Competitive Information for Doublade [X/Y]
Steel / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Doublade? 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.
Doublade is a fabulous Steel and Ghost-typed Pokemon. Doublade is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Doublade is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Doublade is weak to Dark, Fire, Ghost, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: No Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 80 Hp / 252 Atk / 176 SpD
Moveset:
- Shadow Claw / Shadow Sneak
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide / Return
- Night Slash / Pursuit
Physical Sweeper Doublade (No Guard)
Doublade is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Doublade's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Doublade's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With No Guard, every move used by or against Doublade will always hit. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Shadow Sneak is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ghost-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Pursuit is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if a foe is switching out).
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Item: Eviolite
Ability: No Guard
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
EVs: 240 Hp / 80 Def / 188 SpD
Moveset:
- Sacred Sword / Iron Head
- Shadow Sneak
- Protect
- Swords Dance
Doublade Double Wall (Twin Steel Slash)
Doublade is a stupendous Double Wall. It's purpose is to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Doublade is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached to it. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With No Guard, every move used by or against Doublade will always hit. A less technical yet more reliable version of Aegislash
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Shadow Sneak is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ghost-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Doublade this turn).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Doublade's attack by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Doublade? 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: No Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 80 Hp / 252 Atk / 176 SpD
Moveset:
- Shadow Claw / Shadow Sneak
- Rock Slide
- Iron Head
- Night Slash / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Doublade (No Guard)
Doublade is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Doublade's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Doublade's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With No Guard, every move used by or against Doublade will always hit. Night Slash was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Shadow Sneak is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Ghost-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ 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 Doublade 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 Doublade 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 Doublade
- 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: Protect, Shadow Sneak, Wide Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Doublade's stats
- Autotomize
- Iron Defense
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Doublade
- Destiny Bond
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Doublade in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Doublade's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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