Competitive Information for Raboot [Sword/Shield]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Raboot? 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.
Raboot is an extraordinary Fire-typed Pokemon. Raboot is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Raboot is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Libero
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 68 Hp / 252 Atk / 188 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Blaze Kick
- Double-Edge / Facade
- High Jump Kick / Low Sweep
- Sucker Punch / Assurance
Physical Sweeper Raboot (Libero)
Raboot is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Raboot from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Raboot's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Libero, Raboot's type changes to match the type of the move it is about to use. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Blaze Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
◆ 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 Raboot is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ High Jump Kick is a physical 130-base power Fighting-type move (Raboot is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
◆ Low Sweep is a physical 65-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. Fails if target is not attacking).
◆ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Raboot? 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 / Choice Band
Ability: Libero
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 68 Hp / 252 Atk / 188 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Blaze Kick
- Double-Edge / Facade
- High Jump Kick / Low Sweep
- Sucker Punch / Assurance
Doubles Physical Sweeper Raboot (Libero)
Raboot is a stupendous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Raboot from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Raboot's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Libero, Raboot's type changes to match the type of the move it is about to use. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Blaze Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
◆ 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 Raboot is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ High Jump Kick is a physical 130-base power Fighting-type move (Raboot is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
◆ Low Sweep is a physical 65-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. Fails if target is not attacking).
◆ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Raboot 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 Raboot 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 Raboot
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Blaze + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch, Ally Switch
Moves that boost Raboot's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Flame Charge
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Raboot
- Baton Pass
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Raboot in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Raboot's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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