Competitive Information for Frosmoth [Sword/Shield]
Ice / Bug
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Frosmoth? 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.
Frosmoth is a marvelous Ice and Bug-typed Pokemon. It's common to see Frosmoth show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Frosmoth is weak to Fire, Flying, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Occa Berry / Charti Berry
Ability: Ice Scales
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Bug Buzz / Struggle Bug
- Ice Beam / Aurora Beam
- Dazzling Gleam / Fairy Wind
- Giga Drain
Special Sweeper Frosmoth (Ice Scales)
Frosmoth is a marvelous Special Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Ice Scales, Frosmoth receives 1/2 damage from special attacks. With a Occa Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fire-type attack then the Occa Berry gets consumed. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed.
◆ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Aurora Beam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Fairy Wind is a special 40-base power Fairy-type move that deals damage.
◆ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Frosmoth recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Frosmoth? 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: Occa Berry / Charti Berry
Ability: Ice Scales
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Fairy Wind
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz
- Giga Drain
Doubles Special Sweeper Frosmoth (Ice Scales)
Frosmoth is an astounding Special Sweeper for double battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Ice Scales, Frosmoth receives 1/2 damage from special attacks. With a Occa Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fire-type attack then the Occa Berry gets consumed. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed.
◆ Fairy Wind is a special 40-base power Fairy-type move that deals damage.
◆ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Frosmoth recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Frosmoth 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 Frosmoth 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 Frosmoth
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Wide Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Stun Spore
Moves that boost Frosmoth's stats
- Calm Mind
- Quiver Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Frosmoth
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Frosmoth in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Frosmoth's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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