Competitive Information for Lilligant [Sword/Shield]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Lilligant? 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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Lilligant is popular Grass-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to find yourself dealing with Lilligant when battling in the 8th generation meta. Lilligant is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Pollen Puff
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Leech Seed
Special Sweeper Lilligant (Chlorophyll)
Lilligant is a decent Special Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Lilligant's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, Lilligant's speed is doubled during sunny weather. With a Miracle Seed equipped to it, Lilligant's grass-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Lilligant's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Pollen Puff is a special 90-base power Bug-type move (if the target is an ally, heals 50% of its max hp).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Lilligant cannot move next turn).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Lilligant every turn).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 110 Hp / 252 SpA / 145 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Ingrain
- Giga Drain
- Toxic / Leech Seed
- Petal Dance
Lilligant Special Sweeper (Prestige And Pride)
Lilligant is a decent Special Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Lilligant's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Own Tempo, Lilligant cannot be confused. Immune to intimidate.
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Lilligant recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
◆ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Lilligant every turn).
◆ Petal Dance is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Grass-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Lilligant afterwards).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Lilligant? 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: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Pollen Puff
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Leech Seed
Doubles Special Sweeper Lilligant (Chlorophyll)
Lilligant is a pretty decent Special Sweeper for double battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Lilligant's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, Lilligant's speed is doubled during sunny weather. With a Miracle Seed equipped to it, Lilligant's grass-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Lilligant's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Pollen Puff is a special 90-base power Bug-type move (if the target is an ally, heals 50% of its max hp).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Lilligant cannot move next turn).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Lilligant every turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Lilligant 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 Lilligant 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 Lilligant
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Safeguard + Petal dance
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Leaf guard + Move: Growth
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Sleep Powder, Stun Spore
Moves that boost Lilligant's stats
- Growth
- Quiver Dance
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Lilligant
- After You
- Leaf Storm
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Sleep Powder
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Lilligant in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 196/0/28/36/36/212 )
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Lilligant's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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