Competitive Information for Throh [Sword/Shield]
Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Throh? 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.
Throh is an outstanding Fighting-typed Pokemon. Throh are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Throh is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Flame Orb / Eject Pack
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 208 Hp / 252 Atk / 24 Def / 24 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / Storm Throw
- Facade / Body Slam
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Throh (Guts)
Throh is an astounding Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Throh at the end of the turn which will activate Throh's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Throh is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Throh a sweet boost. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Throh's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Storm Throw is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (always results in a critical hit).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Throh is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Throh's last move failed).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Throh this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Throh? 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: Flame Orb / Eject Pack
Ability: Guts
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 208 Hp / 252 Atk / 24 Def / 24 SpD
Moveset:
- Superpower / Storm Throw
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Knock Off / Facade
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Throh (Guts)
Throh is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Flame Orb will burn Throh at the end of the turn which will activate Throh's Guts ability. Use Protect to help guarantee the Orb activates on your first turn. With Guts, if Throh is statused its attack is 1.5x; ignores burn halving physical damage. Knock Off was added to provide additional threat coverage. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Guts to seriously give Throh a sweet boost. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Throh's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Storm Throw is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (always results in a critical hit).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Throh is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Throh this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Throh 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 Throh 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 Throh
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Ability: Guts + Item: Flame orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Wide Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Throh's stats
- Bulk Up
- Power-Up Punch
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Throh
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Throh in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Throh's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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