor)
Cursola is a fabulous Special Sweeper for double battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Cursola's negative stat changes once. Weakness Policy activates if Cursola is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Cursola it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
◆ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Scald is a special 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hex is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Cursola 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 Cursola 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 Cursola
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Perish song + Protect
- Moves: Whirlpool + Perish song
- Ability: Weak armor + Item: White herb
- Ability: Weak armor + Item: Weakness policy
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Meteor Beam + Item: Power Herb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Burning Jealousy, Scald, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Cursola's stats
- Amnesia
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Curse
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Meteor Beam
Most notable and possible best moves for Cursola
- Blizzard
- Burning Jealousy
- Destiny Bond
- Earth Power
- Earthquake
- Giga Drain
- Head Smash
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Psychic
- Reflect
- Rest
- Scald
- Shadow Ball
- Stealth Rock
Common Effort Values for Cursola in Sword and Shield
- Quiet Nature ( 252/0/252/4/0/0 )
- Quiet Nature ( 252/0/0/252/4/0 )
- Optimize Cursola's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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