Competitive Information for Seviper [X/Y]
Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Seviper? 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.
Seviper is a fabulous Poison-typed Pokemon. It's a frequent sight to see Seviper out in the 6th generation battlefield. Seviper's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Poison Jab / Poison Tail
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Knock Off / Night Slash
Physical Sweeper Seviper (Infiltrator)
Seviper is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Seviper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist.
♦ 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).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn 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).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Flamethrower
- Dark Pulse
- Giga Drain
Special Sweeper Seviper (Infiltrator)
Seviper is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Seviper's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Seviper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Seviper recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 69 Hp / 195 Atk / 57 SpD / 189 Spe
Moveset:
- Coil
- Aqua Tail
- Substitute
- Earthquake
Seviper Physical Sweeper (Yesssssssssssssssssss)
Seviper is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Seviper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shed Skin, Seviper has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Substitute is a status move (Seviper takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Black Sludge
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 199 Hp / 240 Def / 71 Spe
Moveset:
- Night Slash
- Knock Off
- Toxic
- Earthquake
Seviper Physical Wall (Preciousssssssssssss)
Seviper is popular Physical Wall. It is designed to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist.
♦ 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).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Seviper? 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 / Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Double-Edge / Return
- Poison Jab / Poison Tail
- Knock Off / Night Slash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Seviper (Infiltrator)
Seviper is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Seviper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ 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).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Flamethrower
- Dark Pulse
- Giga Drain
Doubles Special Sweeper Seviper (Infiltrator)
Seviper is an astounding Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Seviper's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Seviper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist.
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Seviper recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Seviper 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 Seviper 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 Seviper
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Swagger + Punishment
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Snatch, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Glare, Toxic
Moves that boost Seviper's stats
- Coil
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Seviper
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Seviper in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Seviper's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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