What is a good competitive moveset for Horsea? 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.
Horsea is a marvelous Water-typed Pokemon. Horsea is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Horsea can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Horsea's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Horsea is a wonderful Special Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Horsea critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Horsea's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Life Orb boosts the power of Horsea's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Horsea strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
◆ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive). ◆ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target). ◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target). ◆ Aurora Beam is a special 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage). ◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage. ◆ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target). ◆ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Horsea? 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.
Horsea is a fabulous Special Sweeper for double battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Horsea critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Horsea's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Life Orb boosts the power of Horsea's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Horsea strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
◆ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive). ◆ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target). ◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage). ◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target). ◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage. ◆ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to make the foes flinch). ◆ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Horsea 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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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Horsea 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 Horsea
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Ability: Sniper + Item: Scope lens
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Horsea's stats
Agility
Curse
Dragon Dance
Scale Shot
Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Horsea
Flip Turn
Hydro Pump
Ice Beam
Protect
Rest
Scald
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Horsea in Sword and Shield
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