Competitive Information for Heracross (mega) [Sword/Shield]
Bug / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Heracross-mega? 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.
Heracross is a wonderful Bug and Fighting-typed Pokemon. Heracross is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Heracross is weak to Fairy, Fire, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Heracronite
Ability: Skill Link
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Arm Thrust
- Pin Missile
- Bullet Seed
- Earthquake / Knock Off
Physical Sweeper Heracross-Mega (Skill Link)
Heracross is a wonderful Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Skill Link, Heracross's multi-hit attacks will always hit the maximum number of times. In this case it would maximize the damage your opponent's take from Arm Thrust, Pin Missile and Bullet Seed. Earthquake or Knock Off are added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Heracronite equipped to it, if held by a heracross, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Arm Thrust is a physical STAB-boosted 15-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
◆ Pin Missile is a physical STAB-boosted 25-base power Bug-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
◆ Bullet Seed is a physical 25-base power Grass-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ 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).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Heracross-mega? 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: Heracronite
Ability: Skill Link
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Arm Thrust
- Pin Missile
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide / Rock Blast
Doubles Physical Sweeper Heracross-Mega (Skill Link)
Heracross is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Skill Link, Heracross's multi-hit attacks will always hit the maximum number of times. In this case it would maximize the damage your opponent's take from Arm Thrust, Pin Missile and Rock Blast. With a Heracronite equipped to it, if held by a heracross, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Arm Thrust is a physical STAB-boosted 15-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
◆ Pin Missile is a physical STAB-boosted 25-base power Bug-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Blast is a physical 25-base power Rock-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Heracross-mega 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 Heracross-mega 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 Heracross-mega
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Skill link + Item: King's rock
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Arm Thrust
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Bullet Seed
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Pin Missile
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Fury Attack
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Rock Blast
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Feint, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Heracross-mega's stats
- Bulk Up
- Curse
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Heracross-mega
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Heracross-mega in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Heracross-mega's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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