Competitive Information for Ferroseed [X/Y]
Grass / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Ferroseed? 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.
Ferroseed is a decent Grass and Steel-typed Pokemon. Ferroseed is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Ferroseed's only type-related weaknesses are Fighting and Fire.
Item: Eviolite / Occa Berry
Ability: Iron Barbs
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Iron Head / Metal Claw
- Seed Bomb / Bullet Seed
- Return / Secret Power
- Knock Off / Payback
Physical Sweeper Ferroseed (Iron Barbs)
Ferroseed is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Ferroseed is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until it was realized Eviolite would make it quite viable. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Iron Barbs, pokemon making contact with Ferroseed lose 1/8 of their max hp.
♦ Metal Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Ferroseed's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Bullet Seed is a physical STAB-boosted 25-base power Grass-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ 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)).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Ferroseed moves after the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ferroseed? 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: Eviolite / Occa Berry
Ability: Iron Barbs
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Iron Head / Metal Claw
- Seed Bomb / Bullet Seed
- Return / Secret Power
- Knock Off / Payback
Doubles Physical Sweeper Ferroseed (Iron Barbs)
Ferroseed is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Ferroseed is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Iron Barbs, pokemon making contact with Ferroseed lose 1/8 of their max hp.
♦ Metal Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Ferroseed's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Bullet Seed is a physical STAB-boosted 25-base power Grass-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ 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)).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Ferroseed moves after the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Ferroseed 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 Ferroseed 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 Ferroseed
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- 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 inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Ferroseed's stats
- Curse
- Harden
- Hone Claws
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Ferroseed
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Ferroseed in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Ferroseed's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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