Competitive Information for Shiinotic [Sword/Shield]
Grass / Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Shiinotic? 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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Shiinotic is a sensational Grass and Fairy-typed Pokemon. Shiinotic is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Shiinotic is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Room Service
Ability: Effect Spore
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 148 Def / 108 SpD
Moveset:
- Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam
- Protect
- Spore / Energy Ball
- Strength Sap
Double Wall Shiinotic (Popular/Trending)
Shiinotic is popular Double Wall for single battles. This moveset is designed to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Focus Sash helps protect Shiinotic from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Effect Spore, 30% chance of poison/paralysis/sleep on others making contact with Shiinotic. With a Room Service equipped to it, if trick room is active, Shiinotic's speed is lowered by 1 stage then the Room Service gets consumed.
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Shiinotic this turn).
◆ Spore is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Strength Sap is a status move (Shiinotic heals hp=target's attack stat. Lowers attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Kebia Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Effect Spore
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Pollen Puff
- Sludge Bomb
Special Sweeper Shiinotic (Effect Spore)
Shiinotic is an awesome Special Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Shiinotic's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Effect Spore, 30% chance of poison/paralysis/sleep on others making contact with Shiinotic. With a Kebia Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective poison-type attack then the Kebia Berry gets consumed.
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Shiinotic recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Pollen Puff is a special 90-base power Bug-type move (if the target is an ally, heals 50% of its max hp).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Shiinotic? 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: Kebia Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Effect Spore
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Moonblast
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Pollen Puff
- Sludge Bomb
Doubles Special Sweeper Shiinotic (Effect Spore)
Shiinotic is an interesting Special Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Shiinotic's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Effect Spore, 30% chance of poison/paralysis/sleep on others making contact with Shiinotic. With a Kebia Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective poison-type attack then the Kebia Berry gets consumed.
◆ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Shiinotic recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Pollen Puff is a special 90-base power Bug-type move (if the target is an ally, heals 50% of its max hp).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Shiinotic 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 Shiinotic 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 Shiinotic
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Magic Coat, Protect, Spotlight
- Moves that inflict status: Spore, Sleep Powder, Stun Spore, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Shiinotic's stats
- Amnesia
- Charge Beam
- Growth
Most notable and possible best moves for Shiinotic
- Dazzling Gleam
- Energy Ball
- Giga Drain
- Light Screen
- Moonblast
- Pollen Puff
- Protect
- Rest
- Spore
- Strength Sap
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Shiinotic in Sword and Shield
- Sassy Nature ( 252/0/148/0/108/0 )
- Sassy Nature ( 252/0/76/0/180/0 )
- Optimize Shiinotic's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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