Competitive Information for Weezing [Sword/Shield]
Poison
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Levitate ability are immune to Ground attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Weezing? 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.
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Weezing is a stupendous Poison-typed Pokemon. It's normal to find yourself dealing with Weezing when battling in the 8th generation meta. Weezing's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic.
Item: Sitrus Berry / Black Sludge
Ability: Neutralizing Gas
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 4 SpA / 156 SpD / 92 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb
- Protect
- Taunt
- Will-O-Wisp
Special Wall Weezing (Popular/Trending)
Weezing is an awesome Special Wall for single battles. It's primary goal is to take a great amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. The Sitrus Berry will restore 1/4th of Weezing's max HP when it reaches below half health and gets consumed. With Neutralizing Gas, while Weezing is active abilities have no effect. With a Black Sludge equipped to it, each turn, if Weezing is a poison type, restores 1/16 max hp; loses 1/8 if not.
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Weezing this turn).
◆ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
◆ Will-O-Wisp is a status move (burns the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Headbutt / Facade
- Thief / Assurance
- Rollout
- Gyro Ball
Physical Sweeper Weezing (Levitate)
Weezing is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Weezing's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Weezing's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Weezing is immune to damaging Ground-typed moves (except Thousand Arrows). Levitate also makes Weezing unaffected by the effects of Spikes, Arena Trap, Toxic Spikes, Sticky Web, Rototiller or terrain effects. Keep in mind that Ingrain, Gravity, Smack down and the Iron ball item will nullify Levitate's effect. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Weezing is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Weezing has no item, it steals the target's).
◆ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
◆ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. Repeats for 5 turns).
◆ Gyro Ball is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Weezing than the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Thunderbolt
- Flamethrower / Heat Wave
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Weezing (Levitate)
Weezing is a stupendous Special Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Weezing's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Weezing's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Weezing is immune to damaging Ground-typed moves (except Thousand Arrows). Levitate also makes Weezing unaffected by the effects of Spikes, Arena Trap, Toxic Spikes, Sticky Web, Rototiller or terrain effects. Keep in mind that Ingrain, Gravity, Smack down and the Iron ball item will nullify Levitate's effect.
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Weezing? 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.
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Item: Shuca Berry
Ability: Neutralizing Gas
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 4 SpA / 156 SpD / 92 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb
- Taunt
- Will-O-Wisp
- Protect
Doubles Special Wall Weezing (Popular VGC)
Weezing is an extraordinary Special Wall for double battles. This particular build was popular during past competitions. It is designed to take a substantial amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Neutralizing Gas, while Weezing is active abilities have no effect. With a Shuca Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective ground-type attack then the Shuca Berry gets consumed.
◆ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
◆ Will-O-Wisp is a status move (burns the target).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Weezing this turn).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Headbutt / Facade
- Thief / Assurance
- Rollout
- Gyro Ball
Doubles Physical Sweeper Weezing (Levitate)
Weezing is an astounding Physical Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Weezing's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Weezing's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Weezing is immune to damaging Ground-typed moves (except Thousand Arrows). Levitate also makes Weezing unaffected by the effects of Spikes, Arena Trap, Toxic Spikes, Sticky Web, Rototiller or terrain effects. Keep in mind that Ingrain, Gravity, Smack down and the Iron ball item will nullify Levitate's effect. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Weezing is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Weezing has no item, it steals the target's).
◆ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
◆ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. Repeats for 5 turns).
◆ Gyro Ball is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Weezing than the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Weezing (Levitate)
Weezing is an outstanding Special Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Weezing's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Weezing's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Weezing is immune to damaging Ground-typed moves (except Thousand Arrows). Levitate also makes Weezing unaffected by the effects of Spikes, Arena Trap, Toxic Spikes, Sticky Web, Rototiller or terrain effects. Keep in mind that Ingrain, Gravity, Smack down and the Iron ball item will nullify Levitate's effect.
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
◆ Incinerate is a special 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Weezing 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 Weezing 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 Weezing
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Double Hit + Item: King's Rock
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Weezing's stats
- Curse
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Weezing
- Destiny Bond
- Protect
- Rest
- Sludge Bomb
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Will-O-Wisp
Common Effort Values for Weezing in Sword and Shield
- Calm Nature ( 252/0/4/4/156/92 )
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/156/12/4/84 )
- Optimize Weezing's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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