Competitive Information for Sharpedo [Sword/Shield]
Water / Dark
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sharpedo? 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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Sharpedo is a phenomenal Water and Dark-typed Pokemon. It's almost common to see Sharpedo show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Sharpedo is weak to Bug, Electric, Fairy, Fighting, and Grass-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Chople Berry
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat
- Crunch
- Flip Turn / Waterfall
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Sharpedo (Popular/Trending)
Sharpedo is a stupendous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Sharpedo's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Speed Boost, Sharpedo's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. With a Chople Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective fighting-type attack then the Chople Berry gets consumed.
◆ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Flip Turn is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Water-type move (Sharpedo switches out after damaging the target).
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Sharpedo this turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 36 Def / 40 SpD / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Night Slash / Crunch
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Earthquake / Psychic Fangs
- Close Combat
Physical Sweeper Sharpedo (Speed Boost)
Sharpedo is a notable Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Sharpedo from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Sharpedo's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Speed Boost, Sharpedo's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. Earthquake or Psychic Fangs are added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ 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).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ 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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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Ice Fang
- Crunch
- Protect
- Waterfall
Sharpedo Physical Sweeper (Shark Bait)
Sharpedo is a decent Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Sharpedo from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Speed Boost, Sharpedo's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
◆ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Sharpedo this turn).
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sharpedo? 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 Band
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 36 Def / 40 SpD / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Night Slash / Crunch
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Psychic Fangs / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sharpedo (Speed Boost)
Sharpedo is an interesting Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Sharpedo from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Sharpedo's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Speed Boost, Sharpedo's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. Psychic Fangs was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ 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).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sharpedo 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 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
- Moves: Brine + Super fang
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Speed boost + Move: Protect
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Feint, Aqua Jet
- Moves that Break Screens: Psychic Fangs
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Sharpedo's stats
- Agility
- Ancient Power
- Scale Shot
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Sharpedo
- Bounce
- Bulldoze
- Close Combat
- Crunch
- Destiny Bond
- Earthquake
- Flip Turn
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Liquidation
- Protect
- Psychic Fangs
- Rest
- Scald
- Snarl
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Waterfall
Common Effort Values for Sharpedo in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Adamant Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Optimize Sharpedo's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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