Competitive Information for Heracross [Sword/Shield]
Bug / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Heracross? 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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Heracross is popular Bug and Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's a common sight to see Heracross out in the 8th generation battlefield. Heracross is weak to Fairy, Fire, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Flame Orb / Weakness Policy
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 60 Hp / 252 Atk / 196 Spe
Moveset:
- Megahorn
- Brick Break
- Rock Slide
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Heracross (Popular/Trending)
Heracross is an awesome Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Weakness Policy activates if Heracross is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. Flame Orb will burn Heracross at the end of the turn which will activate Heracross's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Heracross is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage.
◆ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Heracross this turn).
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Item: Flame Orb / Coba Berry
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Shadow Claw / Bug Bite
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Detect / Protect
Physical Sweeper Heracross (Guts)
Heracross is a remarkable Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Heracross at the end of the turn which will activate Heracross's Guts ability. Use Detect or Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Heracross is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Shadow Claw or Bug Bite are added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Coba Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective flying-type attack then the Coba Berry gets consumed.
◆ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Heracross steals and eats the target's berry).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
◆ Detect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Heracross this turn).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Heracross this turn).
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Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Moxie
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Stone Edge
- Night Slash
- Close Combat
- Megahorn
Heracross Physical Sweeper (Beastly Beetle)
Heracross is a fabulous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Scarf will increase Heracross's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Moxie, Heracross's attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
◆ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Heracross's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Megahorn is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Bug-type move that deals a phenomenal amount of damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Heracross? 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: Flame Orb / Coba Berry
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Brick Break
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Knock Off / Shadow Claw
- Detect / Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Heracross (Guts)
Heracross is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Heracross at the end of the turn which will activate Heracross's Guts ability. Use Detect or Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Heracross is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Knock Off or Shadow Claw are added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Coba Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective flying-type attack then the Coba Berry gets consumed.
◆ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
◆ 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).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Detect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Heracross this turn).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Heracross this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Heracross 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 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
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Guts + Item: Flame orb
- 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
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Feint, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Heracross's stats
- Bulk Up
- Curse
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Heracross
- Brick Break
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Megahorn
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Heracross in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 60/252/0/0/0/196 )
- Adamant Nature ( 36/220/0/0/10/244 )
- Optimize Heracross's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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