Competitive Information for Alolan Vulpix [Sword/Shield]
Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Vulpix-alola? 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.
Vulpix is a phenomenal Ice-typed Pokemon. Vulpix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Vulpix is weak to Fighting, Fire, Rock, and Steel-typed attacks.
Item: Icy Rock / Life Orb
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Body Slam / Headbutt
- Aqua Tail
- Foul Play / Payback
- Zen Headbutt
Physical Sweeper Vulpix-Alola (Snow Warning)
Vulpix is a marvelous 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 Vulpix'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 Vulpix 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.
◆ Headbutt is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Vulpix moves after the target).
◆ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
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Item: Icy Rock / Life Orb
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Weather Ball
- Moonblast / Dazzling Gleam
- Extrasensory
- Dark Pulse / Foul Play
Special Sweeper Vulpix-Alola (Snow Warning)
Vulpix is a spectacular Special Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Vulpix'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 Vulpix 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).
◆ Moonblast is a special 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Vulpix-alola? 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: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Body Slam / Headbutt
- Aqua Tail
- Foul Play / Payback
- Zen Headbutt
Doubles Physical Sweeper Vulpix-Alola (Snow Warning)
Vulpix is a fabulous 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 Vulpix'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 Vulpix 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.
◆ Headbutt is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Vulpix moves after the target).
◆ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
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Item: Icy Rock / Life Orb
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Icy Wind
- Dazzling Gleam / Moonblast
- Dark Pulse / Foul Play
- Extrasensory
Doubles Special Sweeper Vulpix-Alola (Snow Warning)
Vulpix is pretty popular Special Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Vulpix'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 Vulpix 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).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Moonblast is a special 95-base power Fairy-type move (30% chance to lower the target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to make the target flinch).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Vulpix-alola 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 Vulpix-alola 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 Vulpix-alola
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Ability: Snow warning + Move: Blizzard
- Ability: Snow warning + Move: Aurora veil
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Ice Shard, Baby-Doll Eyes
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Toxic, Hypnosis
Moves that boost Vulpix-alola's stats
- Agility
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Vulpix-alola
- Howl
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Vulpix-alola in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Vulpix-alola's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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