What is a good competitive moveset for Kabuto? 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.
Kabuto is a sensational Rock and Water-typed Pokemon. Kabuto is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Kabuto can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Kabuto is weak to Electric, Fighting, Grass, and Ground-typed attacks.
Species: Kabuto Item: Rindo Berry / Shell Bell Ability: Swift Swim Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 76 SpD / 4 Spe Moveset: - Double-Edge / Return - Waterfall / Aqua Jet - Rock Slide / Rock Tomb - Knock Off / Thief
Physical Sweeper Kabuto (Swift Swim)
Kabuto is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Swift Swim, Kabuto's speed is doubled during rainy weather.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first). ♦ 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). ♦ 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). ♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Kabuto has no item, it steals the target's).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Kabuto? 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: Kabuto Item: Rindo Berry / Shell Bell Ability: Swift Swim Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 176 Hp / 252 Atk / 76 SpD / 4 Spe Moveset: - Rock Slide / Rock Tomb - Waterfall / Aqua Jet - Double-Edge / Return - Knock Off / Thief
Doubles Physical Sweeper Kabuto (Swift Swim)
Kabuto is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Swift Swim, Kabuto's speed is doubled during rainy weather.
♦ 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). ♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Aqua Jet is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Water-type move (usually goes first). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness). ♦ 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). ♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Kabuto has no item, it steals the target's).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Kabuto 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.
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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 Kabuto 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.
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