Competitive Information for Tympole [Sword/Shield]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Tympole? 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.
Tympole is an awesome Water-typed Pokemon. Tympole is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Tympole's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Flail
- Protect
- Toxic
- Substitute
Physical Sweeper Tympole (Swift Swim)
Tympole is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Tympole from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Tympole's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Tympole's speed is doubled. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Flail is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (more power the less hp your Tympole has left).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Tympole this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Tympole takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Hyper Voice
- Earth Power
Special Sweeper Tympole (Swift Swim)
Tympole is an astounding Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Tympole from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Tympole's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Tympole's speed is doubled.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ 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).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Tympole? 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 / Focus Sash
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Facade / Flail
- Protect
- Toxic
- Substitute
Doubles Physical Sweeper Tympole (Swift Swim)
Tympole is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Tympole from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Tympole's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Tympole's speed is doubled. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Flail is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (more power the less hp your Tympole has left).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Tympole this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Tympole takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Hyper Voice
- Sludge Wave
- Icy Wind
Doubles Special Sweeper Tympole (Swift Swim)
Tympole is a marvelous Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Tympole from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Tympole's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Tympole's speed is doubled.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Sludge Wave is a special 95-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to poison adjacent pokemon).
♦ 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 Tympole 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.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Tympole 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 Tympole
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
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