Competitive Information for Flaaffy [X/Y]
Electric
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Flaaffy? 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.
Flaaffy is a spectacular Electric-typed Pokemon. Flaaffy is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Flaaffy's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Static
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 184 Hp / 56 Def / 252 SpA / 16 SpD
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Power Gem
- Signal Beam
- Round / Snore
Special Sweeper Flaaffy (Static)
Flaaffy is an astounding Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Flaaffy's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Flaaffy's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Static, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Flaaffy will be paralyzed.
♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Power Gem is a special 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse 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 (Flaaffy must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Flaaffy? 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: Plus
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 184 Hp / 56 Def / 252 SpA / 16 SpD
Moveset:
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Power Gem
- Signal Beam
- Round / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Flaaffy (Plus)
Flaaffy is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Flaaffy's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Flaaffy's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Plus, if an active ally has this ability or the minus ability Flaaffy's sp. atk is 1.5x.
♦ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Power Gem is a special 80-base power Rock-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse 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 (Flaaffy must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Flaaffy 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 Flaaffy 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 Flaaffy
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Flaaffy's stats
- Agility
- Charge
- Charge Beam
- Cotton Guard
- Defense Curl
- Power-Up Punch
Most notable and possible best moves for Flaaffy
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Flaaffy in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Flaaffy's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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