Competitive Information for Arceus (fire) [X/Y]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Arceus-fire? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Arceus is an outstanding Fire-typed Pokemon. It's super common to find yourself dealing with Arceus when battling in the 6th generation meta. Arceus is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Arceus is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Flame Plate
Ability: Multitype
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 172 Hp / 252 Atk / 84 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage
- Return / Strength
- Earthquake
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Arceus-Fire (Multitype)
Arceus is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Arceus's ability Multitype changes it's typing based on the item it's holding. For this build, Flame Plate will change Arceus's typing to Fire.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Flame Plate
Ability: Multitype
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 172 Hp / 252 SpA / 84 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Spacial Rend / Draco Meteor
- Judgment / Hyper Voice
- Thunderbolt
Special Sweeper Arceus-Fire (Multitype)
Arceus is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Arceus's ability Multitype changes it's typing based on the item it's holding. For this build, Flame Plate will change Arceus's typing to Fire.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Spacial Rend is a special 100-base power Dragon-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Draco Meteor is a special 130-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Arceus's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Judgment is a special 100-base power Normal-type move (type varies based on the held plate).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Item: Flame Plate
Ability: Multitype
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Judgment
- Earth Power
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
Arceus-Fire Special Sweeper (Burning Fury Of The Gods)
Arceus is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Arceus's ability Multitype changes it's typing based on the item it's holding. For this build, Flame Plate will change Arceus's typing to Fire. Judgement is powerful STAB that even gets boosted by the item, if you use this in the Sun then you will be doing tons of damage. Ice-beam, Thunderbolt, and Earth-power give him super effective coverage over 488 Pokemon and neutral over the rest.
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Arceus-fire? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Flame Plate
Ability: Multitype
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 172 Hp / 252 Atk / 84 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Return / Strength
Doubles Physical Sweeper Arceus-Fire (Multitype)
Arceus is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Arceus's ability Multitype changes it's typing based on the item it's holding. For this build, Flame Plate will change Arceus's typing to Fire.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Arceus afterwards).
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
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Item: Flame Plate
Ability: Multitype
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 172 Hp / 252 SpA / 84 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Hyper Voice / Judgment
- Surf
- Spacial Rend / Draco Meteor
Doubles Special Sweeper Arceus-Fire (Multitype)
Arceus is a legendary Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Arceus's ability Multitype changes it's typing based on the item it's holding. For this build, Flame Plate will change Arceus's typing to Fire.
♦ Incinerate is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Judgment is a special 100-base power Normal-type move (type varies based on the held plate).
♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Spacial Rend is a special 100-base power Dragon-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Draco Meteor is a special 130-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Arceus's special attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Flame Plate
Ability: Multitype
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Outrage
- Return / Strength
- Earthquake
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Arceus-Fire (Multitype)
Arceus is a legendary Offensive Trick Room. Arceus's ability Multitype changes it's typing based on the item it's holding. For this build, Flame Plate will change Arceus's typing to Fire.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Arceus-fire 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 Arceus-fire can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Arceus-fire
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Swagger + Punishment
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Moves: Perish song + Protect
- Moves: Whirlpool + Perish song
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Magic Coat, Protect, Extreme Speed
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog, Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Arceus-fire's stats
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Cosmic Power
- Hone Claws
- Iron Defense
- Ominous Wind
- Silver Wind
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Arceus-fire
- Blast Burn
- Earthquake
- Hydro Cannon
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roar of Time
- Snarl
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Arceus-fire in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Arceus-fire's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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