Competitive Information for Galvantula [Sword/Shield]
Bug / Electric
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Galvantula? 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.
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Galvantula is a notable Bug and Electric-typed Pokemon. Galvantula is a pretty regular Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Galvantula's only type-related weaknesses are Fire and Rock.
Item: Focus Sash / Life Orb
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Electroweb / Thunder
- Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz
- Protect
- Screech
Special Sweeper Galvantula (Popular/Trending)
Galvantula is an extraordinary Special Sweeper for single battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Galvantula from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Galvantula's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Compound Eyes, Galvantula's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3.
◆ Thunder is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze. Can't miss in rain).
◆ 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).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Galvantula this turn).
◆ Screech is a status move (lowers the target's defense by 2 stages).
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Item: Focus Sash / Throat Spray
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Bug Buzz / Struggle Bug
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Galvantula (Compound Eyes)
Galvantula is a phenomenal Special Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Bug Buzz or Round) and boosts Galvantula's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Galvantula from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Compound Eyes, Galvantula's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3.
◆ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-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 (Galvantula recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Galvantula cannot move next turn).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Galvantula? 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.
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Hyper Beam / Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Galvantula (Compound Eyes)
Galvantula is an extraordinary Special Sweeper for double battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Galvantula from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Galvantula's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Compound Eyes, Galvantula's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3.
◆ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ 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).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-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 (Galvantula recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Galvantula cannot move next turn).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Galvantula 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 Galvantula 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 Galvantula
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- 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, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Galvantula's stats
- Agility
- Charge Beam
Most notable and possible best moves for Galvantula
- Bug Buzz
- Electroweb
- Energy Ball
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Screech
- Struggle Bug
- Thunder
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Galvantula in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252 )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/4/132/176/196 )
- Optimize Galvantula's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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