Competitive Information for Tentacruel [Scarlet/Violet]
Water / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Tentacruel? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Scarlet/Violet 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 Scarlet/Violet generation metagame.
Tentacruel is an astounding Water and Poison-typed Pokemon. It's normal to see Tentacruel show up as a Scarlet/Violet opponent. Tentacruel can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Tentacruel is weak to Electric, Ground, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 12 Def / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Cross Poison / Poison Jab
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Skitter Smack / Double-Edge
- Knock Off / Throat Chop
Physical Sweeper Tentacruel (Clear Body)
Tentacruel is an astounding Physical Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Tentacruel from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Tentacruel's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Tentacruel's stat stages. Skitter Smack was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Skitter Smack is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ 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).
◆ Throat Chop is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (for 2 turns, the target cannot use sound moves).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Def / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Surf / Scald
- Ice Beam
- Hex / Tera Blast
Special Sweeper Tentacruel (Clear Body)
Tentacruel is an interesting Special Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Tentacruel from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Tentacruel's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Tentacruel's stat stages. Hex was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ 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).
◆ Hex is a special 65-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
◆ Tera Blast is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (if terastallized: phys. If attack > spa, type = tera).
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Item: Black Sludge
Ability: Liquid Ooze
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 248 Hp / 252 SpD / 8 Spe
Moveset:
- Scald
- Toxic Spikes
- Acid Spray
- Toxic / Knock Off
Tentacruel Special Wall (Cruel Spinspike *)
Tentacruel is a sensational Special Wall for single battles. This moveset is designed to take a nice amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Liquid Ooze, Tentacruel damages those draining hp from it for as much as they would heal. With a Black Sludge equipped to it, each turn, if Tentacruel is a poison type, restores 1/16 max hp; loses 1/8 if not.
◆ Toxic Spikes is a status move (poisons grounded foes on switch-in. Max 2 layers).
◆ Acid Spray is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Poison-type move (100% chance to lower the target's special defense by 2 stages).
◆ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
◆ 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).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Tentacruel? These builds have been optimized for Scarlet/Violet 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 Scarlet/Violet generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 12 Def / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Cross Poison / Poison Jab
- Liquidation / Waterfall
- Skitter Smack / Double-Edge
- Knock Off / Brutal Swing
Doubles Physical Sweeper Tentacruel (Clear Body)
Tentacruel is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Tentacruel from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Tentacruel's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Tentacruel's stat stages. Skitter Smack was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Liquidation is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Water-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Skitter Smack is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower target's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ 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).
◆ Brutal Swing is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Clear Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Def / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Surf / Scald
- Dazzling Gleam
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Tentacruel (Clear Body)
Tentacruel is a fabulous Special Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Tentacruel from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Tentacruel's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Tentacruel's stat stages.
◆ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Terastal Phenomenon
In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (Generation 9), each Pokémon in Paldea has a Tera Type. A Pokémon's Tera Type is inactive until the Pokémon Terastallizes, at which time the Pokémon's type will change to its Tera Type.
There are 18 types, meaning there are countless combinations of Pokémon and Tera Types. Terastallizing a Pokémon allows you to enhance your battle strategies by increasing the power of any moves that have the same type as your Pokémon’s Tera Type or by changing your Pokémon’s weaknesses.
Electric moves are bad against Ground.
Ground moves are bad against Flying.
Psychic moves are bad against Dark.
The most recommended Terastral Type for Tentacruel is: Ground, Flying or Dark
Terastallizing into one of it's default typings ( Water or Poison ) could also prove helpful.
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Teratype Ghost moveset for Tentacruel
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Teratype Ground moveset for Tentacruel
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Teratype Ice moveset for Tentacruel
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Teratype Normal moveset for Tentacruel
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Teratype Poison moveset for Tentacruel
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Tentacruel 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 Tentacruel can perform in Scarlet/Violet. 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 SV Move and Ability Combos for Tentacruel
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Scald, Toxic
Moves that boost Tentacruel's stats
- Acid Armor
- Curse
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Tentacruel
- Flip Turn
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Scald
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Tentacruel in Scarlet and Violet
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