Competitive Information for Falinks [Sword/Shield]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Falinks? 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.
Falinks is a stupendous Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's a usual sight to see Falinks out in the 8th generation battlefield. Falinks is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Psychic Seed
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- No Retreat / Close Combat
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Falinks (Popular/Trending)
Falinks is a wonderful Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Falinks's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Defiant, Falinks's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe. With a Psychic Seed equipped to it, if the terrain is psychic terrain, raises Falinks's sp. Def by 1 stage then the Psychic Seed gets consumed.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ No Retreat is a status move (raises all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva). Traps Falinks).
◆ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Falinks's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Falinks this turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- First Impression
- Poison Jab
- Iron Head
Physical Sweeper Falinks (Defiant)
Falinks is an awesome Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Falinks from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Falinks's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Defiant, Falinks's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
◆ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ First Impression is a physical priority-increased 90-base power Bug-type move (hits first. First turn out only).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ 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 Falinks? 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 / Choice Band
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Rock Slide
- First Impression
- Poison Jab
Doubles Physical Sweeper Falinks (Defiant)
Falinks is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Falinks from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Falinks's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Defiant, Falinks's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
◆ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ First Impression is a physical priority-increased 90-base power Bug-type move (hits first. First turn out only).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Falinks 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 Falinks 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 Falinks
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, First Impression
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that boost Falinks's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Iron Defense
- No Retreat
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Falinks
- Close Combat
- Iron Head
- Megahorn
- No Retreat
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Throat Chop
- Zen Headbutt
Common Effort Values for Falinks in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/4/0/0/252 )
- Optimize Falinks's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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