Competitive Information for Ducklett [X/Y]


Water / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Ducklett? 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.
Ducklett is a decent Water and Flying-typed Pokemon. Ducklett is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Ducklett can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Ducklett's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Rock.
Item: Wacan Berry / Shell Bell
Ability: Big Pecks
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Wing Attack
- Return / Secret Power
- Steel Wing
- Dive
Physical Sweeper Ducklett (Big Pecks)
Ducklett is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Big Pecks, prevents other pokemon from lowering Ducklett's defense stat stage.
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Ducklett's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
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Item: Wacan Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Big Pecks
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Round / Snore
Special Sweeper Ducklett (Big Pecks)
Ducklett is an interesting Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Ducklett's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Big Pecks, prevents other pokemon from lowering Ducklett's defense stat stage.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the 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).
♦ 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 (Ducklett must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ducklett? 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: Wacan Berry / Shell Bell
Ability: Big Pecks
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Wing Attack
- Return / Secret Power
- Steel Wing
- Dive
Doubles Physical Sweeper Ducklett (Big Pecks)
Ducklett is a sensational Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Big Pecks, prevents other pokemon from lowering Ducklett's defense stat stage.
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Ducklett's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
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Item: Wacan Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Big Pecks
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Surf / Scald
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Round / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Ducklett (Big Pecks)
Ducklett is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Ducklett's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Big Pecks, prevents other pokemon from lowering Ducklett's defense stat stage.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ 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).
♦ 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 (Ducklett must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Ducklett 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 Ducklett 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 Ducklett
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Ducklett's stats
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Ducklett
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Scald
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Ducklett in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Ducklett's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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