Competitive Information for Ribombee [Sword/Shield]
Bug / Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Ribombee? 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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Ribombee is a wonderful Bug and Fairy-typed Pokemon. Ribombee is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Ribombee is weak to Fire, Flying, Poison, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Light Clay
Ability: Shield Dust
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 172 Hp / 68 Def / 36 SpA / 4 SpD / 228 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Pollen Puff / Struggle Bug
- Dazzling Gleam / Moonblast
- Skill Swap
- Speed Swap
Special Sweeper Ribombee (Popular/Trending)
Ribombee is an outstanding Special Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Ribombee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Shield Dust, Ribombee is not affected by the secondary effect of another pokemon's attack. With a Light Clay equipped to it, Ribombee's use of aurora veil, light screen, or reflect lasts 8 turns instead of 5.
◆ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Skill Swap is a status move (your Ribombee and the target trade abilities).
◆ Speed Swap is a status move (swaps speed stat with target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Throat Spray
Ability: Shield Dust
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 192 Hp / 12 Def / 252 SpA / 52 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam
- Bug Buzz / Pollen Puff
- Psychic
- Energy Ball / Solar Beam
Special Sweeper Ribombee (Shield Dust)
Ribombee is an astounding Special Sweeper for single battles. It's meant 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 increases Ribombee's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Ribombee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Shield Dust, Ribombee is not affected by the secondary effect of another pokemon's attack.
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ 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).
◆ Pollen Puff is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (if the target is an ally, heals 50% of its max hp).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. Hits turn 2. No charge in sunlight).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ribombee? 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: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Shield Dust
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 192 Hp / 12 Def / 252 SpA / 52 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Moonblast
- Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz
- Psychic
- Energy Ball / Solar Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Ribombee (Shield Dust)
Ribombee is a phenomenal Special Sweeper for double battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Ribombee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Ribombee's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Shield Dust, Ribombee is not affected by the secondary effect of another pokemon's attack.
◆ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ 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 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. Hits turn 2. No charge in sunlight).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Ribombee 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 Ribombee 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 Ribombee
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Stun Spore
Moves that boost Ribombee's stats
- Aromatic Mist
- Calm Mind
- Quiver Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Ribombee
- Baton Pass
- Dazzling Gleam
- Light Screen
- Moonblast
- Pollen Puff
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roost
- Skill Swap
- Speed Swap
- Struggle Bug
- Stun Spore
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Ribombee in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 172/0/68/36/4/228 )
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Ribombee's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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