Competitive Information for Foongus [Sword/Shield]
Grass / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Foongus? 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.
Foongus is a wonderful Grass and Poison-typed Pokemon. Foongus is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Foongus can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Foongus is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Effect Spore
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 120 Hp / 252 Atk / 108 Def / 28 SpD
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb
- Foul Play / Payback
- Body Slam / Facade
- Astonish
Physical Sweeper Foongus (Effect Spore)
Foongus is an astounding Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Foongus's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Foongus's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Effect Spore, 30% chance of poison/paralysis/sleep on others making contact with Foongus. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Foongus moves after the target).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Foongus is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Effect Spore
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 120 Hp / 108 Def / 252 SpA / 28 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Foul Play
- Pollen Puff
Special Sweeper Foongus (Effect Spore)
Foongus is a spectacular Special Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Foongus's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Foongus's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Effect Spore, 30% chance of poison/paralysis/sleep on others making contact with Foongus.
◆ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
◆ 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).
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Foongus recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Pollen Puff is a special 90-base power Bug-type move (if the target is an ally, heals 50% of its max hp).
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Item: Poison Barb
Ability: Regenerator
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 228 Hp / 27 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Clear Smog
- Venoshock
- Grass Knot
- Giga Drain
Foongus Special Tank (Foongus Amoongus)
Foongus is a phenomenal Special Tank for single battles. It's primary goal is to take a hefty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Regenerator, Foongus restores 1/3 of its maximum hp rounded down when it switches out. With a Poison Barb equipped to it, Foongus's poison-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
◆ Grass Knot is a special STAB-boosted 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Foongus recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Foongus? 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: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Effect Spore
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 120 Hp / 252 Atk / 108 Def / 28 SpD
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb
- Foul Play / Payback
- Body Slam / Facade
- Astonish
Doubles Physical Sweeper Foongus (Effect Spore)
Foongus is an awesome Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Foongus's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Foongus's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Effect Spore, 30% chance of poison/paralysis/sleep on others making contact with Foongus. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Foongus moves after the target).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Foongus is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Effect Spore
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 120 Hp / 108 Def / 252 SpA / 28 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Foul Play
- Pollen Puff
Doubles Special Sweeper Foongus (Effect Spore)
Foongus is an outstanding 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 Foongus's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Foongus's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Effect Spore, 30% chance of poison/paralysis/sleep on others making contact with Foongus.
◆ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
◆ 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).
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Foongus recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Pollen Puff is a special 90-base power Bug-type move (if the target is an ally, heals 50% of its max hp).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Foongus 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 Foongus 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 Foongus
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Rage Powder
- Moves that inflict status: Spore, Stun Spore, Toxic
Moves that boost Foongus's stats
- Defense Curl
- Growth
Most notable and possible best moves for Foongus
- Protect
- Rest
- Spore
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Foongus in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Foongus's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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