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Competitive Pokemon Sword/Shield Movesets and Strategies for Skwovet

Base Stats for Skwovet

Normal

Abilities:
,

Evolutions / Family:
Skwovet
Greedent

Weakness Chart for Normal-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

2x

0x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Skwovet? 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.

Skwovet is an astounding Normal-typed Pokemon. Skwovet is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Skwovet can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Skwovet's only type-related weakness is Fighting.

Species: Skwovet
Item: Iapapa Berry / Liechi Berry
Ability: Cheek Pouch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 80 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 Def / 168 SpD
Moveset:
- Body Slam / Facade
- Seed Bomb / Bullet Seed
- Crunch / Bite
- Dig

Physical Sweeper Skwovet (Cheek Pouch)

Skwovet is a sensational Physical Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Cheek Pouch, if Skwovet eats a berry it restores 1/3 of its max hp after the berry's effect. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Iapapa Berry equipped to it, restores 33% max hp at 1/4 max hp or less; confuses if -def nature then the Iapapa Berry gets consumed. With a Liechi Berry equipped to it, raises Skwovet's attack by 1 stage when at 1/4 max hp or less then the Liechi Berry gets consumed.

◆ Body Slam is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Skwovet is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
◆ Bullet Seed is a physical 25-base power Grass-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).

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Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Skwovet? 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: Skwovet
Item: Iapapa Berry / Liechi Berry
Ability: Cheek Pouch
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 80 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 Def / 168 SpD
Moveset:
- Body Slam / Facade
- Brutal Swing / Crunch
- Seed Bomb / Bullet Seed
- Dig

Doubles Physical Sweeper Skwovet (Cheek Pouch)

Skwovet is a marvelous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Cheek Pouch, if Skwovet eats a berry it restores 1/3 of its max hp after the berry's effect. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Iapapa Berry equipped to it, restores 33% max hp at 1/4 max hp or less; confuses if -def nature then the Iapapa Berry gets consumed. With a Liechi Berry equipped to it, raises Skwovet's attack by 1 stage when at 1/4 max hp or less then the Liechi Berry gets consumed.

◆ Body Slam is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Facade is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Skwovet is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Brutal Swing is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
◆ Bullet Seed is a physical 25-base power Grass-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
◆ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).

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Movepool

Wondering what moves can Skwovet 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 Skwovet 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 Skwovet

Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Belly drum + Rest
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Stuff cheeks + Belch
Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect

Moves that boost Skwovet's stats

Amnesia
Belly Drum
Defense Curl
Stockpile
Stuff Cheeks

Most notable and possible best moves for Skwovet

Protect
Rest

Common Effort Values for Skwovet 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 Skwovet [Sword/Shield]