Competitive Information for Vanilluxe [Sword/Shield]
Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Vanilluxe? 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.
Vanilluxe is pretty popular Ice-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to see Vanilluxe show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Vanilluxe is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Light Clay
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Freeze-Dry
- Aurora Veil
- Protect
- Taunt
Special Sweeper Vanilluxe (Popular/Trending)
Vanilluxe is popular Special Sweeper for single battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Vanilluxe from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Vanilluxe is sent out onto the field. This damages all non-Ice Pokemon every turn while the Hail remains active. Aurora Veil halves damage done to the user by physical and special moves for five turns; In doubles, Aurora Veil protects the user and all allies, but only reduces damage by a third rather than half. The catch is Aurora Veil can only be used during Hail. Luckily, Snow Warning lets you keep the veil up pretty consistently. If a Light Clay is held when Aurora Veil is used, it will extend the duration of it from 5 to 8 turns.
◆ Freeze-Dry is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. Super effective on water).
◆ Aurora Veil is a status move (for 5 turns, damage to allies is halved. Hail only).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Vanilluxe this turn).
◆ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
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Item: Icy Rock / Life Orb
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Icicle Crash / Avalanche
- Facade / Giga Impact
- Astonish
- Beat Up
Physical Sweeper Vanilluxe (Snow Warning)
Vanilluxe is an astounding Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Vanilluxe's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Vanilluxe is sent out onto the field. This damages all non-Ice Pokemon every turn while the Hail remains active. Equipping Icy Rock helps extend the hailstorm weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead. 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 Vanilluxe is damaged by the target).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Vanilluxe is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Giga Impact is a physical 150-base power Normal-type move (Vanilluxe cannot move next turn).
◆ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Beat Up is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (all healthy allies aid in damaging the target).
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Item: Icy Rock / Throat Spray
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Weather Ball
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Flash Cannon
- Water Pulse
Special Sweeper Vanilluxe (Snow Warning)
Vanilluxe is an extraordinary Special Sweeper for single battles. It 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 Hyper Voice) and raises Vanilluxe's special attack stat by 2 stages. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Vanilluxe is sent out onto the field. This damages all non-Ice Pokemon every turn while the Hail remains active. Equipping Icy Rock helps extend the hailstorm weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead.
◆ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Vanilluxe cannot move next 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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Item: Assault Vest
Ability: Ice Body
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Frost Breath / Ice Beam
- Flash Cannon
- Ice Shard
- Water Pulse
Vanilluxe Special Wall (Ice Ice Baby)
Vanilluxe is a fabulous Special Wall for single battles. It is meant to take a mighty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Ice Body, if hail is active Vanilluxe heals 1/16 of its max hp each turn; immunity to hail. As once used by YouTuber Pimpnite.With a Assault Vest equipped to it, Vanilluxe's sp. Def is 1.5x, but it can only select damaging moves.
◆ 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).
◆ Ice Shard is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ice-type move (usually goes first).
◆ 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 Vanilluxe? 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: Icy Rock / Life Orb
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Icicle Crash / Avalanche
- Facade / Giga Impact
- Astonish
- Beat Up
Doubles Physical Sweeper Vanilluxe (Snow Warning)
Vanilluxe is an awesome Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Vanilluxe's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Vanilluxe is sent out onto the field. This damages all non-Ice Pokemon every turn while the Hail remains active. Equipping Icy Rock helps extend the hailstorm weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead. 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 Vanilluxe is damaged by the target).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Vanilluxe is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Giga Impact is a physical 150-base power Normal-type move (Vanilluxe cannot move next turn).
◆ Astonish is a physical 30-base power Ghost-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Beat Up is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (all healthy allies aid in damaging the target).
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Item: Icy Rock / Throat Spray
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Icy Wind
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Flash Cannon
- Water Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Vanilluxe (Snow Warning)
Vanilluxe is a spectacular Special Sweeper for double battles. This moveset is designed 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 Hyper Voice) and raises Vanilluxe's special attack stat by 2 stages. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Vanilluxe is sent out onto the field. This damages all non-Ice Pokemon every turn while the Hail remains active. Equipping Icy Rock helps extend the hailstorm weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead.
◆ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Vanilluxe cannot move next 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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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Vanilluxe 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 Vanilluxe 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 Vanilluxe
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Snow warning + Move: Blizzard
- Ability: Snow warning + Move: Aurora veil
- Ability: Weak armor + Item: White herb
- Ability: Weak armor + Item: Weakness policy
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Ice Shard, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Vanilluxe's stats
- Acid Armor
- Autotomize
- Harden
- Iron Defense
Most notable and possible best moves for Vanilluxe
- Aurora Veil
- Beat Up
- Blizzard
- Freeze-Dry
- Ice Beam
- Ice Shard
- Icy Wind
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Vanilluxe in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252 )
- Optimize Vanilluxe's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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