Competitive Information for Exeggcute [Sword/Shield]
Grass / Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Exeggcute? 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.
Exeggcute is a phenomenal Grass and Psychic-typed Pokemon. Exeggcute is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Exeggcute can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Exeggcute is weak to Bug, Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Tanga Berry
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 124 Hp / 252 SpA / 132 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Sludge Bomb
- Round / Snore
Special Sweeper Exeggcute (Chlorophyll)
Exeggcute is a decent Special Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Exeggcute from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Chlorophyll, Exeggcute's speed is doubled during sunny weather. With a Tanga Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective bug-type attack then the Tanga Berry gets consumed.
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Extrasensory is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ 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 (Exeggcute must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Exeggcute? 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: Focus Sash / Tanga Berry
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 124 Hp / 252 SpA / 132 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Sludge Bomb
- Round / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Exeggcute (Chlorophyll)
Exeggcute is popular Special Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Exeggcute from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Chlorophyll, Exeggcute's speed is doubled during sunny weather. With a Tanga Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective bug-type attack then the Tanga Berry gets consumed.
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Extrasensory is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ 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 (Exeggcute must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Tanga Berry
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Sludge Bomb
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Exeggcute (Chlorophyll)
Exeggcute is an interesting Defensive Trick Room for single battles. Focus Sash helps protect Exeggcute from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Chlorophyll, Exeggcute's speed is doubled during sunny weather. With a Tanga Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective bug-type attack then the Tanga Berry gets consumed.
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Extrasensory is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Exeggcute learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Exeggcute 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 Exeggcute
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Harvest + Item: Sitrus berry
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Hypnosis, Sleep Powder, Stun Spore
Moves that boost Exeggcute's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Exeggcute
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Teleport
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Exeggcute in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Exeggcute's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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