Competitive Information for Vulpix [Sword/Shield]
Fire
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Vulpix? 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 notable Fire-typed Pokemon. Vulpix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Vulpix is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Heat Rock / Eviolite
Ability: Drought
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Flame Charge
- Foul Play
- Body Slam
- Zen Headbutt
Physical Sweeper Vulpix (Drought)
Vulpix is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Vulpix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Vulpix from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out (usually Flame Charge to boost Vulpix for the following turns). 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. Drought changes the weather to Intense Sunlight when Vulpix is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all fire attacks while the Sunlight remains active.
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Vulpix's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
Item: Heat Rock / Eviolite
Ability: Drought
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Energy Ball
- Extrasensory
- Dark Pulse
Special Sweeper Vulpix (Drought)
Vulpix is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Vulpix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolte was added to the mix. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Vulpix from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. 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. Drought changes the weather to Intense Sunlight when Vulpix is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all fire attacks while the Sunlight remains active.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Vulpix? 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: Heat Rock / Eviolite
Ability: Drought
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Flame Charge
- Foul Play
- Body Slam
- Zen Headbutt
Doubles Physical Sweeper Vulpix (Drought)
Vulpix is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Vulpix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolte was added to the mix. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Vulpix from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out (usually Flame Charge to boost Vulpix for the following turns). 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. Drought changes the weather to Intense Sunlight when Vulpix is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all fire attacks while the Sunlight remains active.
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Vulpix's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
Item: Heat Rock / Eviolite
Ability: Drought
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Energy Ball
- Extrasensory
- Dark Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Vulpix (Drought)
Vulpix is an astounding Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Vulpix is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until equipping Eviolite became the goto option. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Vulpix from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. 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. Drought changes the weather to Intense Sunlight when Vulpix is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all fire attacks while the Sunlight remains active.
♦ Incinerate is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Vulpix 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.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Vulpix 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
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Ability: Drought + Item: Heat Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Baby-Doll Eyes
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