Competitive Information for Beedrill (mega) [X/Y]
Bug / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Beedrill-mega? 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.
Beedrill is a notable Bug and Poison-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to find yourself dealing with Beedrill when battling in the 6th generation meta. Beedrill is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Beedrill is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Beedrillite
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 84 Hp / 252 Atk / 172 Def
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / U-turn
- Poison Jab
- Knock Off / Brick Break
- Drill Run
Physical Sweeper Beedrill-Mega (Adaptability)
Beedrill is a notable Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Adaptability, Beedrill's same-type attack bonus (stab) is 2 instead of 1.5. Knock Off or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Beedrillite equipped to it, if held by a beedrill, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ U-turn is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (Beedrill switches out after damaging the target).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ 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).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Beedrill-mega? 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: Beedrillite
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 84 Hp / 252 Atk / 172 Def
Moveset:
- X-Scissor / U-turn
- Poison Jab
- Knock Off / Brick Break
- Drill Run
Doubles Physical Sweeper Beedrill-Mega (Adaptability)
Beedrill is an interesting Physical Sweeper for double battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Adaptability, Beedrill's same-type attack bonus (stab) is 2 instead of 1.5. Knock Off or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Beedrillite equipped to it, if held by a beedrill, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ U-turn is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Bug-type move (Beedrill switches out after damaging the target).
◆ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
◆ 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).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Beedrill-mega 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 Beedrill-mega 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 Beedrill-mega
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- 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
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break, Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Beedrill-mega's stats
- Agility
- Fell Stinger
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- Ominous Wind
- Rage
- Silver Wind
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Beedrill-mega
- Baton Pass
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Beedrill-mega in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Beedrill-mega's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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