Competitive Information for Shelgon [X/Y]
Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Shelgon? 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.
Shelgon is an interesting Dragon-typed Pokemon. Shelgon is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Shelgon is weak to Dragon, Fairy, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Expert Belt / Choice Band
Ability: Overcoat
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 116 Hp / 252 Atk / 140 SpD
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Brick Break / Rock Slide
- Shadow Claw
- Crunch
Physical Sweeper Shelgon (Overcoat)
Shelgon is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Shelgon's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Overcoat, Shelgon is immune to powder moves and damage from sandstorm or hail. Brick Break or Rock Slide are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Shelgon? 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: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Overcoat
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 116 Hp / 252 Atk / 140 SpD
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Rock Slide
- Brick Break / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw
Doubles Physical Sweeper Shelgon (Overcoat)
Shelgon is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Shelgon's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Shelgon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overcoat, Shelgon is immune to powder moves and damage from sandstorm or hail. Brick Break was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Shelgon 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 Shelgon 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 Shelgon
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Shelgon's stats
- Defense Curl
- Dragon Dance
- Hone Claws
- Iron Defense
- Rage
Most notable and possible best moves for Shelgon
- Hydro Pump
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Shelgon in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Shelgon's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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