Competitive Information for Spritzee [Sword/Shield]
Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Spritzee? 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.
Spritzee is a decent Fairy-typed Pokemon. Spritzee is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Spritzee's only type-related weaknesses are Poison and Steel.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Aroma Veil
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 192 Hp / 252 Atk / 52 Def / 12 SpD
Moveset:
- Facade / Covet
- Gyro Ball
- Wish
- Toxic
Physical Sweeper Spritzee (Aroma Veil)
Spritzee is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Spritzee's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Aroma Veil, protects user/allies from attract disable encore heal block taunt and torment. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Covet is a physical 60-base power Normal-type move (if your Spritzee has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Gyro Ball is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Spritzee than the target).
♦ Wish is a status move (next turn, 50% of your Spritzee's max hp is restored).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Aroma Veil
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 192 Hp / 52 Def / 252 SpA / 12 SpD
Moveset:
- Misty Explosion / Moonblast
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Energy Ball
Special Sweeper Spritzee (Aroma Veil)
Spritzee is a wonderful Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Spritzee's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Spritzee's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Aroma Veil, protects user/allies from attract disable encore heal block taunt and torment.
♦ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Spritzee's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Spritzee? 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: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Aroma Veil
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 192 Hp / 252 Atk / 52 Def / 12 SpD
Moveset:
- Facade / Covet
- Gyro Ball
- Wish
- Toxic
Doubles Physical Sweeper Spritzee (Aroma Veil)
Spritzee is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Spritzee's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Aroma Veil, protects user/allies from attract disable encore heal block taunt and torment. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Covet is a physical 60-base power Normal-type move (if your Spritzee has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Gyro Ball is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Spritzee than the target).
♦ Wish is a status move (next turn, 50% of your Spritzee's max hp is restored).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Aroma Veil
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 192 Hp / 52 Def / 252 SpA / 12 SpD
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Misty Explosion
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Energy Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Spritzee (Aroma Veil)
Spritzee is a decent Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Spritzee's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Spritzee's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Aroma Veil, protects user/allies from attract disable encore heal block taunt and torment.
♦ Misty Explosion is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fairy-type move (Spritzee faints. Spritzee on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Spritzee's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Aroma Veil
Nature: Bashful
EVs: 252 Hp / 148 Def / 108 SpD
Moveset:
- Substitute
- Heal Bell
- Misty Explosion / Moonblast
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Spritzee (Aroma Veil)
Spritzee is a marvelous Defensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Spritzee from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Aroma Veil, protects user/allies from attract disable encore heal block taunt and torment.
♦ Heal Bell is a status move (cures your Spritzee's party of all status conditions).
♦ Misty Explosion is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fairy-type move (Spritzee faints. Spritzee on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
♦ Moonblast is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Spritzee learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Spritzee 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 Spritzee
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
Optimize Spritzee's EVs for Sword/Shield
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