Competitive Information for Genesect [Sword/Shield]
Bug / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Genesect? 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.
Genesect is a remarkable Bug and Steel-typed Pokemon. It's normal to find yourself dealing with Genesect when battling in the 8th generation meta. Genesect is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Genesect's only type-related weakness is Fire.
Item: Occa Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Download
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leech Life / X-Scissor
- Iron Head / Metal Claw
- Blaze Kick
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Genesect (Download)
Genesect is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Genesect's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Download, on switch-in attack or sp. Atk is raised 1 stage based on the foes' weaker defense. With a Occa Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fire-type attack then the Occa Berry gets consumed.
◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
◆ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Metal Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Genesect's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Blaze Kick is a physical 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Occa Berry / Throat Spray
Ability: Download
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Techno Blast
- Bug Buzz
- Flash Cannon
- Psychic
Special Sweeper Genesect (Download)
Genesect is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is 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) and increases Genesect's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Download, on switch-in attack or sp. Atk is raised 1 stage based on the foes' weaker defense. With a Occa Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fire-type attack then the Occa Berry gets consumed.
◆ 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).
◆ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Genesect? 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 / Life Orb
Ability: Download
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leech Life / X-Scissor
- Iron Head / Metal Claw
- Blaze Kick
- Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Genesect (Download)
Genesect is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Genesect's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Download, on switch-in attack or sp. Atk is raised 1 stage based on the foes' weaker defense. With a Occa Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fire-type attack then the Occa Berry gets consumed.
◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
◆ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Metal Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Genesect's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Blaze Kick is a physical 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Occa Berry / Throat Spray
Ability: Download
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Techno Blast
- Bug Buzz
- Flash Cannon
- Electroweb
Doubles Special Sweeper Genesect (Download)
Genesect is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. This moveset is 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) and boosts Genesect's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Download, on switch-in attack or sp. Atk is raised 1 stage based on the foes' weaker defense. With a Occa Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fire-type attack then the Occa Berry gets consumed.
◆ 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).
◆ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Electroweb is a special 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Genesect 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 Genesect 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 Genesect
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave
Moves that boost Genesect's stats
- Fell Stinger
- Flame Charge
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
Most notable and possible best moves for Genesect
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Genesect in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Genesect's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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