Competitive Information for Wishiwashi (school) [Sword/Shield]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Wishiwashi-school? 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.
Wishiwashi is popular Water-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to see Wishiwashi show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Wishiwashi's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Schooling
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Moveset:
- Liquidation / Aqua Tail
- Double-Edge / Facade
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- U-turn
Physical Sweeper Wishiwashi-School (Schooling)
Wishiwashi is a notable Physical Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Wishiwashi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Wishiwashi recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Schooling, if user is wishiwashi changes to school form if it has > 1/4 max hp else solo form. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Wishiwashi is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Wishiwashi switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Schooling
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Ice Beam
- Round / Snore
- Mud Shot
Special Sweeper Wishiwashi-School (Schooling)
Wishiwashi is a wonderful Special Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed 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 Round or Snore) and boosts Wishiwashi's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Wishiwashi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Schooling, if user is wishiwashi changes to school form if it has > 1/4 max hp else solo form.
◆ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Wishiwashi must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Mud Shot is a special 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Wishiwashi-school? 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: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Schooling
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Liquidation / Aqua Tail
- Double-Edge / Facade
- U-turn
Doubles Physical Sweeper Wishiwashi-School (Schooling)
Wishiwashi is a marvelous Physical Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Wishiwashi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Wishiwashi recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Schooling, if user is wishiwashi changes to school form if it has > 1/4 max hp else solo form. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Wishiwashi is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Wishiwashi switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Schooling
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Ice Beam
- Round / Snore
- Mud Shot
Doubles Special Sweeper Wishiwashi-School (Schooling)
Wishiwashi is a notable Special Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal 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 Round or Snore) and boosts Wishiwashi's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Wishiwashi's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Schooling, if user is wishiwashi changes to school form if it has > 1/4 max hp else solo form.
◆ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Wishiwashi must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Mud Shot is a special 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Wishiwashi-school 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 Wishiwashi-school 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 Wishiwashi-school
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Wishiwashi-school's stats
- Scale Shot
Most notable and possible best moves for Wishiwashi-school
- Earthquake
- Flip Turn
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Wishiwashi-school in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Wishiwashi-school's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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