Competitive Information for Scolipede [X/Y]
Bug / Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Scolipede? 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.
Scolipede is a fabulous Bug and Poison-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to find yourself dealing with Scolipede when battling in the 6th generation meta. Scolipede is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 108 Hp / 252 Atk / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower
- X-Scissor / Steamroller
- Double-Edge / Return
- Poison Jab / Poison Tail
Physical Sweeper Scolipede (Speed Boost)
Scolipede is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Scolipede from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Scolipede's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Speed Boost, Scolipede's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Steamroller is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Bug-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ 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).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Poison Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
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Item: Black Sludge
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Lonely (+Atk, -Def)
EVs: 14 Hp / 247 Atk / 247 SpD
Moveset:
- Poison Jab
- Iron Tail
- Megahorn
- Rock Slide
Scolipede Physical Tank (Dangerous And Sexy)
Scolipede is an astounding Physical Tank. The purpose of this moveset is to take a considerable amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Swarm, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Scolipede's attacking stat is 1.5x with bug attacks.
♦ Iron Tail is a physical 100-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Megahorn is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Bug-type move that deals a high amount of damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Scolipede? 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 Band
Ability: Speed Boost
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 108 Hp / 252 Atk / 148 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Superpower
- X-Scissor / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Scolipede (Speed Boost)
Scolipede is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Scolipede from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Scolipede's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Speed Boost, Scolipede's speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. X-Scissor was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Scolipede's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Scolipede 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 Scolipede 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 Scolipede
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Speed boost + Move: Protect
- Ability: Speed boost + Move: Baton pass
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Snatch
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Scolipede's stats
- Agility
- Defense Curl
- Iron Defense
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Scolipede
- Baton Pass
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Scolipede in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Scolipede's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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