What is a good competitive moveset for Marowak-alola? 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.
Marowak is a remarkable Fire and Ghost-typed Pokemon. Marowak is a frequent Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Marowak is weak to Dark, Ghost, Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Marowak-Alola Item: Thick Club Ability: Lightning Rod Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe) EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Moveset: - Flare Blitz - Poltergeist / Shadow Bone - Bonemerang / Stomping Tantrum - Protect
Physical Tank Marowak-Alola (Popular/Trending)
Marowak is a spectacular Physical Tank. It attempts to take a mighty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Lightning Rod, Marowak draws electric moves to itself to raise sp. atk by 1; electric immunity.
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Marowak). ♦ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item). ♦ Shadow Bone is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage). ♦ Bonemerang is a physical 50-base power Ground-type move (hits 2 times in one turn). ♦ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Marowak's last move failed). ♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Marowak this turn).
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Species: Marowak-Alola Item: Thick Club / Shell Bell Ability: Lightning Rod Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Moveset: - Flare Blitz / Fire Punch - Poltergeist / Shadow Bone - Earthquake / Knock Off - Outrage
Physical Sweeper Marowak-Alola (Lightning Rod)
Marowak is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Lightning Rod, Marowak draws electric moves to itself to raise sp. atk by 1; electric immunity. Earthquake or Knock Off are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Marowak). ♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target). ♦ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item). ♦ Shadow Bone is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage). ♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon). ♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item). ♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Marowak afterwards).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Marowak-alola? 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.
Marowak is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Lightning Rod, Marowak draws electric moves to itself to raise sp. atk by 1; electric immunity.
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Marowak). ♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target). ♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon). ♦ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item). ♦ Shadow Bone is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Marowak-alola 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Marowak-alola 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 Marowak-alola
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