Competitive Information for Drizzile [Sword/Shield]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Drizzile? 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.
Drizzile is a remarkable Water-typed Pokemon. Drizzile is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Drizzile's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Scope Lens / Focus Sash
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Water Pledge
- Round / Snore
- Mud Shot
- Work Up
Special Sweeper Drizzile (Sniper)
Drizzile is a spectacular Special Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Drizzile critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Drizzile's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Focus Sash helps protect Drizzile from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Sniper, if Drizzile strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
◆ Water Pledge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (use with grass or fire pledge for added effect).
◆ 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 (Drizzile must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Mud Shot is a special 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Work Up is a status move (raises your Drizzile's attack and special attack by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Drizzile? 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: Scope Lens / Focus Sash
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Water Pledge
- Round / Snore
- Mud Shot
- Work Up
Doubles Special Sweeper Drizzile (Sniper)
Drizzile is a spectacular Special Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Drizzile critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Drizzile's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Focus Sash helps protect Drizzile from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Sniper, if Drizzile strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
◆ Water Pledge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (use with grass or fire pledge for added effect).
◆ 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 (Drizzile must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Mud Shot is a special 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Work Up is a status move (raises your Drizzile's attack and special attack by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Drizzile 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 Drizzile 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 Drizzile
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Sniper + Item: Scope lens
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch, Aqua Jet, Ice Shard
Moves that boost Drizzile's stats
- Fell Stinger
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Drizzile
- Baton Pass
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Drizzile in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Drizzile's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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