Competitive Information for Virizion [Sword/Shield]
Grass / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Virizion? 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.
WeavileCoalossalDusclopsFerrothornPrimarinaNihilegoMetagrossZapdos-GalarBlacephalonSableye
Virizion is an awesome Grass and Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to see Virizion show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Virizion is weak to Fairy, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Leftovers
Ability: Justified
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Sacred Sword
- Leaf Blade
- Bounce
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Virizion (Popular/Trending)
Virizion is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Virizion last longer regaining it's stamina every turn. Life Orb boosts the power of Virizion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
◆ Sacred Sword is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Fighting-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
◆ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Bounce is a physical 85-base power Flying-type move (bounces turn 1. Hits turn 2. 30% paralyze).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Virizion this turn).
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Item: Coba Berry / Eject Pack
Ability: Justified
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 20 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 Def / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Sacred Sword
- Leaf Blade / Seed Bomb
- X-Scissor
- Zen Headbutt / Strength
Physical Sweeper Virizion (Justified)
Virizion is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move. Zen Headbutt was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Coba Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective flying-type attack then the Coba Berry gets consumed. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Virizion's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Sacred Sword is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Fighting-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
◆ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
◆ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
◆ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
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Item: Coba Berry / Eject Pack
Ability: Justified
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 20 Hp / 56 Def / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Air Slash
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Synthesis
Special Sweeper Virizion (Justified)
Virizion is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move. With a Coba Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective flying-type attack then the Coba Berry gets consumed. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Virizion's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Air Slash is a special 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Virizion cannot move next turn).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Synthesis is a status move (heals your Virizion by a weather-dependent amount).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Virizion? 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.
WeavileCoalossalDusclopsFerrothornPrimarinaNihilegoMetagrossZapdos-GalarBlacephalonSableye
Item: Coba Berry / Eject Pack
Ability: Justified
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 20 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 Def / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Sacred Sword
- Leaf Blade / Seed Bomb
- X-Scissor
- Zen Headbutt / Strength
Doubles Physical Sweeper Virizion (Justified)
Virizion is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move. Zen Headbutt was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Coba Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective flying-type attack then the Coba Berry gets consumed. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Virizion's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Sacred Sword is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Fighting-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
◆ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
◆ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
◆ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
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Item: Coba Berry / Eject Pack
Ability: Justified
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 20 Hp / 56 Def / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Air Slash
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Synthesis
Doubles Special Sweeper Virizion (Justified)
Virizion is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Justified, Virizion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move. With a Coba Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective flying-type attack then the Coba Berry gets consumed. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Virizion's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Air Slash is a special 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Virizion cannot move next turn).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Synthesis is a status move (heals your Virizion by a weather-dependent amount).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Virizion 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 Virizion 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 Virizion
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Guard, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Virizion's stats
- Calm Mind
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Virizion
- Bounce
- Close Combat
- Leaf Blade
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Sacred Sword
- Stone Edge
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Zen Headbutt
Common Effort Values for Virizion in Sword and Shield
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Virizion's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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