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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for Lillipup

Base Stats for Lillipup

Normal

Abilities:
,
,

Evolutions / Family:
Lillipup
Herdier
Stoutland

Weakness Chart for Normal-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

2x

0x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

¼x

½x

2x

4x

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 a wonderful Normal-typed Pokemon. Lillipup is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Lillipup's only type-related weakness is Fighting.

Species: Lillipup
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 a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It was 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. 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.

♦ Retaliate is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if an ally fainted last turn).
♦ 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).

Species: Lillipup
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 spectacular Physical Tank. It's primary goal is to take a substantial amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Vital Spirit, Lillipup cannot fall asleep. gaining this ability while asleep cures it.

♦ Wild Charge is a physical 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ 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).

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.

Species: Lillipup
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 pretty popular Physical Sweeper. This moveset 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. 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.

♦ Retaliate is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if an ally fainted last turn).
♦ 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).

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.

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: Substitute + Reversal
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

Most notable and possible best moves for Lillipup

Protect
Rest

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

Competitive Information for Lillipup [Sword/Shield]