Competitive Information for Steelix [Sword/Shield]
Steel / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Steelix? 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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Steelix is a decent Steel and Ground-typed Pokemon. Steelix are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Steelix is weak to Fighting, Fire, Ground, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Weakness Policy
Ability: Rock Head
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 196 Hp / 252 Atk / 60 SpD
Moveset:
- Head Smash / Rock Slide
- High Horsepower
- Gyro Ball / Steel Roller
- Protect
Physical Tank Steelix (Popular/Trending)
Steelix is a remarkable Physical Tank for single battles. It's designed to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Weakness Policy activates if Steelix is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Rock Head, Steelix does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ High Horsepower is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
◆ Gyro Ball is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Steelix than the target).
◆ Steel Roller is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Steel-type move (fails if there is no terrain active. Ends the terrain).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Steelix this turn).
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Item: Life Orb / Shell Bell
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 SpD
Moveset:
- Steel Roller / Iron Head
- Earthquake / Drill Run
- Double-Edge / Body Slam
- Psychic Fangs
Physical Sweeper Steelix (Sheer Force)
Steelix is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Steelix's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Steelix. The Shell Bell item option is to help Steelix recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Sheer Force, Steelix's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
◆ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Drill Run is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Psychic Fangs is a physical 85-base power Psychic-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 231 Hp / 248 Def / 31 SpD
Moveset:
- Stealth Rock
- Payback
- Rock Slide
- Roar
Steelix Physical Wall (Real Steelix)
Steelix is an outstanding Physical Wall for single battles. It was designed to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Steelix last longer regaining it's health points every turn. With Sturdy, if Steelix is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. Immune to ohko.
◆ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Steelix moves after the target).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Steelix? 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 Band
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Drill Run
- Steel Roller / Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Breaking Swipe
Doubles Physical Sweeper Steelix (Sheer Force)
Steelix is a notable Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Steelix's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Steelix's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Steelix. With Sheer Force, Steelix's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
◆ Drill Run is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Steel Roller is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Steel-type move (fails if there is no terrain active. Ends the terrain).
◆ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Breaking Swipe is a physical 60-base power Dragon-type move (100% chance to lower the foes attack by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Steelix 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 Steelix 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 Steelix
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Body Press + Curse
- Moves: Body Press + Defense Curl
- Moves: Body Press + Harden
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Moves: Body Press + Skull Bash
- Ability: Sheer force + Item: Life orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Meteor Beam + Item: Power Herb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Thunder Fang
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ancient Power
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Body Slam
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Breaking Swipe
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Bulldoze
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Crunch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Dark Pulse
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Dragon Breath
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Earth Power
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flash Cannon
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Headbutt
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Iron Head
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Mud-Slap
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Smash
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Scorching Sands
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Snore
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Tomb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Twister
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Iron Tail
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Slide
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fire Fang
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ice Fang
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Wide Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Psychic Fangs
- Moves that inflict status: Scorching Sands, Toxic
Moves that boost Steelix's stats
- Ancient Power
- Autotomize
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Dragon Dance
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Meteor Beam
- Rock Polish
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Steelix
- Earthquake
- Gyro Ball
- Head Smash
- High Horsepower
- Iron Head
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Stealth Rock
- Steel Roller
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Steelix in Sword and Shield
- Brave Nature ( 196/252/0/0/60/0 )
- Brave Nature ( 252/252/0/0/4/0 )
- Optimize Steelix's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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