Competitive Information for Remoraid [Sword/Shield]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Remoraid? 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.
Remoraid is a sensational Water-typed Pokemon. Remoraid is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Remoraid can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Remoraid's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Blunder Policy / Shell Bell
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Facade
- Waterfall / Dive
- Gunk Shot
- Seed Bomb
Physical Sweeper Remoraid (Hustle)
Remoraid is popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Shell Bell item option is to help Remoraid recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Hustle, Remoraid's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Blunder Policy equipped to it, if Remoraid misses due to accuracy, its speed is raised by 2 stages then the Blunder Policy gets consumed.
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Remoraid is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
◆ Gunk Shot is a physical 120-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
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Item: Scope Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Flamethrower / Incinerate
- Ice Beam / Aurora Beam
Special Sweeper Remoraid (Sniper)
Remoraid is a fabulous Special Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Remoraid critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Remoraid's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Life Orb boosts the power of Remoraid's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Remoraid 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).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Incinerate is a special 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Aurora Beam is a special 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Remoraid? 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: Blunder Policy / Shell Bell
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Facade
- Waterfall / Dive
- Gunk Shot
- Seed Bomb
Doubles Physical Sweeper Remoraid (Hustle)
Remoraid is a decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Shell Bell item option is to help Remoraid recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Hustle, Remoraid's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Blunder Policy equipped to it, if Remoraid misses due to accuracy, its speed is raised by 2 stages then the Blunder Policy gets consumed.
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Remoraid is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
◆ Gunk Shot is a physical 120-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
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Item: Scope Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Water Spout / Surf
- Incinerate / Flamethrower
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Psychic / Psybeam
Doubles Special Sweeper Remoraid (Sniper)
Remoraid is a pretty decent Special Sweeper for double battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Remoraid critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Remoraid's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Life Orb boosts the power of Remoraid's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Remoraid 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).
◆ 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).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Remoraid 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 Remoraid 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 Remoraid
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Sniper + Item: Scope lens
- Ability: Hustle + Item: Blunder policy
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Scald, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Remoraid's stats
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Remoraid
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Toxic
- Water Spout
Common Effort Values for Remoraid in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Remoraid's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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