Competitive Information for Greedent [Sword/Shield]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Greedent? 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.
Greedent is a pretty decent Normal-typed Pokemon. It's usual to see Greedent show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Greedent's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Iapapa Berry / Liechi Berry
Ability: Cheek Pouch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 152 Hp / 252 Atk / 104 SpD
Moveset:
- Body Slam / Facade
- Superpower / Body Press
- Earthquake
- Wild Charge / Psychic Fangs
Physical Sweeper Greedent (Cheek Pouch)
Greedent is a spectacular Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Cheek Pouch, if Greedent eats a berry it restores 1/3 of its max hp after the berry's effect. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Iapapa Berry equipped to it, restores 33% max hp at 1/4 max hp or less; confuses if -def nature then the Iapapa Berry gets consumed. With a Liechi Berry equipped to it, raises Greedent's attack by 1 stage when at 1/4 max hp or less then the Liechi Berry gets consumed.
◆ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Greedent is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Greedent's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Greedent's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Greedent? 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: Iapapa Berry / Liechi Berry
Ability: Cheek Pouch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 152 Hp / 252 Atk / 104 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Body Slam / Facade
- Superpower / Body Press
- Wild Charge / Brutal Swing
Doubles Physical Sweeper Greedent (Cheek Pouch)
Greedent is a fabulous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Cheek Pouch, if Greedent eats a berry it restores 1/3 of its max hp after the berry's effect. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Iapapa Berry equipped to it, restores 33% max hp at 1/4 max hp or less; confuses if -def nature then the Iapapa Berry gets consumed. With a Liechi Berry equipped to it, raises Greedent's attack by 1 stage when at 1/4 max hp or less then the Liechi Berry gets consumed.
◆ Body Slam is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Greedent is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Greedent's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses Greedent's defense stat as attack in damage calculation).
◆ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Brutal Swing is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Greedent 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.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Greedent 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 Greedent
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stuff cheeks + Belch
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Moves: Body Press + Defense Curl
- Moves: Body Press + Stockpile
- Moves: Body Press + Stuff Cheeks
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Psychic Fangs
Moves that boost Greedent's stats
- Amnesia
- Belly Drum
- Defense Curl
- Stockpile
- Stuff Cheeks
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Greedent
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Greedent in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Greedent's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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