What is a good competitive moveset for Vanillite? 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.
Vanillite is a spectacular Ice-typed Pokemon. Vanillite is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Vanillite can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Vanillite is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Vanillite is pretty popular Special Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Vanillite's negative stat changes once. Weakness Policy activates if Vanillite is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Vanillite it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
◆ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target). ◆ 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).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Vanillite? 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.
Vanillite is a fabulous Special Sweeper for double battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Vanillite's negative stat changes once. Weakness Policy activates if Vanillite is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Vanillite it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
◆ 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). ◆ 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).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Vanillite 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 Vanillite 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.
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