Competitive Information for Sharpedo (mega) [Sword/Shield]
Water / Dark
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sharpedo-mega? 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.
Sharpedo is a sensational Water and Dark-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Sharpedo when battling in the 8th generation meta. Sharpedo is weak to Bug, Electric, Fairy, Fighting, and Grass-typed attacks.
Item: Sharpedonite
Ability: Strong Jaw
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Crunch / Night Slash
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Psychic Fangs
- Close Combat
Physical Sweeper Sharpedo-Mega (Strong Jaw)
Sharpedo is a remarkable Physical Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Strong Jaw, Sharpedo's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. Bug bite is not boosted. With a Sharpedonite equipped to it, if held by a sharpedo, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Close Combat is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Sharpedo's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sharpedo-mega? 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: Sharpedonite
Ability: Strong Jaw
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Crunch / Night Slash
- Earthquake
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Psychic Fangs
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sharpedo-Mega (Strong Jaw)
Sharpedo is a fabulous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Strong Jaw, Sharpedo's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. Bug bite is not boosted. With a Sharpedonite equipped to it, if held by a sharpedo, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sharpedo-mega 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 Sharpedo-mega 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 Sharpedo-mega
- Moves: Brine + Super fang
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Bite
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Crunch
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Poison Fang
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Psychic Fangs
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Ice Fang
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Aqua Jet, Feint
- Moves that Break Screens: Psychic Fangs
- Moves that inflict status: Scald, Toxic
Moves that boost Sharpedo-mega's stats
- Agility
- Ancient Power
- Scale Shot
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Sharpedo-mega
- Destiny Bond
- Earthquake
- Flip Turn
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Snarl
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Sharpedo-mega in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Sharpedo-mega's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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