Competitive Information for Eiscue [Sword/Shield]
Ice
Abilities:
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.
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Eiscue is a decent Ice-typed Pokemon. It's common to find yourself dealing with Eiscue when battling in the 8th generation meta. Eiscue is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Sitrus Berry / Salac Berry
Ability: Ice Face
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 128 Atk / 128 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Head Smash
- Icicle Crash
- Belly Drum
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Eiscue (Popular/Trending)
Eiscue is a decent Physical Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Sitrus Berry will restore 1/4th of Eiscue's max HP when it reaches below half health and gets consumed. With Ice Face, if eiscue the first physical hit it takes deals 0 damage. This effect is restored in hail. With a Salac Berry equipped to it, raises Eiscue's speed by 1 stage when at 1/4 max hp or less then the Salac Berry gets consumed.
◆ Icicle Crash is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ice-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Belly Drum is a status move (Eiscue loses 50% max hp; This also maximizes Eiscue's attack stat).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Eiscue this turn).
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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 pretty popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed 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.
◆ 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 make the target flinch).
◆ 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 make the target flinch).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Ice Face
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Ice Beam / Freeze-Dry
- Surf / Brine
- Round / Snore
- Iron Defense
Special Sweeper Eiscue (Ice Face)
Eiscue is a decent Special Sweeper for single 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 boosts Eiscue's special attack stat by 2 stages. 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.
◆ Freeze-Dry is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. Super effective on water).
◆ 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).
◆ 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 (Eiscue must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Eiscue's defense by 2 stages).
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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.
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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 popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is designed 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.
◆ 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 make the target flinch).
◆ 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 make the target flinch).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Ice Face
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Surf / Brine
- Round / Snore
- Iron Defense
Doubles Special Sweeper Eiscue (Ice Face)
Eiscue is a fabulous Special Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is 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 Eiscue's special attack stat by 2 stages. 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).
◆ 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).
◆ 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 (Eiscue must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Eiscue's defense by 2 stages).
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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.
Damage Modifiers:
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
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Moves that boost Eiscue's stats
- Agility
- Amnesia
- Belly Drum
- Iron Defense
Most notable and possible best moves for Eiscue
- Belly Drum
- Head Smash
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Icicle Crash
- Iron Head
- Liquidation
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Soak
- Waterfall
Common Effort Values for Eiscue in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 0/128/0/0/128/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Optimize Eiscue's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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