Competitive Information for Drilbur [X/Y]
Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Drilbur? 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.
Drilbur is an awesome Ground-typed Pokemon. Drilbur is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Drilbur can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Drilbur is weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Expert Belt / Choice Band
Ability: Sand Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Drill Run
- Poison Jab / Brick Break
- Shadow Claw
- Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Drilbur (Sand Force)
Drilbur is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Drilbur's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Sand Force, Drilbur's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it. Poison Jab or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Drill Run is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Item: Expert Belt / Choice Band
Ability: Sand Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 96 Hp / 252 Atk / 100 Def / 60 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Drill Run
- Poison Jab / Brick Break
- Shadow Claw
- X-Scissor
Physical Sweeper Drilbur (Sand Rush)
Drilbur is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Drilbur's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Sand Rush, if sandstorm is active Drilbur's speed is doubled; immunity to sandstorm. Poison Jab or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Drill Run is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Drilbur? 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: Expert Belt / Choice Band
Ability: Sand Force / Sand Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Drill Run
- Rock Slide
- Poison Jab / Brick Break
- Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Drilbur (Sand Force)
Drilbur is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Drilbur's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Sand Force, Drilbur's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it. Poison Jab or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Drill Run is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Drilbur 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 Drilbur 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 Drilbur
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Drilbur's stats
- Hone Claws
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
- Rapid Spin
- Skull Bash
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Drilbur
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Drilbur in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Drilbur's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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