Competitive Information for Blastoise (mega) [X/Y]

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Competitive Pokemon X/Y Movesets and Strategies for Blastoise-mega

Base Stats for Blastoise-Mega

Water

Abilities:

Mega LauncherMega Launcher: This Pokemon's pulse moves have 1.5x power. Heal Pulse heals 3/4 target's max HP.

Evolutions / Family:
Blastoise
Blastoise-mega

Weakness Chart for Water-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

0.5x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0.5x

¼x

½x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Blastoise-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.

Blastoise is an astounding Water-typed Pokemon. It's a almost common sight to see Blastoise out in the 6th generation battlefield. Blastoise is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Blastoise's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.

Species: Blastoise-Mega
Item: Blastoisinite
Ability: Mega Launcher
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Water Pulse
- Dragon Pulse
- Dark Pulse
- Ice Beam

Special Sweeper Blastoise-Mega (Mega Launcher)

Blastoise is an astounding Special Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Mega Launcher, Blastoise's pulse moves have 1.5x power. Heal pulse heals 3/4 target's max hp. With a Blastoisinite equipped to it, if held by a blastoise, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.

◆ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Water Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).

No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array ( )

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Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Blastoise-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.

Species: Blastoise-Mega
Item: Blastoisinite
Ability: Mega Launcher
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Water Spout / Surf
- Dragon Pulse
- Dark Pulse
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam

Doubles Special Sweeper Blastoise-Mega (Mega Launcher)

Blastoise is a marvelous Special Sweeper for double battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Mega Launcher, Blastoise's pulse moves have 1.5x power. Heal pulse heals 3/4 target's max hp. With a Blastoisinite equipped to it, if held by a blastoise, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.

◆ Water Spout is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Water-type move (less power as Blastoise's hp decreases).
◆ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
◆ 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).

No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array ( )

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Movepool

Wondering what moves can Blastoise-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.

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Extended Move Details:Additional move information such as Risk versus Reward Statistics or Move power versus specific type-matchups

Damage Modifiers:

Type-matchup: Sort through and determine which moves would best work versus an opponent of the typing you select.

Apply STABS.T.A.B : Same-Type Attack Bonus
These moves are always highlighted below in bold. When this box is checked, the bonus is calculated into the Versus column when a type-matchup is selected.

Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Blastoise-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 Blastoise-mega

Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Yawn + Protect
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Follow Me, Aqua Jet
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Yawn, Scald

Moves that boost Blastoise-mega's stats

Defense Curl
Iron Defense
Power-Up Punch
Rapid Spin
Skull Bash
Withdraw

Most notable and possible best moves for Blastoise-mega

Earthquake
Fake Out
Hydro Cannon
Hydro Pump
Ice Beam
Protect
Rapid Spin
Rest
Scald
Toxic
Water Spout

Common Effort Values for Blastoise-mega in X and Y

Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
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