Competitive Information for Tornadus [Sword/Shield]
Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Tornadus? 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.
Tornadus is a fabulous Flying-typed Pokemon. Tornadus are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Tornadus is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Mental Herb
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk |
Moveset:
- Heat Wave
- Icy Wind
- Tailwind / Air Slash
- Taunt
Special Sweeper Tornadus (Popular/Trending)
Tornadus is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Tornadus from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Prankster, Tornadus's status moves have priority raised by 1 but dark types are immune.
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Tailwind is a status move (for 4 turns, allies' speed is doubled).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 Atk / 156 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Body Slam / Facade
- Acrobatics / Fly
- Crunch / Lash Out
Physical Sweeper Tornadus (Defiant)
Tornadus is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Tornadus from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Tornadus's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Defiant, Tornadus's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Tornadus's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Tornadus is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Acrobatics is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Tornadus has no held item).
♦ Fly is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Flying-type move (flies up on first turn, then strikes the next turn).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Lash Out is a physical 75-base power Dark-type move (2x power if your Tornadus had a stat lowered this turn).
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 SpA / 156 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk |
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Weather Ball / Hyper Beam
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Psychic / Extrasensory
Special Sweeper Tornadus (Defiant)
Tornadus is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Tornadus from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Tornadus's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Defiant, Tornadus's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Tornadus cannot move next turn).
♦ Sludge Wave is a special 95-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to poison adjacent pokemon).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to make the target flinch).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Tornadus? 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: Focus Sash
Ability: Prankster
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk |
Moveset:
- Protect
- Tailwind
- Hurricane
- Icy Wind
Doubles Special Sweeper Tornadus (Popular VGC)
Tornadus is a legendary Special Sweeper. This particular build was popular during earlier competitions. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Tornadus from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Prankster, Tornadus's status moves have priority raised by 1 but dark types are immune.
♦ Tailwind is a status move (for 4 turns, allies' speed is doubled).
♦ Hurricane is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to confuse target. can't miss in rain).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 Atk / 156 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Brutal Swing / Crunch
- Body Slam / Facade
- Acrobatics / Fly
Doubles Physical Sweeper Tornadus (Defiant)
Tornadus is a legendary Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Tornadus from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Tornadus's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Defiant, Tornadus's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Tornadus's speed by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Tornadus is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Acrobatics is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Tornadus has no held item).
♦ Fly is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Flying-type move (flies up on first turn, then strikes the next turn).
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Defiant
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 100 Hp / 252 SpA / 156 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk |
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Icy Wind
Doubles Special Sweeper Tornadus (Defiant)
Tornadus is a legendary Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Tornadus from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Tornadus's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Defiant, Tornadus's attack is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Sludge Wave is a special 95-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to poison adjacent pokemon).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Tornadus 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 Tornadus 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 Tornadus
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Most notable and possible best moves for Tornadus
- Air Slash
- Brutal Swing
- Heat Wave
- Hurricane
- Icy Wind
- Protect
- Rain Dance
- Tailwind
- Taunt
Common Effort Values for Tornadus in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Timid Nature ( 244/0/0/0/12/252 )
- Optimize Tornadus's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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