Competitive Information for Remoraid [X/Y]
Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Remoraid? 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.
Remoraid is a phenomenal Water-typed Pokemon. Remoraid is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Remoraid can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Remoraid's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Item: Shell Bell / Wide Lens
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Waterfall / Dive
- Gunk Shot
- Seed Bomb
Physical Sweeper Remoraid (Hustle)
Remoraid is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Wide Lens will help improve the accuracy of Remoraid's moves. This is important since it's Hustle ability lowers the accuracy of it's moves. With Hustle, Remoraid's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x.
♦ 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).
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Gunk Shot is a physical 120-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/gs10adf
Item: Scope Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Psychic / Psybeam
- Flamethrower / Incinerate
- Ice Beam / Aurora Beam
Special Sweeper Remoraid (Sniper)
Remoraid is a notable Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Remoraid critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Remoraid's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Life Orb boosts the power of Remoraid's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Remoraid strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Incinerate is a special 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Aurora Beam is a special 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/gs11adf
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Remoraid? 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: Shell Bell / Wide Lens
Ability: Hustle
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Waterfall / Dive
- Gunk Shot
- Seed Bomb
Doubles Physical Sweeper Remoraid (Hustle)
Remoraid is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Wide Lens will help improve the accuracy of Remoraid's moves. This is important since it's Hustle ability lowers the accuracy of it's moves. With Hustle, Remoraid's attack is 1.5x and accuracy of its physical attacks is 0.8x.
♦ 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).
♦ Dive is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Gunk Shot is a physical 120-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/gd10adf
Item: Scope Lens / Life Orb
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Water Spout / Surf
- Incinerate / Flamethrower
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Psychic / Psybeam
Doubles Special Sweeper Remoraid (Sniper)
Remoraid is a notable Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Remoraid critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Remoraid's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Life Orb boosts the power of Remoraid's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sniper, if Remoraid strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Incinerate is a special 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psybeam is a special 65-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
Link (click to copy):
https://hohoushome.com/b/gd11adf
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Remoraid 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 Remoraid 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 Remoraid
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Sniper + Item: Scope lens
- Ability: Hustle + Item: Blunder policy
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Scald, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Remoraid's stats
- Charge Beam
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Remoraid
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Toxic
- Water Spout
Common Effort Values for Remoraid in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Remoraid's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
Related Videos
Here are various how-to-use and competitive moveset analysis video guides for Remoraid in X/Y. These featured videos will most likely contain additional strategies and combos not listed on our site. Disclaimer: All videos belong to their respective owners along with the views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the videos. They belong solely to the author and not to us.
We currently do not have any competitive video guides for Remoraid in X/Y
Want to have your Competitive Pokemon videos sponsored on our site? Contact us!
Some builds on this page have been hidden, click here to display them
Here are the best movesets for Remoraid. Top rated Remoraid X/Y movesets. You can find Remoraid builds X/Y. Remoraid movesets X/Y are listed here. VGC Remoraid Competitive Movesets can be found here. Find various EV spreads, find the best nature for Remoraid in X/Y along with competitive movesets. Basic info and Movesets for Octillery evolution