Competitive Information for Eternatus [Sword/Shield]
Poison / Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Eternatus? 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.
Eternatus is a sensational Poison and Dragon-typed Pokemon. Eternatus are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Eternatus is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Eternatus is weak to Dragon, Ground, Ice, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 212 Hp / 20 Def / 252 SpA / 20 SpD / 4 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor / Dynamax Cannon
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Flamethrower / Mystical Fire
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Eternatus (Pressure)
Eternatus is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Eternatus's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Pressure, if Eternatus is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Eternatus's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Dynamax Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Dragon-type move (damage doubles if the target is dynamaxed).
◆ Sludge Wave is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to poison adjacent pokemon).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Mystical Fire is a special 75-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Eternatus? 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: Dragon Fang
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 244 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dynamax Cannon
- Flamethrower
- Sludge Bomb
- Protect
Doubles Special Sweeper Eternatus (Popular VGC)
Eternatus is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. This particular build was popular during recent competitions. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Pressure, if Eternatus is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. With a Dragon Fang equipped to it, Eternatus's dragon-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Eternatus this turn).
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Item: Eject Pack / Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 212 Hp / 20 Def / 252 SpA / 20 SpD / 4 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Draco Meteor / Dynamax Cannon
- Flamethrower / Mystical Fire
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Eternatus (Pressure)
Eternatus is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Eternatus's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Pressure, if Eternatus is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Eternatus's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Eternatus's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Dynamax Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Dragon-type move (damage doubles if the target is dynamaxed).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Mystical Fire is a special 75-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Eternatus 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 Eternatus 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 Eternatus
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Meteor Beam + Item: Power Herb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Eternatus's stats
- Agility
- Cosmic Power
- Dragon Dance
- Meteor Beam
Most notable and possible best moves for Eternatus
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Eternatus in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Eternatus's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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