Competitive Information for Sobble [Sword/Shield]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sobble? 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.
Sobble is a spectacular Water-typed Pokemon. Sobble is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Sobble can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Sobble's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Scope Lens / Throat Spray
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Water Pledge
- Round / Snore
- Mud Shot
- Work Up
Special Sweeper Sobble (Sniper)
Sobble is an outstanding Special Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Sobble critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Sobble's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and boosts Sobble's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Sniper, if Sobble strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
◆ Water Pledge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (use with grass or fire pledge for added effect).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Sobble must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Mud Shot is a special 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Work Up is a status move (raises your Sobble's attack and special attack by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sobble? 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.
Item: Scope Lens / Throat Spray
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Water Pledge
- Round / Snore
- Mud Shot
- Work Up
Doubles Special Sweeper Sobble (Sniper)
Sobble is a fabulous Special Sweeper for double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Sobble critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Sobble's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and raises Sobble's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Sniper, if Sobble strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
◆ Water Pledge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (use with grass or fire pledge for added effect).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Sobble must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Mud Shot is a special 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Work Up is a status move (raises your Sobble's attack and special attack by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sobble 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 Sobble 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 Sobble
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Sniper + Item: Scope lens
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch, Aqua Jet, Ice Shard
Moves that boost Sobble's stats
- Fell Stinger
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Sobble
- Baton Pass
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Sobble in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Sobble's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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