Competitive Information for Breloom [X/Y]
Grass / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Breloom? 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.
Breloom is a decent Grass and Fighting-typed Pokemon. Breloom are common Pokemon to see in the XY metagame. Breloom can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Breloom is weak to Fairy, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Coba Berry / Shell Bell
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Force Palm
- Double-Edge / Return
- Seed Bomb / Bullet Seed
- Rock Tomb / Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Breloom (Technician)
Breloom is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Technician, Breloom's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Force Palm is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Bullet Seed is a physical STAB-boosted 25-base power Grass-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Item: Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 236 Hp / 212 SpD / 60 Spe
Moveset:
- Drain Punch
- Seed Bomb
- Bulk Up
- Spore
Breloom Special Wall (Poison Heal Breloom)
Breloom is an astounding Special Wall. The purpose of this moveset is to take a hefty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Toxic Orb will poison Breloom at the end of the turn which will activate Breloom's Poison Heal ability. With Poison Heal, Breloom is healed by 1/8 of its max hp each turn when poisoned; no hp loss. Bulk Up + Drain Punch is fantastic, and having Spore is what sets him apart from things like Conkeldurr. Thanks to its typing, not only resists the edgequake combo, but he resists electric attacks plaguing my team.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Bulk Up is a status move (raises your Breloom's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Spore is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Poison Heal
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Stone Edge
- Drain Punch
- Spore
- Swords Dance
Breloom Physical Sweeper (Breloom Broom)
Breloom is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Breloom from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Poison Heal, Breloom is healed by 1/8 of its max hp each turn when poisoned; no hp loss.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Breloom recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Spore is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Breloom's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Technician
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Bullet Seed
- Mach Punch
- Spore
- Swords Dance
Breloom Physical Sweeper (Swordsdance Technician)
Breloom is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Breloom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Technician, Breloom's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Mach Punch is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Fighting-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Spore is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Breloom's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb
- Facade / Focus Punch
- Substitute
- Spore
Breloom Physical Sweeper (Poison Me)
Breloom is a notable Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Toxic Orb will poison Breloom at the end of the turn which will activate Breloom's Poison Heal ability. With Poison Heal, Breloom is healed by 1/8 of its max hp each turn when poisoned; no hp loss. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. Combine that with Poison Heal to seriously give Breloom a sweet boost.
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Breloom is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Focus Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 150-base power Fighting-type move (fails if your Breloom takes damage before it hits).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Breloom takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Spore is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
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Item: Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
Nature: Naive (+Spe, -SpD)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Focus Punch
- Substitute
- Spore
- Swords Dance
Breloom Physical Sweeper (Swords Punch)
Breloom is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Toxic Orb will poison Breloom at the end of the turn which will activate Breloom's Poison Heal ability. With Poison Heal, Breloom is healed by 1/8 of its max hp each turn when poisoned; no hp loss.
♦ Substitute is a status move (Breloom takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Spore is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Breloom's attack by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Breloom? 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: Coba Berry / Shell Bell
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Force Palm
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Seed Bomb / Bullet Seed
- Double-Edge / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Breloom (Technician)
Breloom is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Technician, Breloom's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Force Palm is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Fighting-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ Bullet Seed is a physical STAB-boosted 25-base power Grass-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Breloom 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 Breloom 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 Breloom
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Poison heal + Item: Toxic orb
- 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 boosted by Technician: Absorb (BP: 20), Bullet Seed (BP: 25), False Swipe (BP: 40), Feint (BP: 30), Force Palm (BP: 60), Mach Punch (BP: 40), Mega Drain (BP: 40), Mud-Slap (BP: 20), Power-Up Punch (BP: 40), Rock Smash (BP: 40), Round (BP: 60), Snore (BP: 50), Tackle (BP: 50), Vacuum Wave (BP: 40), Rock Tomb (BP: 60), Cut (BP: 50), Fury Cutter (BP: 40)
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Snatch, Feint, Mach Punch, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Spore, Stun Spore, Toxic
Moves that boost Breloom's stats
- Bulk Up
- Growth
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Breloom
- Protect
- Rest
- Spore
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Breloom in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Breloom's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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