Competitive Information for Sharpedo (mega) [X/Y]

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Competitive Pokemon X/Y Movesets and Strategies for Sharpedo-mega

Base Stats for Sharpedo-Mega

Water / Dark

Abilities:

Strong JawStrong Jaw: This Pokemon's bite-based attacks have 1.5x power. Bug Bite is not boosted.

Evolutions / Family:
Sharpedo

Weakness Chart for Water/Dark-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

0.5x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0.5x

¼x

½x

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 sensational Water and Dark-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Sharpedo when battling in the 6th generation meta. Sharpedo is weak to Bug, Electric, Fairy, Fighting, and Grass-typed attacks.

Species: Sharpedo-Mega
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 pretty decent Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset 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.

♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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).

No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array ( )

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.

Species: Sharpedo-Mega
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 decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed 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.

♦ Crunch is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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 pkmn 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).

No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array ( )

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.

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Extended Move Details:Additional move information such as Risk versus Reward Statistics or Move power versus specific type-matchups

Damage Modifiers:

Type-matchup: Sort through and determine which moves would best work versus an opponent of the typing you select.

Apply STABS.T.A.B : Same-Type Attack Bonus
These moves are always highlighted below in bold. When this box is checked, the bonus is calculated into the Versus column when a type-matchup is selected.

Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.

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: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
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

Most notable and possible best moves for Sharpedo-mega

Protect
Rest

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 )
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