What is a good competitive moveset for Treecko? 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.
Treecko is an awesome Grass-typed Pokemon. Treecko is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Treecko is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Treecko is a decent Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and boosts Treecko's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Treecko's special attack by 2 stages). ♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target). ♦ 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 (Treecko must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target). ♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Treecko? 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.
Treecko is pretty popular Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and increases Treecko's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Treecko's special attack by 2 stages). ♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target). ♦ 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 (Treecko must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target). ♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Treecko 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Treecko 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 Treecko
Moves: Sunny Day + Solar Beam
Moves: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Endure + Endeavor
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
Moves: Substitute + Leech Seed
Moves: Toxic + Leech Seed
Ability: Unburden + Move: Acrobatics
Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Detect, Endure, Protect, Quick Guard
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Most notable and possible best moves for Treecko
Protect
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Common Effort Values for Treecko in Sword and Shield
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