Competitive Information for Heliolisk [X/Y]
Electric / Normal
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Dry Skin ability are immune to Water attacks but also take more damage from Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Heliolisk? 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.
Heliolisk is a wonderful Electric and Normal-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to find yourself dealing with Heliolisk when battling in the 6th generation meta. Heliolisk is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Heliolisk's only type-related weaknesses are Fighting and Ground.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 20 Hp / 64 Def / 252 SpA / 172 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Thunderbolt / Volt Switch
- Surf
- Dragon Pulse
Special Sweeper Heliolisk (Solar Power)
Heliolisk is an interesting Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Heliolisk from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Heliolisk's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Solar Power, if sunny day is active Heliolisk's sp. atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Heliolisk cannot move next turn).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Volt Switch is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Electric-type move (Heliolisk switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
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Item: Damp Rock
Ability: Dry Skin
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Parabolic Charge / Thunder
- Dark Pulse / Grass Knot
- Rain Dance
- Surf
Heliolisk Special Sweeper (Rain-tile)
Heliolisk is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Dry Skin, Heliolisk is healed 1/4 by water 1/8 by rain; is hurt 1.25x by fire 1/8 by sun. Rain set Heliolisk
♦ Thunder is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze. can't miss in rain).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
♦ Rain Dance is a status move (for 5 turns, heavy rain powers water moves).
♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Heliolisk? 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: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 20 Hp / 64 Def / 252 SpA / 172 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Razor Wind
- Electroweb / Thunderbolt
- Surf
- Dragon Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Heliolisk (Solar Power)
Heliolisk is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Heliolisk from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Heliolisk's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Solar Power, if sunny day is active Heliolisk's sp. atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn.
♦ Razor Wind is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Heliolisk 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 Heliolisk 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 Heliolisk
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Parabolic Charge + Item: Big Root
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Glare, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Heliolisk's stats
- Agility
- Charge
- Charge Beam
Most notable and possible best moves for Heliolisk
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Heliolisk in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Heliolisk's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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