Competitive Information for Orbeetle [Sword/Shield]
Bug / Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Orbeetle? 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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Orbeetle is pretty popular Bug and Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's normal to find yourself dealing with Orbeetle when battling in the 8th generation meta. Orbeetle is weak to Bug, Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Rocky Helmet / Aguav Berry
Ability: Telepathy
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Ally Switch
- Helping Hand / Hyper Beam
- Trick Room
Physical Wall Orbeetle (Popular/Trending)
Orbeetle is a remarkable Physical Wall. The purpose of this moveset is to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Telepathy, Orbeetle does not take damage from attacks made by its allies.
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Orbeetle on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Ally Switch is a status move (your Orbeetle swaps positions with its ally).
♦ Helping Hand is a status move (one adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Orbeetle cannot move next turn).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Frisk
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Bug Buzz / Struggle Bug
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Orbeetle
Orbeetle is a decent Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Bug Buzz) and boosts Orbeetle's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Orbeetle's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Frisk, on switch-in Orbeetle identifies the held items of all opposing pokemon.
♦ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Orbeetle on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Orbeetle recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Orbeetle? 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 / Choice Specs
Ability: Telepathy
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Orbeetle (Telepathy)
Orbeetle is a notable Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Orbeetle's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Orbeetle's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Telepathy, Orbeetle does not take damage from attacks made by its allies.
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Orbeetle on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Orbeetle recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
Item: Weakness Policy
Ability: Telepathy
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 168 Def / 88 SpD
Moveset:
- Iron Defense
- Substitute
- Recover
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Orbeetle (Telepathy)
Orbeetle is a wonderful Defensive Trick Room. Weakness Policy activates if Orbeetle is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Telepathy, Orbeetle does not take damage from attacks made by its allies.
♦ Substitute is a status move (Orbeetle takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Orbeetle by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Orbeetle 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 Orbeetle 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 Orbeetle
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
Most notable and possible best moves for Orbeetle
- After You
- Ally Switch
- Body Press
- Bug Buzz
- Energy Ball
- Expanding Force
- Helping Hand
- Hyper Beam
- Hypnosis
- Imprison
- Psychic
- Reflect
- Trick Room
Common Effort Values for Orbeetle in Sword and Shield
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/252/0/0/4 )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252 )
- Optimize Orbeetle's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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