Competitive Information for Woobat [Sword/Shield]
Psychic / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Woobat? 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.
Woobat is a stupendous Psychic and Flying-typed Pokemon. Woobat is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Woobat is weak to Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Simple
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psycho Cut / Zen Headbutt
- Dual Wingbeat / Pluck
- Knock Off / Thief
- Facade / Super Fang
Physical Sweeper Woobat (Simple)
Woobat is a notable Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Woobat's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Woobat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Simple, when Woobat's stat stages are raised or lowered the effect is doubled instead. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dual Wingbeat is a physical STAB-boosted 40-base power Flying-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
♦ Pluck is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (Woobat steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Woobat has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Woobat is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Super Fang is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (does damage equal to 1/2 target's current hp).
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Simple
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Heat Wave
Special Sweeper Woobat (Simple)
Woobat is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Woobat's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Woobat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Simple, when Woobat's stat stages are raised or lowered the effect is doubled instead.
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Woobat on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch 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).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Woobat recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
Item: Choice Specs
Ability: Unaware
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 6 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psyshock / Shadow Ball
- Charge Beam
- Heat Wave
- Psychic
Woobat Special Sweeper (Specs Bat)
Woobat is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Woobat's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Unaware, Woobat ignores other pokemon's stat stages when taking or doing damage.
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Woobat's special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Unaware
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 6 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Energy Ball
- Air Slash
- Psych Up / Light Screen
- Swagger
Woobat Special Sweeper (Psych Up Bat)
Woobat is an outstanding Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Woobat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Unaware, Woobat ignores other pokemon's stat stages when taking or doing damage.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Psych Up is a status move (copies the target's current stat stages).
♦ Light Screen is a status move (for 5 turns, special damage to allies is halved).
♦ Swagger is a status move (raises the target's attack by 2 stages and confuses it).
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unaware
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 6 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psyshock / Energy Ball
- Tailwind / Protect
- Endeavor / Charm
- Toxic
Woobat Special Sweeper (Take The Lead)
Woobat is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Woobat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unaware, Woobat ignores other pokemon's stat stages when taking or doing damage.
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Tailwind is a status move (for 4 turns, allies' speed is doubled).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Woobat this turn).
♦ Endeavor is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (lowers the target's hp to your Woobat's hp).
♦ Charm is a status move (lowers the target's attack by 2 stages).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Woobat? 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: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Simple
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psycho Cut / Zen Headbutt
- Dual Wingbeat / Pluck
- Knock Off / Thief
- Facade / Super Fang
Doubles Physical Sweeper Woobat (Simple)
Woobat is a decent Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Woobat's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Woobat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Simple, when Woobat's stat stages are raised or lowered the effect is doubled instead. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dual Wingbeat is a physical STAB-boosted 40-base power Flying-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
♦ Pluck is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (Woobat steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Woobat has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Woobat is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Super Fang is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (does damage equal to 1/2 target's current hp).
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Simple
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
Doubles Special Sweeper Woobat (Simple)
Woobat is an outstanding Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Woobat's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Woobat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Simple, when Woobat's stat stages are raised or lowered the effect is doubled instead.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Woobat on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Woobat recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Simple
Nature: Quirky
EVs: 212 Hp / 148 Def / 148 SpD
Moveset:
- Substitute
- Giga Drain
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Woobat (Simple)
Woobat is an astounding Defensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Woobat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Simple, when Woobat's stat stages are raised or lowered the effect is doubled instead.
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Woobat recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Woobat on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Woobat learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Woobat 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 Woobat
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Stored Power + Psych Up
- Ability: Klutz + Move: Trick
- Ability: Klutz + Move: Skill swap
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
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