Competitive Information for Grookey [Sword/Shield]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Grookey? 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.
Grookey is a sensational Grass-typed Pokemon. Grookey is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Grookey can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Grookey is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Terrain Extender / Grassy Seed
Ability: Grassy Surge
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Wood Hammer / Grassy Glide
- Knock Off / Assurance
- Hammer Arm / Drain Punch
- Strength / Facade
Physical Sweeper Grookey (Grassy Surge)
Grookey is a notable Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Grassy Surge, on switch-in Grookey summons grassy terrain. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Terrain Extender equipped to it, Grookey's use of electric/grassy/misty/psychic terrain lasts 8 turns instead of 5. With a Grassy Seed equipped to it, if the terrain is grassy terrain, raises Grookey's defense by 1 stage then the Grassy Seed gets consumed.
◆ Grassy Glide is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Grass-type move (Grookey on grassy terrain: +1 priority).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Grookey's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Grookey recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Grookey is burn/poison/paralyzed).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Grookey? 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: Terrain Extender / Grassy Seed
Ability: Grassy Surge
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Wood Hammer
- Knock Off / Assurance
- Hammer Arm / Drain Punch
- Strength / Facade
Doubles Physical Sweeper Grookey (Grassy Surge)
Grookey is a decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Grassy Surge, on switch-in Grookey summons grassy terrain. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Terrain Extender equipped to it, Grookey's use of electric/grassy/misty/psychic terrain lasts 8 turns instead of 5. With a Grassy Seed equipped to it, if the terrain is grassy terrain, raises Grookey's defense by 1 stage then the Grassy Seed gets consumed.
◆ Wood Hammer is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Grass-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Grookey's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Grookey recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Grookey is burn/poison/paralyzed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Grookey 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 Grookey 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 Grookey
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Ability: Grassy surge + Move: Grassy glide
- Ability: Overgrow + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Fake Out
Moves that boost Grookey's stats
- Growth
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Grookey
- Fake Out
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Grookey in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Grookey's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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