Competitive Information for Dewott [X/Y]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Dewott? 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.
Dewott is a sensational Water-typed Pokemon. Dewott is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Dewott's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Shell Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Return / Retaliate
- Night Slash / Assurance
- X-Scissor / Fury Cutter
Physical Sweeper Dewott (Shell Armor)
Dewott is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Dewott's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Dewott's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shell Armor, Dewott cannot be struck by a critical hit.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Retaliate is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if an ally fainted last turn).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Fury Cutter is a physical 40-base power Bug-type move (power doubles with each hit, up to 160).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Shell Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Air Slash
- Round / Snore
Special Sweeper Dewott (Shell Armor)
Dewott is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Dewott's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Dewott's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shell Armor, Dewott cannot be struck by a critical hit.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Air Slash is a special 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch 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 (Dewott must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Dewott? 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: Shell Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Return / Retaliate
- Night Slash / Assurance
- X-Scissor / Fury Cutter
Doubles Physical Sweeper Dewott (Shell Armor)
Dewott is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Dewott's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Dewott's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shell Armor, Dewott cannot be struck by a critical hit.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Retaliate is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if an ally fainted last turn).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Assurance is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if target was damaged this turn).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ Fury Cutter is a physical 40-base power Bug-type move (power doubles with each hit, up to 160).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Shell Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Air Slash
- Round / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Dewott (Shell Armor)
Dewott is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Dewott's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Dewott's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shell Armor, Dewott cannot be struck by a critical hit.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws 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).
♦ Air Slash is a special 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch 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 (Dewott must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Dewott 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 Dewott 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 Dewott
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Torrent + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Protect, Helping Hand, Aqua Jet
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Dewott's stats
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Dewott
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Dewott in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Dewott's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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