Competitive Information for Graveler [X/Y]
Rock / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Graveler? 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.
Graveler is a notable Rock and Ground-typed Pokemon. Graveler is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Graveler is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Ice, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Rindo Berry / Passho Berry
Ability: Rock Head
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 96 Hp / 252 Atk / 160 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Thunder Punch / Double-Edge
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
Physical Sweeper Graveler (Rock Head)
Graveler is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Rock Head, Graveler does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Graveler's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Graveler's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Eviolite
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 58 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Rollout / Gyro Ball
- Protect
- Defense Curl / Curse
- Toxic
Graveler Double Wall (The Rock)
Graveler is a pretty decent Double Wall. It attempts to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Graveler 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 Sturdy, if Graveler is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko. Defense-curl if you want Roll-out, Curse if you want Gyro-ball. Toxic is for Stalling. Protect is great with Toxic.
♦ Gyro Ball is a physical 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Graveler than the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Graveler this turn).
♦ Defense Curl is a status move (raises your Graveler's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Curse is a status move (curses if ghost, else -1 spe, +1 atk, +1 def).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Graveler? 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: Rindo Berry / Passho Berry
Ability: Rock Head
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 96 Hp / 252 Atk / 160 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Thunder Punch / Double-Edge
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Graveler (Rock Head)
Graveler is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Rock Head, Graveler does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Graveler's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Graveler's speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Graveler 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 Graveler 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 Graveler
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- 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, Wide Guard, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Graveler's stats
- Ancient Power
- Autotomize
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Iron Defense
- Power-Up Punch
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Graveler
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Graveler in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Graveler's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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