Competitive Information for Entei [X/Y]
Fire
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Flash Fire ability are immune to Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Entei? 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.
Entei is a stupendous Fire-typed Pokemon. It's super common to see Entei show up as a X/Y opponent. Entei is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Entei is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 12 SpD / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Sacred Fire
- Double-Edge / Return
- Iron Head
- Bulldoze / Dig
Physical Sweeper Entei (Pressure)
Entei is a legendary Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Entei's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Entei is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Sacred Fire is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fire-type move (50% chance to burn the target. thaws Entei).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
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Item: Choice Band
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Bulldoze
- Flame Charge
- Stone Edge
- Iron Head
Entei Physical Sweeper (Such Roam)
Entei is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Entei's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Pressure, if Entei is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Entei's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Stone Edge is a physical 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Entei? 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: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 12 SpD / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Sacred Fire
- Double-Edge / Return
- Bulldoze / Dig
- Iron Head
Doubles Physical Sweeper Entei (Pressure)
Entei is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Entei's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Entei is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Sacred Fire is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fire-type move (50% chance to burn the target. thaws Entei).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Dig is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Entei 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 Entei 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 Entei
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- 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: Endure, Protect, Extreme Speed
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Entei's stats
- Calm Mind
- Flame Charge
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Entei
- Eruption
- Howl
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Entei in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Entei's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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