Competitive Information for Regice [Sword/Shield]
Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Regice? 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.
Regice is a stupendous Ice-typed Pokemon. Regice is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Regice is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Weakness Policy / Electric Seed
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 128 Hp / 124 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt / Thunder
- Flash Cannon
- Protect
Special Tank Regice (Popular/Trending)
Regice is a legendary Special Tank for single battles. It's primary goal is to take a large amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Weakness Policy activates if Regice 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 Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Regice's stat stages. With a Electric Seed equipped to it, if the terrain is electric terrain, raises Regice's defense by 1 stage then the Electric Seed gets consumed.
◆ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Thunder is a special 110-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze. Can't miss in rain).
◆ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Regice this turn).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Ice Beam / Frost Breath
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Flash Cannon
- Ancient Power / Hyper Beam
Special Sweeper Regice (Clear Body)
Regice is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Regice's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Regice's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Regice's stat stages. Ancient Power was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Frost Breath is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (always results in a critical hit).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Regice's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Ancient Power is a special 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Regice cannot move next turn).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Ice Body
Nature: Lax (+Def, -SpD)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Focus Blast
- Sleep Talk
- Rest
- Thunderbolt
Regice Physical Wall (Free Range Ice)
Regice is a legendary Physical Wall for single battles. It tries to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Regice's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Ice Body, if hail is active Regice heals 1/16 of its max hp each turn; immunity to hail.
◆ Sleep Talk is a status move (Regice must be asleep. Uses another known move).
◆ Rest is a status move (Regice sleeps 2 turns and restores hp and status).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Regice? 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: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Flash Cannon
- Ancient Power / Hyper Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Regice (Clear Body)
Regice is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Regice's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Regice's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Regice's stat stages. Ancient Power was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Regice's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Ancient Power is a special 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Regice cannot move next turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Regice 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 Regice 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 Regice
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Regice's stats
- Amnesia
- Ancient Power
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Power-Up Punch
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Regice
- Ancient Power
- Avalanche
- Blizzard
- Earthquake
- Explosion
- Facade
- Flash Cannon
- Focus Blast
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Thunder
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Regice in Sword and Shield
- Modest Nature ( 128/0/124/252/0/0 )
- Modest Nature ( 220/0/28/252/4/4 )
- Optimize Regice's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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