Competitive Information for Inteleon [Sword/Shield]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Inteleon? 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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Inteleon is a stupendous Water-typed Pokemon. It's super common to find yourself dealing with Inteleon when battling in the 8th generation meta. Inteleon's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Scope Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Torrent
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Ice Beam
- Snipe Shot / Hydro Cannon
- Air Slash
- Protect
Special Sweeper Inteleon (Popular/Trending)
Inteleon is an astounding Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Inteleon critical hit ratio by 1 stage. Life Orb boosts the power of Inteleon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Torrent, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Inteleon's attacking stat is 1.5x with water attacks.
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Snipe Shot is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (high critical hit ratio. cannot be redirected).
♦ Hydro Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Water-type move (Inteleon cannot move next turn).
♦ Air Slash is a special 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Inteleon this turn).
Item: Scope Lens / Focus Sash
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 172 Hp / 252 SpA / 84 Spe
Moveset:
- Snipe Shot / Surf
- Weather Ball / Hyper Beam
- Ice Beam
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Inteleon (Sniper)
Inteleon is a sensational Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Inteleon critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Inteleon's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Focus Sash helps protect Inteleon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Sniper, if Inteleon 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).
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Inteleon cannot move next turn).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Inteleon? 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: Scope Lens / Focus Sash
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 172 Hp / 252 SpA / 84 Spe
Moveset:
- Snipe Shot / Surf
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Weather Ball / Hyper Beam
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Inteleon (Sniper)
Inteleon is a notable Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Inteleon critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Inteleon's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Focus Sash helps protect Inteleon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Sniper, if Inteleon 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).
♦ 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).
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Inteleon cannot move next turn).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Inteleon 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 Inteleon 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 Inteleon
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Ability: Sniper + Item: Scope Lens
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Snipe Shot
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch, Aqua Jet, Ice Shard
- Moves that Break Screens: Haze
Optimize Inteleon's EVs for Sword/Shield
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