Competitive Information for Vanillish [Sword/Shield]
Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Vanillish? 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.
Vanillish is a fabulous Ice-typed Pokemon. Vanillish is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Vanillish is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: White Herb / Life Orb
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Icicle Crash / Avalanche
- Facade
- Astonish
- Acid Armor
Physical Sweeper Vanillish (Weak Armor)
Vanillish is a notable Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Vanillish's negative stat changes once. Life Orb boosts the power of Vanillish's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Vanillish it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Vanillish is damaged by the target).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Vanillish is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Acid Armor is a status move (raises your Vanillish's defense by 2 stages).
Item: White Herb / Throat Spray
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Ice Beam / Frost Breath
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Flash Cannon
- Water Pulse
Special Sweeper Vanillish (Weak Armor)
Vanillish is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Vanillish's negative stat changes once. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice or Round) and raises Vanillish's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Vanillish it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
♦ Frost Breath is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (always results in a critical hit).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Vanillish? 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: White Herb / Life Orb
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Icicle Crash / Avalanche
- Facade
- Astonish
- Acid Armor
Doubles Physical Sweeper Vanillish (Weak Armor)
Vanillish is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Vanillish's negative stat changes once. Life Orb boosts the power of Vanillish's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Vanillish it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Vanillish is damaged by the target).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Vanillish is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Acid Armor is a status move (raises your Vanillish's defense by 2 stages).
Item: White Herb / Throat Spray
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Flash Cannon
- Water Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Vanillish (Weak Armor)
Vanillish is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Vanillish's negative stat changes once. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice or Round) and raises Vanillish's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Vanillish it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Water Pulse is a special 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Vanillish 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 Vanillish 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 Vanillish
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Ability: Weak Armor + Item: White Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Ice Shard, Ally Switch
Optimize Vanillish's EVs for Sword/Shield
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