Competitive Information for Cobalion [X/Y]
Steel / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Cobalion? 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.
Cobalion is a phenomenal Steel and Fighting-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty common sight to see Cobalion out in the 6th generation battlefield. Cobalion is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Cobalion is weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Justified
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 20 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 SpD / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Sacred Sword
- Iron Head / Metal Claw
- Return / Strength
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Cobalion (Justified)
Cobalion is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Cobalion's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Cobalion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Justified, Cobalion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Sacred Sword is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Fighting-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Metal Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Cobalion's attack by 1 stage).
♦ 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 mighty amount of damage.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Metal Coat
Ability: Justified
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 20 Hp / 252 SpA / 56 SpD / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Flash Cannon
- Volt Switch
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Iron Defense
Special Sweeper Cobalion (Justified)
Cobalion is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Cobalion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Justified, Cobalion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Volt Switch is a special 70-base power Electric-type move (Cobalion switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Cobalion cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Cobalion's defense by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Cobalion? 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: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Justified
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 20 Hp / 252 Atk / 56 SpD / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Close Combat / Sacred Sword
- Iron Head / Metal Claw
- Return / Strength
- Poison Jab
Doubles Physical Sweeper Cobalion (Justified)
Cobalion is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Cobalion's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Cobalion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Justified, Cobalion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Sacred Sword is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Fighting-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Metal Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Cobalion's attack by 1 stage).
♦ 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 good amount of damage.
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Metal Coat
Ability: Justified
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 20 Hp / 252 SpA / 56 SpD / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Flash Cannon
- Volt Switch
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Iron Defense
Doubles Special Sweeper Cobalion (Justified)
Cobalion is a legendary Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Cobalion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Justified, Cobalion's attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a dark-type move.
♦ Volt Switch is a special 70-base power Electric-type move (Cobalion switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Cobalion cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Cobalion's defense by 2 stages).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Cobalion 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 Cobalion 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 Cobalion
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Guard, Quick Attack
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Cobalion's stats
- Calm Mind
- Hone Claws
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
- Rock Polish
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Cobalion
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Cobalion in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Cobalion's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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