Competitive Information for Heliolisk [Sword/Shield]
Electric / Normal
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Dry Skin ability are immune to Water attacks but also take more damage from Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Heliolisk? 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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Heliolisk is pretty popular Electric and Normal-typed Pokemon. It's normal to find yourself dealing with Heliolisk when battling in the 8th generation meta. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Heliolisk's only type-related weaknesses are Fighting and Ground.
Item: Aguav Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Sand Veil
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Parabolic Charge / Volt Switch
- Ally Switch
- Glare / Hyper Voice
- Protect
Support Heliolisk (Popular/Trending)
Heliolisk is an interesting Support for single battles. Life Orb boosts the power of Heliolisk's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Veil, if sandstorm is active Heliolisk's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to sandstorm. With a Aguav Berry equipped to it, restores 33% max hp at 1/4 max hp or less; confuses if -spd nature then the Aguav Berry gets consumed.
◆ Volt Switch is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Electric-type move (Heliolisk switches out after damaging the target).
◆ Ally Switch is a status move (your Heliolisk swaps positions with its ally).
◆ Glare is a status move (paralyzes the target).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Heliolisk this turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Throat Spray
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 20 Hp / 64 Def / 252 SpA / 172 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Weather Ball
- Surf
Special Sweeper Heliolisk (Solar Power)
Heliolisk is a sensational Special Sweeper for single battles. It was 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 Hyper Voice) and raises Heliolisk's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Heliolisk from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Solar Power, if sunny day is active Heliolisk's sp. Atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn.
◆ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Heliolisk cannot move next turn).
◆ 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).
◆ Weather Ball is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
◆ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
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Item: Damp Rock
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Parabolic Charge / Thunder
- Dark Pulse / Grass Knot
- Rain Dance
- Surf
Heliolisk Special Sweeper (Rain-tile)
Heliolisk is popular Special Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Dry Skin, Heliolisk is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun. Equipping Damp Rock helps extend rainy weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead. Rain set Heliolisk
◆ Thunder is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze. Can't miss in rain).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
◆ Rain Dance is a status move (for 5 turns, heavy rain powers water moves).
◆ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Heliolisk? 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: Choice Scarf
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Electroweb
- Dark Pulse
- Volt Switch
- Weather Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Heliolisk (Popular VGC)
Heliolisk is a stupendous Special Sweeper for double battles. This particular build was popular during previous competitions. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Scarf will increase Heliolisk's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Dry Skin, Heliolisk is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun.
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Volt Switch is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Electric-type move (Heliolisk switches out after damaging the target).
◆ Weather Ball is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
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Item: Focus Sash / Throat Spray
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 20 Hp / 64 Def / 252 SpA / 172 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Surf
- Weather Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Heliolisk (Solar Power)
Heliolisk is an awesome Special Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is 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 Hyper Voice) and raises Heliolisk's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Heliolisk from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Solar Power, if sunny day is active Heliolisk's sp. Atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn.
◆ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Heliolisk cannot move next turn).
◆ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
◆ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Weather Ball is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Heliolisk 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 Heliolisk 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 Heliolisk
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Parabolic Charge + Item: Big Root
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Glare, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Heliolisk's stats
- Agility
- Charge
- Charge Beam
- Scale Shot
Most notable and possible best moves for Heliolisk
- Ally Switch
- Brutal Swing
- Electrify
- Glare
- Hyper Beam
- Hyper Voice
- Light Screen
- Parabolic Charge
- Protect
- Rest
- Rising Voltage
- Round
- Thunder
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Volt Switch
- Weather Ball
Common Effort Values for Heliolisk in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 252/0/4/0/0/252 )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252 )
- Optimize Heliolisk's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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