Competitive Information for Roserade [Sword/Shield]
Grass / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Roserade? 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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Roserade is a marvelous Grass and Poison-typed Pokemon. It's a almost common sight to see Roserade out in the 8th generation battlefield. Roserade is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Throat Spray
Ability: Technician
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Round / Snore
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Roserade (Technician)
Roserade is a wonderful Special Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose is 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 Round or Snore) and raises Roserade's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Roserade from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Technician, Roserade's moves of 60 or less power get boosted by 1.5x power. In this case it would boosts Round and Snore.
◆ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Roserade's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Roserade must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Shell Bell
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 199 Hp / 199 SpA / 112 SpD
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm
- Energy Ball
- Extrasensory
- Growth
Roserade Special Tank (A Rose By Any Name)
Roserade is a stupendous Special Tank for single battles. It's designed to take a great amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Natural Cure, Roserade has its non-volatile status condition cured when it switches out.
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Growth is a status move (raises Roserade's attack and special attack by 1 stage; 2 in sun).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Roserade? 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: Technician
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Dazzling Gleam
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Shadow Ball / Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Roserade (Technician)
Roserade is an outstanding Special Sweeper for double battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Roserade from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Roserade's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Technician, Roserade's moves of 60 or less power get boosted by 1.5x power. Shadow Ball was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Roserade's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Roserade 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 Roserade 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 Roserade
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves boosted by Technician: Poison Sting (BP: 15), Razor Leaf (BP: 55), Absorb (BP: 20), Mega Drain (BP: 40), Pin Missile (BP: 25), Cut (BP: 50), Swift (BP: 60), Fury Cutter (BP: 40), Snore (BP: 50), Mud-Slap (BP: 20), Covet (BP: 60), Weather Ball (BP: 50), Bullet Seed (BP: 25), Magical Leaf (BP: 60), Round (BP: 60)
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Sleep Powder, Stun Spore
Moves that boost Roserade's stats
- Growth
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Roserade
- Leaf Storm
- Protect
- Rest
- Sleep Powder
- Sludge Bomb
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Roserade in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Timid Nature ( 0/252/4/0/0/252 )
- Optimize Roserade's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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