Competitive Information for Sigilyph [Sword/Shield]
Psychic / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sigilyph? 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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Sigilyph is a wonderful Psychic and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to find yourself dealing with Sigilyph when battling in the 8th generation meta. Sigilyph is weak to Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Toxic Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Gravity / Expanding Force
- Hypnosis
- Tailwind / Air Slash
- Trick Room
Support Sigilyph (Popular/Trending)
Sigilyph is an astounding Support. Focus Sash helps protect Sigilyph from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Toxic Orb will poison Sigilyph at the end of the turn. With Magic Guard, Sigilyph can only be damaged by direct attacks.
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Sigilyph on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Hypnosis is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
♦ Tailwind is a status move (for 4 turns, allies' speed is doubled).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 SpA / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Ice Beam
- Energy Ball
Special Sweeper Sigilyph (Magic Guard)
Sigilyph is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Sigilyph's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Sigilyph's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Magic Guard negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage making it an amazing item for Sigilyph. With Magic Guard, Sigilyph can only be damaged by direct attacks.
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Sigilyph on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dark Pulse
- Calm Mind
- Thunder Wave
- Ice Beam
Sigilyph Special Sweeper (Life Orb Sigilyph)
Sigilyph is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Sigilyph's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Magic Guard negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage making it an amazing item for Sigilyph. With Magic Guard, Sigilyph can only be damaged by direct attacks.
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Sigilyph's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sigilyph? 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: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 SpA / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave
- Dazzling Gleam
- Psychic / Expanding Force
Doubles Special Sweeper Sigilyph (Magic Guard)
Sigilyph is a wonderful Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Sigilyph's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Sigilyph's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Magic Guard negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage making it an amazing item for Sigilyph. With Magic Guard, Sigilyph can only be damaged by direct attacks.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Sigilyph on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
Item: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Ice Beam
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Sigilyph (Magic Guard)
Sigilyph is a remarkable Offensive Trick Room. Life Orb boosts the power of Sigilyph's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Magic Guard negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage making it an amazing item for Sigilyph. With Magic Guard, Sigilyph can only be damaged by direct attacks.
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Sigilyph on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sigilyph 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 Sigilyph 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 Sigilyph
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Stored Power + Psych Up
- Ability: Magic Guard + Item: Life Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat
Optimize Sigilyph's EVs for Sword/Shield
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