Competitive Information for Diglett [Sword/Shield]
Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Diglett? 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.
Diglett is a pretty decent Ground-typed Pokemon. Diglett is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Diglett can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Diglett is weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Sand Force
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 Def / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
- Double-Edge / Slash
- Shadow Claw / Astonish
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
Physical Sweeper Diglett (Sand Force)
Diglett is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Diglett from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Diglett's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Sand Force, Diglett's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it.
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Diglett's last move failed).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Arena Trap
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 Def / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
- Rock Slide / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw / Astonish
- Sucker Punch / Assurance
Physical Sweeper Diglett (Arena Trap)
Diglett is an interesting Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Diglett from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Diglett's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Arena Trap, prevents adjacent foes from choosing to switch unless they are airborne. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Diglett's last move failed).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. Fails if target is not attacking).
◆ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Diglett? 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: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Sand Force / Arena Trap
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 40 Def / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Double-Edge / Slash
- Shadow Claw / Astonish
Doubles Physical Sweeper Diglett (Sand Force)
Diglett is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Diglett from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Diglett's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Sand Force, Diglett's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it.
◆ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Diglett 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 Diglett 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 Diglett
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- 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, Sucker Punch, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scorching Sands
Moves that boost Diglett's stats
- Agility
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Hone Claws
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Diglett
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Diglett in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Diglett's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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