What is a good competitive moveset for Escavalier? 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.
Escavalier is an extraordinary Bug and Steel-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to find yourself dealing with Escavalier when battling in the 6th generation meta. Escavalier's only type-related weakness is Fire.
Species: Escavalier Item: Occa Berry / Shell Bell Ability: Overcoat Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Moveset: - Double-Edge / Return - Iron Head - X-Scissor / Bug Bite - Drill Run
Physical Sweeper Escavalier (Overcoat)
Escavalier is popular Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Overcoat, Escavalier is immune to powder moves and damage from sandstorm or hail.
♦ 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 STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target). ♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a great amount of damage. ♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Escavalier steals and eats the target's berry). ♦ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Species: Escavalier Item: Life Orb Ability: Swarm Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Moveset: - Iron Head - Pursuit - Megahorn - Swords Dance
Escavalier Physical Tank (The Jouster)
Escavalier is a fabulous Physical Tank. It's primary goal is to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Escavalier's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Escavalier's attacking stat is 1.5x with bug attacks. Use swords dance then follow it up with some powerful attacks.
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Pursuit is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if a foe is switching out). ♦ Megahorn is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Bug-type move that deals a phenomenal amount of damage. ♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Escavalier's attack by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Escavalier? 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.
Species: Escavalier Item: Occa Berry / Shell Bell Ability: Overcoat Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Moveset: - Double-Edge / Return - Iron Head - X-Scissor / Bug Bite - Drill Run
Doubles Physical Sweeper Escavalier (Overcoat)
Escavalier is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Overcoat, Escavalier is immune to powder moves and damage from sandstorm or hail.
♦ 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 STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target). ♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a large amount of damage. ♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Escavalier steals and eats the target's berry). ♦ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Escavalier 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Escavalier 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 Escavalier
Moves: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Endure + Reversal
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Substitute + Reversal
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Quick Guard
Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Escavalier's stats
Fell Stinger
Iron Defense
Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Escavalier
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