Competitive Information for Lillipup [Sword/Shield]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Lillipup? 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.
Lillipup is popular Normal-typed Pokemon. Lillipup is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Lillipup can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Lillipup's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Pickup
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Retaliate / Facade
- Wild Charge / Thunder Fang
- Psychic Fangs
- Play Rough
Physical Sweeper Lillipup (Pickup)
Lillipup is popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Lillipup's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Lillipup recover from the recoil damage it may take from Wild Charge. With Pickup, if Lillipup has no item it finds one used by an adjacent pokemon this turn. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Lillipup is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Thunder Fang is a physical 65-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Rocky Helmet
Ability: Vital Spirit
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Def
Moveset:
- Wild Charge
- Ice Fang
- Endure
- Reversal
Lillipup Physical Tank (Enduropup)
Lillipup is a wonderful Physical Tank for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Vital Spirit, Lillipup cannot fall asleep. Gaining this ability while asleep cures it. With a Rocky Helmet equipped to it, if Lillipup is hit by a contact move, the attacker loses 1/6 of its max hp.
◆ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ Endure is a status move (Lillipup survives attacks this turn with at least 1 hp).
◆ Reversal is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (more power the less hp your Lillipup has left).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Lillipup? 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: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Pickup
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Retaliate / Facade
- Wild Charge / Thunder Fang
- Psychic Fangs
- Play Rough
Doubles Physical Sweeper Lillipup (Pickup)
Lillipup is an awesome Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Lillipup's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Lillipup recover from the recoil damage it may take from Wild Charge. With Pickup, if Lillipup has no item it finds one used by an adjacent pokemon this turn. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Lillipup is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Thunder Fang is a physical 65-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Lillipup 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 Lillipup 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 Lillipup
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Baby-Doll Eyes
- Moves that Break Screens: Psychic Fangs
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic, Yawn
Moves that boost Lillipup's stats
- Howl
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Lillipup
- Howl
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Lillipup in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Lillipup's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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