Competitive Information for Chespin [X/Y]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Chespin? 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.
Chespin is a spectacular Grass-typed Pokemon. Chespin is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Chespin can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Chespin is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Shell Bell / Expert Belt
Ability: Bulletproof
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Wood Hammer / Seed Bomb
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Iron Head / Thunder Punch
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Chespin (Bulletproof)
Chespin is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Bulletproof, makes user immune to ballistic moves (shadow ball sludge bomb focus blast etc). Iron Head or Thunder Punch are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Chespin's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Bulletproof
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 SpA / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Grass Pledge
- Sludge Bomb
- Round / Snore
- Mud Shot
Special Sweeper Chespin (Bulletproof)
Chespin is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Chespin's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Chespin's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Bulletproof, makes user immune to ballistic moves (shadow ball sludge bomb focus blast etc).
♦ Grass Pledge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (use with fire or water pledge for added effect).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Chespin must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud Shot is a special 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Chespin? 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: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Bulletproof
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Wood Hammer / Seed Bomb
- Rock Slide
- Superpower
- Iron Head / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Chespin (Bulletproof)
Chespin is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Chespin's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Bulletproof, makes user immune to ballistic moves (shadow ball sludge bomb focus blast etc). Iron Head was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Chespin's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Bulletproof
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 156 Hp / 252 SpA / 100 SpD
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Grass Pledge
- Sludge Bomb
- Round / Snore
- Mud Shot
Doubles Special Sweeper Chespin (Bulletproof)
Chespin is an awesome Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Chespin's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Chespin's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Bulletproof, makes user immune to ballistic moves (shadow ball sludge bomb focus blast etc).
♦ Grass Pledge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (use with fire or water pledge for added effect).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Chespin must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mud Shot is a special 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Chespin learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Chespin 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 Chespin
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Ability: Overgrow + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Helping Hand, Quick Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Chespin's stats
- Belly Drum
- Bulk Up
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Iron Defense
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Chespin
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Chespin in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Chespin's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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