Competitive Information for Lileep [Sword/Shield]
Rock / Grass
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Storm Drain ability are immune to Water attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Lileep? 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.
Lileep is an extraordinary Rock and Grass-typed Pokemon. Lileep is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Lileep can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Lileep is weak to Bug, Fighting, Ice, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Storm Drain
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Ancient Power / Meteor Beam
- Earth Power / Mud Shot
- Sludge Bomb / Acid
Special Sweeper Lileep (Storm Drain)
Lileep is a spectacular Special Sweeper for single battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Lileep is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Life Orb boosts the power of Lileep's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Storm Drain, Lileep draws water moves to itself to raise sp. Atk by 1; water immunity.
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Lileep recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
◆ Meteor Beam is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Rock-type move (raises Lileep's special attack by 1 stage on turn 1. Hits turn 2).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Mud Shot is a special 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Acid is a special 40-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to lower the foes special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Lileep? 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: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Storm Drain
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Ancient Power / Meteor Beam
- Earth Power / Mud Shot
- Sludge Bomb / Acid
Doubles Special Sweeper Lileep (Storm Drain)
Lileep is an astounding Special Sweeper for double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Lileep is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite makes it possibly stronger than it's final form. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Life Orb boosts the power of Lileep's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Storm Drain, Lileep draws water moves to itself to raise sp. Atk by 1; water immunity.
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Lileep recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
◆ Meteor Beam is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Rock-type move (raises Lileep's special attack by 1 stage on turn 1. Hits turn 2).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Mud Shot is a special 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Acid is a special 40-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to lower the foes special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Lileep 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 Lileep 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 Lileep
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Meteor Beam + Item: Power Herb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Lileep's stats
- Amnesia
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Meteor Beam
- Rock Polish
- Stockpile
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Lileep
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Lileep in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Lileep's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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