Competitive Information for Kakuna [X/Y]
Bug / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Kakuna? 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.
Kakuna is a stupendous Bug and Poison-typed Pokemon. Kakuna is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Kakuna is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Silver Powder
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 88 Hp / 252 Atk / 168 SpD
Moveset:
- Bug Bite
- Poison Sting
- Harden
- Iron Defense
Physical Sweeper Kakuna (Shed Skin)
Kakuna is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Kakuna's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shed Skin, Kakuna has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn.
♦ Poison Sting is a physical STAB-boosted 15-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Harden is a status move (raises your Kakuna's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Kakuna's defense by 2 stages).
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Item: Life Orb / Magnet
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 88 Hp / 252 SpA / 168 SpD
Moveset:
- Electroweb
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- String Shot
Special Sweeper Kakuna (Shed Skin)
Kakuna is a sensational Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Kakuna's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shed Skin, Kakuna has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn.
♦ Harden is a status move (raises your Kakuna's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Kakuna's defense by 2 stages).
♦ String Shot is a status move (lowers the foes speed by 2 stages).
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Item: Eviolite
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Electroweb / String Shot
- Bug Bite
- Iron Defense / Harden
- Poison Sting
Kakuna Physical Wall (No Worries)
Kakuna is a notable Physical Wall. It tries to take a mighty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Kakuna is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite changes that. 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 Shed Skin, Kakuna has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn. This is called using the un-usable. You can run Careful, Relaxed, or Sassy and you could run Black Sludge, yet it is not adviced.
♦ String Shot is a status move (lowers the foes speed by 2 stages).
♦ Bug Bite is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Bug-type move (Kakuna steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Kakuna's defense by 2 stages).
♦ Harden is a status move (raises your Kakuna's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Poison Sting is a physical STAB-boosted 15-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Kakuna? 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 / Silver Powder
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 88 Hp / 252 Atk / 168 SpD
Moveset:
- Bug Bite
- Poison Sting
- Harden
- Iron Defense
Doubles Physical Sweeper Kakuna (Shed Skin)
Kakuna is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Kakuna's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shed Skin, Kakuna has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn.
♦ Poison Sting is a physical STAB-boosted 15-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Harden is a status move (raises your Kakuna's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Kakuna's defense by 2 stages).
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Item: Life Orb / Magnet
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 88 Hp / 252 SpA / 168 SpD
Moveset:
- Electroweb
- Harden
- Iron Defense
- String Shot
Doubles Special Sweeper Kakuna (Shed Skin)
Kakuna is an interesting Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Kakuna's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shed Skin, Kakuna has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn.
♦ Harden is a status move (raises your Kakuna's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Defense is a status move (raises your Kakuna's defense by 2 stages).
♦ String Shot is a status move (lowers the foes speed by 2 stages).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Kakuna 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 Kakuna 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 Kakuna
Moves that boost Kakuna's stats
- Harden
- Iron Defense
Common Effort Values for Kakuna in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Kakuna's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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