What is a good competitive moveset for Fennekin? 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.
Fennekin is a marvelous Fire-typed Pokemon. Fennekin is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Fennekin is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Fennekin is a wonderful Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Fennekin's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Overheat). Focus Sash helps protect Fennekin from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Fennekin's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magician, if Fennekin has no item it steals the item off a pokemon it hits with an attack.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Fennekin's special attack by 2 stages). ♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target). ♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense). ♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight). ♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier 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 (Fennekin must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Fennekin? 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.
Fennekin is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Fennekin from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Fennekin's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magician, if Fennekin has no item it steals the item off a pokemon it hits with an attack.
♦ Heat Wave is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes). ♦ Incinerate is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem). ♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense). ♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight). ♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier 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 (Fennekin must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Fennekin 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 Fennekin 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 Fennekin
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