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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for Scolipede

Base Stats for Scolipede

Bug / Poison

Abilities:
,
,

Evolutions / Family:
Venipede
Whirlipede
Scolipede

Weakness Chart for Bug/Poison-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

0.5x

0.25x

2x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0.25x

0.5x

2x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Scolipede? 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.

Common team mates for Scolipede in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

Indeedee-FRotom-WashAlakazamSlurpuffGrimmsnarlAzumarillKrookodileGoodraChandelureDrifblim

Scolipede is a stupendous Bug and Poison-typed Pokemon. Scolipede are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Scolipede is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.

Species: Scolipede
Item: Weakness Policy / Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Steel Roller
- Megahorn / X-Scissor
- Poison Jab
- Protect

Physical Sweeper Scolipede (Popular/Trending)

Scolipede is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Weakness Policy activates if Scolipede is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. Life Orb boosts the power of Scolipede's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Speed Boost, Scolipede's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.

♦ Steel Roller is a physical 130-base power Steel-type move (fails if there is no terrain active. ends the terrain).
♦ Megahorn is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Bug-type move that deals a serious amount of damage.
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Scolipede this turn).

Species: Scolipede
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 108 Hp / 252 Atk / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Cross Poison / Poison Jab
- Steel Roller / Double-Edge
- Superpower
- X-Scissor / Skitter Smack

Physical Sweeper Scolipede (Speed Boost)

Scolipede is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Scolipede from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Scolipede's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Speed Boost, Scolipede's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.

♦ Cross Poison is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Steel Roller is a physical 130-base power Steel-type move (fails if there is no terrain active. ends the terrain).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Scolipede's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Skitter Smack is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower target's special attack by 1 stage).

Species: Scolipede
Item: Black Sludge
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Lonely (+Atk, -Def)
EVs: 14 Hp / 247 Atk / 247 SpD
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Iron Tail
- Megahorn
- Rock Slide

Scolipede Physical Tank (Dangerous And Sexy)

Scolipede is a wonderful Physical Tank. It is designed to take a hefty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Scolipede's attacking stat is 1.5x with bug attacks.

♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Iron Tail is a physical 100-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Megahorn is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Bug-type move that deals a high amount of damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Scolipede? 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.

Common team mates for Scolipede in Pokemon Sword/Shield:

Indeedee-FRotom-WashAlakazamSlurpuffGrimmsnarlAzumarillKrookodileGoodraChandelureDrifblim

Species: Scolipede
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 108 Hp / 252 Atk / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Cross Poison
- Rock Slide
- Steel Roller / Superpower

Doubles Physical Sweeper Scolipede (Speed Boost)

Scolipede is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Scolipede from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Scolipede's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Speed Boost, Scolipede's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.

♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Cross Poison is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Steel Roller is a physical 130-base power Steel-type move (fails if there is no terrain active. ends the terrain).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Scolipede's attack and defense by 1 stage).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Scolipede 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Scolipede 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 Scolipede

Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Sunny Day + Solar Beam
Moves: Endure + Endeavor
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Ability: Speed boost + Move: Protect
Ability: Speed boost + Move: Baton Pass
Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect

Optimize Scolipede's EVs for Sword/Shield

Competitive Information for Scolipede [Sword/Shield]