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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for Silvally-water

Base Stats for Silvally-Water

Water

Abilities:

Evolutions / Family:
Silvally

Weakness Chart for Water-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

2x

0.5x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

2x

0.5x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Silvally-water? 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.

Silvally is popular Water-typed Pokemon. Silvally is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Silvally's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.

Species: Silvally-Water
Item: Water Memory
Ability: RKS System
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Multi-Attack
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Double-Edge / Psychic Fangs
- Shadow Claw

Physical Sweeper Silvally-Water (RKS System)

Silvally is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Silvally's ability RKS System changes it's typing based on the item it's holding. For this build, Water Memory will change Silvally's typing to Water.

♦ Multi-Attack is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (type varies based on the held memory).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Silvally afterwards).
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Psychic Fangs is a physical 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).

Species: Silvally-Water
Item: Water Memory
Ability: RKS System
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf
- Steel Beam
- Draco Meteor
- Ice Beam / Hyper Voice

Special Sweeper Silvally-Water (RKS System)

Silvally is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Silvally's ability RKS System changes it's typing based on the item it's holding. For this build, Water Memory will change Silvally's typing to Water. Ice Beam was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Steel Beam is a special 140-base power Steel-type move (Silvally loses 50% max hp).
♦ Draco Meteor is a special 130-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Silvally's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Silvally-water? 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.

Species: Silvally-Water
Item: Water Memory
Ability: RKS System
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Multi-Attack
- Rock Slide
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Double-Edge / Shadow Claw

Doubles Physical Sweeper Silvally-Water (RKS System)

Silvally is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Silvally's ability RKS System changes it's typing based on the item it's holding. For this build, Water Memory will change Silvally's typing to Water.

♦ Multi-Attack is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (type varies based on the held memory).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Silvally afterwards).
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).

Species: Silvally-Water
Item: Water Memory
Ability: RKS System
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf
- Icy Wind / Hyper Voice
- Heat Wave
- Steel Beam

Doubles Special Sweeper Silvally-Water (RKS System)

Silvally is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Silvally's ability RKS System changes it's typing based on the item it's holding. For this build, Water Memory will change Silvally's typing to Water. Icy Wind was added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Steel Beam is a special 140-base power Steel-type move (Silvally loses 50% max hp).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Silvally-water 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Silvally-water 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 Silvally-water

Moves: Endure + Reversal
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Substitute + Reversal
Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Double Hit + Item: King's Rock
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat
Moves that Break Screens: Psychic Fangs

Most notable and possible best moves for Silvally-water

Protect
Rest

Common Effort Values for Silvally-water in Sword and Shield

Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
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Competitive Information for Silvally (water) [Sword/Shield]