Competitive Information for Entei [Sword/Shield]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Entei? 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.
RillaboomTapu FiniRegielekiCelesteelaUrshifuTyranitarMetagrossDracovishRotom-WashLandorus-Therian
Entei is a stupendous Fire-typed Pokemon. It's a not-uncommon sight to see Entei out in the 8th generation battlefield. Entei is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Shuca Berry / Sitrus Berry
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sacred Fire
- Extreme Speed
- Stomping Tantrum / Bulldoze
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Entei (Popular/Trending)
Entei is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Sitrus Berry will restore 1/4th of Entei's max HP when it reaches below half health and gets consumed. With Inner Focus, Entei cannot be made to flinch. Immune to intimidate. With a Shuca Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective ground-type attack then the Shuca Berry gets consumed.
◆ Extreme Speed is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Normal-type move (nearly always goes first).
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Entei's last move failed).
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Entei this turn).
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Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 12 SpD / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Sacred Fire
- Stomping Tantrum / Double-Edge
- Iron Head
- Crunch / Bite
Physical Sweeper Entei (Pressure)
Entei is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Entei's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Entei recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge and Flare Blitz. With Pressure, if Entei is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. Stomping Tantrum was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Sacred Fire is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fire-type move (50% chance to burn the target. Thaws Entei).
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Entei's last move failed).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Item: Choice Band
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Bulldoze
- Flame Charge
- Stone Edge
- Iron Head
Entei Physical Sweeper (Such Roam)
Entei is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Entei's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Pressure, if Entei is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
◆ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Entei's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Stone Edge is a physical 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Entei? 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.
RillaboomTapu FiniRegielekiCelesteelaUrshifuTyranitarMetagrossDracovishRotom-WashLandorus-Therian
Item: Weakness Policy
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 180 Hp / 4 Atk / 4 Def / 68 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sacred Fire
- Extreme Speed
- Snarl
- Protect
Doubles Support Entei (Popular VGC)
Entei is a legendary Support for double battles. This particular build was popular during past competitions. Weakness Policy activates if Entei 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 Inner Focus, Entei cannot be made to flinch. Immune to intimidate.
◆ Extreme Speed is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Normal-type move (nearly always goes first).
◆ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Entei this turn).
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Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 12 SpD / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Sacred Fire
- Double-Edge / Body Slam
- Bulldoze / Stomping Tantrum
- Iron Head
Doubles Physical Sweeper Entei (Pressure)
Entei is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Entei's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Entei recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge and Flare Blitz. With Pressure, if Entei is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
◆ Sacred Fire is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fire-type move (50% chance to burn the target. Thaws Entei).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Entei's last move failed).
◆ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Entei 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 Entei 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 Entei
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Extreme Speed
- Moves that inflict status: Scorching Sands, Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Entei's stats
- Agility
- Calm Mind
- Curse
- Flame Charge
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Entei
- Bulldoze
- Eruption
- Extreme Speed
- Heat Wave
- Howl
- Iron Head
- Lava Plume
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Sacred Fire
- Scorching Sands
- Snarl
- Stomping Tantrum
- Stone Edge
- Toxic
- Will-O-Wisp
Common Effort Values for Entei in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 156/100/0/0/0/252 )
- Optimize Entei's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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