Competitive Information for Druddigon [X/Y]
Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Druddigon? 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.
Druddigon is a stupendous Dragon-typed Pokemon. It's super common to see Druddigon show up as a X/Y opponent. Druddigon is weak to Dragon, Fairy, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Superpower
- Return / Slash
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Druddigon (Sheer Force)
Druddigon is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Druddigon's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Druddigon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Druddigon. With Sheer Force, Druddigon's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Druddigon's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Rough Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 29 Hp / 243 Atk / 238 Spe
Moveset:
- Dragon Tail
- Stealth Rock
- Thunder Fang
- Rock Slide
Druddigon Physical Sweeper (Gon With The Wind)
Druddigon is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Druddigon last longer regaining it's it's HP every turn. With Rough Skin, pokemon making contact with Druddigon lose 1/8 of their max hp.
♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness).
♦ Thunder Fang is a physical 65-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Druddigon? 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: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Superpower
Doubles Physical Sweeper Druddigon (Sheer Force)
Druddigon 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 Druddigon's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Druddigon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Druddigon. With Sheer Force, Druddigon's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects.
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ 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 Druddigon's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Druddigon 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 Druddigon 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 Druddigon
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Sheer force + Item: Life orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Thunder Fang
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Metal Claw
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Bite
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Bulldoze
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Crunch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Dark Pulse
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fire Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flamethrower
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flash Cannon
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fling
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Iron Head
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Poison Tail
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Power-Up Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Smash
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Secret Power
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Sludge Bomb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Snore
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Thunder Punch
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Tomb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Focus Blast
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Iron Tail
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Gunk Shot
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Climb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Charge Beam
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Heat Wave
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Rock Slide
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Snarl
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Crush Claw
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Fire Fang
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Snatch, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Glare, Toxic
Moves that boost Druddigon's stats
- Charge Beam
- Hone Claws
- Metal Claw
- Power-Up Punch
Most notable and possible best moves for Druddigon
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Druddigon in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Druddigon's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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