Competitive Information for Grovyle [X/Y]
Base Stats for Grovyle
Grass
Abilities:
OvergrowOvergrow: At 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's attacking stat is 1.5x with Grass attacks.
, UnburdenUnburden: Speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches, gets new item/Ability.
Bug
Dark
Dragon
Electric
Fairy
Fighting
Fire
Flying
Ghost
2x
0.5x
2x
2x
Grass
Ground
Ice
Normal
Poison
Psychic
Rock
Steel
Water
0.5x
0.5x
2x
2x
0.5x
¼x
½x
2x
4x
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Grovyle? 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.
Grovyle is popular Grass-typed Pokemon. Grovyle is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Grovyle is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Species: Grovyle
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 168 Hp / 88 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Dragon Breath
- Round / Razor Wind
- Mud-Slap
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 168 Hp / 88 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Dragon Breath
- Round / Razor Wind
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Grovyle (Unburden)
Grovyle is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Grovyle from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Grovyle's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Razor Wind is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Razor Wind is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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 Grovyle? 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.
Species: Grovyle
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 168 Hp / 88 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Razor Wind / Round
- Dragon Breath
- Mud-Slap
Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 168 Hp / 88 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Razor Wind / Round
- Dragon Breath
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Grovyle (Unburden)
Grovyle is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Grovyle from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Grovyle's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Razor Wind is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Razor Wind is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Grovyle learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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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 Grovyle 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 Grovyle
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Grassy terrain + Secret power
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Unburden + Move: Acrobatics
- Ability: Overgrow + Item: Focus sash
- Ability: Unburden + Item: Mirror herb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Detect, Endure, Protect, Quick Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Grovyle's stats
- Agility
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Grovyle
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Grovyle in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Grovyle's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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