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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for Eiscue

Base Stats for Eiscue

Ice

Abilities:

Evolutions / Family:
Eiscue
Eiscue-Noice

Weakness Chart for Ice-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

2x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0.5x

2x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Eiscue? 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.

Common single-battle team mates for Eiscue in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

AlcremieVanilluxeConkeldurrWhimsicottInteleonGastrodonAlakazamRhyperiorSlowbro-GalarPoliwrath

Eiscue is a wonderful Ice-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to find yourself dealing with Eiscue when battling in the 8th generation meta. Eiscue is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.

Species: Eiscue
Item: Life Orb / Sitrus Berry
Ability: Ice Face
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Icicle Crash / Ice Punch
- Liquidation
- Iron Head
- Protect

Physical Sweeper Eiscue (Popular/Trending)

Eiscue is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Eiscue's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Ice Face, if eiscue the first physical hit it takes deals 0 damage. this effect is restored in hail.

♦ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Liquidation is a physical 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Eiscue this turn).

Species: Eiscue
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Ice Face
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Zen Headbutt / Double-Edge
- Icicle Crash / Ice Punch
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Iron Head

Physical Sweeper Eiscue (Ice Face)

Eiscue is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Eiscue's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Eiscue's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Ice Face, if eiscue the first physical hit it takes deals 0 damage. this effect is restored in hail. Zen Headbutt was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Liquidation is a physical 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Waterfall is a physical 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).

Species: Eiscue
Item: Life Orb / Never-Melt Ice
Ability: Ice Face
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Ice Beam / Freeze-Dry
- Weather Ball / Round
- Surf / Brine
- Iron Defense

Special Sweeper Eiscue (Ice Face)

Eiscue is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Eiscue's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Ice Face, if eiscue the first physical hit it takes deals 0 damage. this effect is restored in hail.

♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Freeze-Dry is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. super effective on water).
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Brine is a special 65-base power Water-type move (power doubles if the target's hp is 50% or less).
♦ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Eiscue's defense by 2 stages).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Eiscue? 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.

Common double-battle team mates for Eiscue in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

Ninetales-AlolaMimikyuDracovishRotom-WashFrosmothSalazzleMamoswinePolteageistRibombeeRotom-Frost

Species: Eiscue
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Ice Face
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Zen Headbutt / Double-Edge
- Icicle Crash / Ice Punch
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Iron Head

Doubles Physical Sweeper Eiscue (Ice Face)

Eiscue is an interesting Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Eiscue's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Eiscue's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Ice Face, if eiscue the first physical hit it takes deals 0 damage. this effect is restored in hail. Zen Headbutt was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Liquidation is a physical 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Waterfall is a physical 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).

Species: Eiscue
Item: Life Orb / Never-Melt Ice
Ability: Ice Face
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Surf / Brine
- Weather Ball / Round
- Iron Defense

Doubles Special Sweeper Eiscue (Ice Face)

Eiscue is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Eiscue's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Ice Face, if eiscue the first physical hit it takes deals 0 damage. this effect is restored in hail.

♦ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Brine is a special 65-base power Water-type move (power doubles if the target's hp is 50% or less).
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Eiscue's defense by 2 stages).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Eiscue 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Eiscue 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 Eiscue

Moves: Belly drum + Rest
Moves: Endure + Reversal
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect

Optimize Eiscue's EVs for Sword/Shield

Competitive Information for Eiscue [Sword/Shield]