Competitive Information for Jolteon [Sword/Shield]
Electric
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Volt Absorb ability are immune to Electric attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Jolteon? 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.
IncineroarPolitoedLaprasDracovishTogekissAzumarillSylveonLudicoloGothitelleArcanine
Jolteon is an awesome Electric-typed Pokemon. It's a almost common sight to see Jolteon out in the 8th generation battlefield. Jolteon's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Volt Absorb
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Shadow Ball
- Rising Voltage / Thunder
- Protect / Weather Ball
- Thunder Wave
Special Sweeper Jolteon (Popular/Trending)
Jolteon is popular Special Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Jolteon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Jolteon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Volt Absorb, Jolteon heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by electric moves; electric immunity.
◆ Rising Voltage is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Electric-type move (2x power if target is grounded in electric terrain).
◆ Thunder is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze. Can't miss in rain).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Jolteon this turn).
◆ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
◆ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
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Item: Flame Orb / Throat Spray
Ability: Quick Feet
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 180 Hp / 76 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Shadow Ball
- Detect / Protect
Special Sweeper Jolteon (Quick Feet)
Jolteon is popular Special Sweeper for single battles. It tries 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 boosts Jolteon's special attack stat by 2 stages. Flame Orb will burn Jolteon at the end of the turn which will activate Jolteon's Quick Feet ability. Use Detect or Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Quick Feet, if Jolteon is statused its speed is 1.5x; ignores speed drop from paralysis.
◆ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Jolteon 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).
◆ Detect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Jolteon this turn).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Jolteon this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Jolteon? 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.
IncineroarPolitoedLaprasDracovishTogekissAzumarillSylveonLudicoloGothitelleArcanine
Item: Flame Orb / Throat Spray
Ability: Quick Feet
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 180 Hp / 76 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Discharge / Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Detect / Protect
Doubles Special Sweeper Jolteon (Quick Feet)
Jolteon is an outstanding Special Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily 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 boosts Jolteon's special attack stat by 2 stages. Flame Orb will burn Jolteon at the end of the turn which will activate Jolteon's Quick Feet ability. Use Detect or Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Quick Feet, if Jolteon is statused its speed is 1.5x; ignores speed drop from paralysis.
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Jolteon cannot move next turn).
◆ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze 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).
◆ Detect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Jolteon this turn).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Jolteon this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Jolteon 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 Jolteon 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 Jolteon
- Moves: Wish + Baton pass
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Ability: Quick feet + Item: Flame orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Detect, Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Baby-Doll Eyes
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic, Yawn
Moves that boost Jolteon's stats
- Agility
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Skull Bash
- Work Up
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Jolteon
- Baton Pass
- Charm
- Detect
- Discharge
- Fake Tears
- Hyper Voice
- Light Screen
- Mud-Slap
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Rising Voltage
- Shadow Ball
- Stored Power
- Thunder
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
- Weather Ball
- Yawn
Common Effort Values for Jolteon in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Jolteon's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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