Competitive Information for Scolipede [Sword/Shield]
Bug / Poison
Abilities:
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.
Scolipede is a wonderful Bug and Poison-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to find yourself dealing with Scolipede when battling in the 8th generation meta. Scolipede is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Iapapa Berry
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Skitter Smack / Megahorn
- Bulldoze
- Baton Pass
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Scolipede (Popular/Trending)
Scolipede is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's designed 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. With Speed Boost, Scolipede's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
♦ Megahorn is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Bug-type move that deals a high amount of damage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Baton Pass is a status move (Scolipede switches, passing stat changes and more).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Scolipede this turn).
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 notable 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.
♦ 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 considerable 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).
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 notable Physical Tank. It attempts to take a large 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.
♦ 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 massive 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.
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 notable Physical Sweeper. It's meant 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).
♦ 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.
Damage Modifiers:
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: Swagger + Screech
- 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
Most notable and possible best moves for Scolipede
- Baton Pass
- Bulldoze
- Megahorn
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Rock Slide
- Skitter Smack
- Swords Dance
Common Effort Values for Scolipede in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Careful Nature ( 252/0/0/0/252/0 )
- Optimize Scolipede's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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