Competitive Information for Octillery [Sword/Shield]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Octillery? 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.
Octillery is a stupendous Water-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to see Octillery show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Octillery's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Expert Belt / Assault Vest
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 244 Hp / 252 SpA / 12 SpD
Moveset:
- Hydro Pump / Water Spout
- Energy Ball
- Flamethrower / Fire Blast
- Sludge Bomb
Special Tank Octillery (Popular/Trending)
Octillery is an interesting Special Tank for single battles. It tries to take a large amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Expert Belt boosts the damage of Octillery's super effective moves by 20%. With Sniper, if Octillery strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5. With a Assault Vest equipped to it, Octillery's sp. Def is 1.5x, but it can only select damaging moves.
◆ Water Spout is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Water-type move (less power as Octillery's hp decreases).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Fire Blast is a special 110-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Scope Lens / Shell Bell
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Double-Edge / Facade
- Seed Bomb
- Skitter Smack
Physical Sweeper Octillery (Sniper)
Octillery is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Octillery critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Octillery's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. The Shell Bell item option is to help Octillery recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Sniper, if Octillery strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Octillery is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
◆ Skitter Smack is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower target's special attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Scope Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Psychic
- Flamethrower
Special Sweeper Octillery (Sniper)
Octillery is a wonderful Special Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Octillery critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Octillery's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Life Orb boosts the power of Octillery's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Octillery strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
◆ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ Sludge Wave is a special 95-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to poison adjacent pokemon).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Octillery? 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: Scope Lens / Shell Bell
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Double-Edge / Facade
- Seed Bomb
- Skitter Smack
Doubles Physical Sweeper Octillery (Sniper)
Octillery is a decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Octillery critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Octillery's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. The Shell Bell item option is to help Octillery recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Sniper, if Octillery strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Octillery is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
◆ Skitter Smack is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower target's special attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Scope Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Water Spout / Surf
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Incinerate / Flamethrower
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Octillery (Sniper)
Octillery is pretty popular Special Sweeper for double battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Octillery critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Octillery's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Life Orb boosts the power of Octillery's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Octillery strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
◆ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Sludge Wave is a special 95-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to poison adjacent pokemon).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Incinerate is a special 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Octillery learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Octillery 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 Octillery
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Sniper + Item: Scope lens
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Octillery's stats
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Octillery
- Energy Ball
- Fire Blast
- Flamethrower
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Sludge Bomb
- Toxic
- Water Spout
Common Effort Values for Octillery in Sword and Shield
- Quiet Nature ( 244/0/0/252/12/0 )
- Quiet Nature ( 252/0/4/252/0/0 )
- Optimize Octillery's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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