Competitive Information for Vespiquen [Sword/Shield]
Bug / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Vespiquen? 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.
Vespiquen is a notable Bug and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's a super common sight to see Vespiquen out in the 8th generation battlefield. Vespiquen is weak to Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Charti Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Attack Order / X-Scissor
- Dual Wingbeat / Acrobatics
- Slash / Facade
- Cross Poison / Poison Sting
Physical Sweeper Vespiquen (Pressure)
Vespiquen is an awesome Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Vespiquen's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Vespiquen is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed.
◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
◆ Dual Wingbeat is a physical STAB-boosted 40-base power Flying-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
◆ Acrobatics is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Vespiquen has no held item).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Vespiquen is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Cross Poison is a physical 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
◆ Poison Sting is a physical 15-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Charti Berry / Throat Spray
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Bug Buzz / Struggle Bug
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Power Gem
Special Sweeper Vespiquen (Pressure)
Vespiquen is a stupendous Special Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is 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 Bug Buzz) and boosts Vespiquen's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Pressure, if Vespiquen is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed.
◆ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Venoshock is a special 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
◆ Power Gem is a special 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Vespiquen? 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: Charti Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Attack Order / X-Scissor
- Dual Wingbeat / Acrobatics
- Slash / Facade
- Cross Poison / Poison Sting
Doubles Physical Sweeper Vespiquen (Pressure)
Vespiquen is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Vespiquen's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Vespiquen is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed.
◆ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
◆ Dual Wingbeat is a physical STAB-boosted 40-base power Flying-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
◆ Acrobatics is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Vespiquen has no held item).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Vespiquen is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Cross Poison is a physical 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
◆ Poison Sting is a physical 15-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Charti Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Power Gem
Doubles Special Sweeper Vespiquen (Pressure)
Vespiquen is a phenomenal Special Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Vespiquen's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Vespiquen is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed.
◆ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Venoshock is a special 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
◆ Power Gem is a special 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Vespiquen learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Vespiquen 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 Vespiquen
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- 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
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Toxic
Moves that boost Vespiquen's stats
- Aromatic Mist
- Defend Order
- Fell Stinger
- Hone Claws
Most notable and possible best moves for Vespiquen
- Destiny Bond
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Vespiquen in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Vespiquen's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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