Competitive Information for Fennekin [X/Y]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
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 wonderful Fire-typed Pokemon. Fennekin is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Fennekin can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Fennekin is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Magician
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Solar Beam / Grass Knot
- Round / Snore
Special Sweeper Fennekin (Magician)
Fennekin is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Fennekin's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. 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.
♦ 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).
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.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Magician
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Solar Beam / Grass Knot
- Round / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Fennekin (Magician)
Fennekin is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Fennekin's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. 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.
♦ 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).
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.
Damage Modifiers:
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
- Moves: Sunny Day + Solar Beam
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- 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: Protect, Magic Coat
Most notable and possible best moves for Fennekin
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Fennekin in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Fennekin's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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