Competitive Information for Slurpuff [X/Y]
Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Slurpuff? 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.
Slurpuff is a stupendous Fairy-typed Pokemon. It's super common to find yourself dealing with Slurpuff when battling in the 6th generation meta. Slurpuff's only type-related weaknesses are Poison and Steel.
Item: Weakness Policy
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 244 Hp / 252 Atk / 12 SpD
Moveset:
- Play Rough
- Return / Secret Power
- Drain Punch
- Thief
Physical Sweeper Slurpuff (Unburden)
Slurpuff is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Weakness Policy activates if Slurpuff is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Slurpuff recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Slurpuff has no item, it steals the target's).
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Item: Weakness Policy
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 244 Hp / 252 SpA / 12 SpD
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Draining Kiss
- Psychic
- Surf
- Flamethrower
Special Sweeper Slurpuff (Unburden)
Slurpuff is a fabulous Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Weakness Policy activates if Slurpuff is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Draining Kiss is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Fairy-type move (Slurpuff recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Item: Lansat Berry
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 212 Hp / 212 Atk / 40 SpD / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Wish
- Facade
- Belly Drum
- Protect
Slurpuff Physical Tank (Belly Drummer)
Slurpuff is a remarkable Physical Tank. It's purpose is to take a hefty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
♦ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Slurpuff is burn/poison/paralyzed).
♦ Belly Drum is a status move (Slurpuff loses 50% max hp; This also maximizes Slurpuff's attack stat).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Slurpuff this turn).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Sweet Veil
Nature: Mild (+SpA, -Def)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Draining Kiss
- Yawn
- Dream Eater
- Flamethrower / Psychic
Slurpuff Special Tank (Yawn Cake)
Slurpuff is a decent Special Tank. The purpose of this moveset is to take a mighty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Slurpuff's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sweet Veil, Slurpuff and its allies cannot fall asleep.
♦ Yawn is a status move (puts the target to sleep after 1 turn).
♦ Dream Eater is a special 100-base power Psychic-type move (Slurpuff gains 1/2 hp inflicted. sleeping target only).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Naughty (+Atk, -SpD)
EVs: 128 Hp / 252 Atk / 128 Spe
Moveset:
- Play Rough
- Yawn / Flamethrower
- Return / Protect
- Belly Drum
Slurpuff Physical Tank (Marshmellow Drum)
Slurpuff is pretty popular Physical Tank. This moveset is designed to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability. Use Belly drum which should maximize Slurpuff's attack stat. This will cause it to eat it's Sitrus Berry to restore it's health back plus trigger Unburden's effect doubling Slurpuff's speed stat making it a terrifying monstrosity for your opponent.
♦ Yawn is a status move (puts the target to sleep after 1 turn).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Slurpuff this turn).
♦ Belly Drum is a status move (Slurpuff loses 50% max hp; This also maximizes Slurpuff's attack stat).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Slurpuff? 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: Weakness Policy
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 244 Hp / 252 Atk / 12 SpD
Moveset:
- Play Rough
- Return / Secret Power
- Drain Punch
- Thief
Doubles Physical Sweeper Slurpuff (Unburden)
Slurpuff is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Weakness Policy activates if Slurpuff is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Slurpuff recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Slurpuff has no item, it steals the target's).
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Item: Weakness Policy
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 244 Hp / 252 SpA / 12 SpD
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Draining Kiss
- Surf
- Psychic
- Flamethrower
Doubles Special Sweeper Slurpuff (Unburden)
Slurpuff is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Weakness Policy activates if Slurpuff is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Draining Kiss is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Fairy-type move (Slurpuff recovers 75% of the damage dealt).
♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Slurpuff 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 Slurpuff 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 Slurpuff
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Ability: Unburden + Item: Mirror herb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Toxic
Moves that boost Slurpuff's stats
- Belly Drum
- Calm Mind
- Cotton Guard
Most notable and possible best moves for Slurpuff
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Slurpuff in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Slurpuff's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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