Competitive Information for Pheromosa [Sword/Shield]
Bug / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Pheromosa? 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.
Pheromosa is a sensational Bug and Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to find yourself dealing with Pheromosa when battling in the 8th generation meta. Pheromosa is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Pheromosa is weak to Fairy, Fire, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Life Orb
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat
- U-turn / Lunge
- Protect
- Speed Swap
Physical Sweeper Pheromosa (Popular/Trending)
Pheromosa is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Pheromosa from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Pheromosa's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Beast Boost, Pheromosa's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
◆ U-turn is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (Pheromosa switches out after damaging the target).
◆ Lunge is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Pheromosa this turn).
◆ Speed Swap is a status move (swaps speed stat with target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Coba Berry
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 8 Hp / 252 Atk / 124 Def / 124 SpD
Moveset:
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Lunge / U-turn
- Outrage
- Foul Play / Throat Chop
Physical Sweeper Pheromosa (Beast Boost)
Pheromosa is a sensational Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Pheromosa from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Beast Boost, Pheromosa's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon. With a Coba Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective flying-type attack then the Coba Berry gets consumed.
◆ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Pheromosa is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
◆ Lunge is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
◆ U-turn is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (Pheromosa switches out after damaging the target).
◆ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Pheromosa afterwards).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
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Item: Focus Sash / Coba Berry
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 8 Hp / 124 Def / 252 SpA / 124 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Bug Buzz
- Foul Play
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Pheromosa (Beast Boost)
Pheromosa is a wonderful Special Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Pheromosa from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Beast Boost, Pheromosa's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon. With a Coba Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective flying-type attack then the Coba Berry gets consumed.
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Pheromosa cannot move next turn).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Pheromosa? 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: Focus Sash / Coba Berry
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 8 Hp / 252 Atk / 124 Def / 124 SpD
Moveset:
- Close Combat / High Jump Kick
- Lunge / U-turn
- Outrage
- Foul Play / Throat Chop
Doubles Physical Sweeper Pheromosa (Beast Boost)
Pheromosa is a wonderful Physical Sweeper for double battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Pheromosa from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Beast Boost, Pheromosa's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon. With a Coba Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective flying-type attack then the Coba Berry gets consumed.
◆ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Fighting-type move (Pheromosa is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
◆ Lunge is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
◆ U-turn is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (Pheromosa switches out after damaging the target).
◆ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Pheromosa afterwards).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
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Item: Focus Sash / Coba Berry
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 8 Hp / 124 Def / 252 SpA / 124 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Bug Buzz
- Foul Play
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Electroweb
Doubles Special Sweeper Pheromosa (Beast Boost)
Pheromosa is a marvelous Special Sweeper for double battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Pheromosa from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Beast Boost, Pheromosa's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon. With a Coba Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective flying-type attack then the Coba Berry gets consumed.
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ 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).
◆ Electroweb is a special 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Pheromosa 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 Pheromosa 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 Pheromosa
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Feint, Quick Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that boost Pheromosa's stats
- Agility
- Quiver Dance
- Rapid Spin
Most notable and possible best moves for Pheromosa
- Close Combat
- Coaching
- Ice Beam
- Icy Wind
- Lunge
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Rest
- Speed Swap
- Taunt
- Triple Axel
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Pheromosa in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Optimize Pheromosa's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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