Competitive Information for Sharpedo (mega) [X/Y]
Water / Dark
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sharpedo-mega? 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.
Sharpedo is a marvelous Water and Dark-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty regular sight to see Sharpedo out in the 6th generation battlefield. Sharpedo is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Sharpedo is weak to Bug, Electric, Fairy, Fighting, and Grass-typed attacks.
Item: Sharpedonite
Ability: Strong Jaw
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Crunch / Night Slash
- Waterfall
- Ice Fang / Zen Headbutt
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Sharpedo-Mega (Strong Jaw)
Sharpedo is a stupendous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Strong Jaw, Sharpedo's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. Bug bite is not boosted. Ice Fang or Zen Headbutt are added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Sharpedonite equipped to it, if held by a sharpedo, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
◆ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
◆ 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 Sharpedo-mega? 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: Sharpedonite
Ability: Strong Jaw
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 Atk / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Crunch / Night Slash
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Ice Fang / Zen Headbutt
- Waterfall
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sharpedo-Mega (Strong Jaw)
Sharpedo is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Strong Jaw, Sharpedo's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. Bug bite is not boosted. Ice Fang or Zen Headbutt are added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Sharpedonite equipped to it, if held by a sharpedo, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Night Slash is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ 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 Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
◆ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
◆ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sharpedo-mega 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 Sharpedo-mega 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 Sharpedo-mega
- Moves: Brine + Super fang
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Bite
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Crunch
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Poison Fang
- Ability: Strong Jaw + Biting Move: Ice Fang
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Feint, Aqua Jet
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Sharpedo-mega's stats
- Agility
- Ancient Power
- Rage
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Sharpedo-mega
- Destiny Bond
- Earthquake
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Snarl
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Sharpedo-mega in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Sharpedo-mega's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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