Competitive Information for Scorbunny [Sword/Shield]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Scorbunny? 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.
Scorbunny is a phenomenal Fire-typed Pokemon. Scorbunny is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Scorbunny can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Scorbunny is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Libero
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Blaze Kick / Fire Fang
- Double-Edge / Headbutt
- High Jump Kick / Low Sweep
- Sucker Punch / Assurance
Physical Sweeper Scorbunny (Libero)
Scorbunny is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Scorbunny from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Scorbunny's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Libero, Scorbunny's type changes to match the type of the move it is about to use.
◆ Fire Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Headbutt is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ High Jump Kick is a physical 130-base power Fighting-type move (Scorbunny is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
◆ Low Sweep is a physical 65-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. Fails if target is not attacking).
◆ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Scorbunny? 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: Libero
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Blaze Kick / Fire Fang
- Double-Edge / Headbutt
- High Jump Kick / Low Sweep
- Sucker Punch / Assurance
Doubles Physical Sweeper Scorbunny (Libero)
Scorbunny is a decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Scorbunny from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Scorbunny's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Libero, Scorbunny's type changes to match the type of the move it is about to use.
◆ Fire Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Headbutt is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ High Jump Kick is a physical 130-base power Fighting-type move (Scorbunny is hurt by 50% of its max hp if it misses).
◆ Low Sweep is a physical 65-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 70-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. Fails if target is not attacking).
◆ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Scorbunny 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 Scorbunny 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 Scorbunny
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Blaze + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch, Ally Switch
Moves that boost Scorbunny's stats
- Agility
- Flame Charge
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Scorbunny
- Baton Pass
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Scorbunny in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Scorbunny's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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