Competitive Information for Snivy [X/Y]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Snivy? 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.
Snivy is an awesome Grass-typed Pokemon. Snivy is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Snivy can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Snivy is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Contrary
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Blade / Seed Bomb
- Return / Secret Power
- Knock Off / Pursuit
- Aqua Tail
Physical Sweeper Snivy (Contrary)
Snivy is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Snivy's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Snivy's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Contrary, if Snivy has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead and vice versa.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ 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)).
♦ 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).
♦ Pursuit is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if a foe is switching out).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Contrary
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Round / Snore
- Twister
- Mirror Coat
Special Sweeper Snivy (Contrary)
Snivy is a fabulous Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Snivy's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Snivy's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Contrary, if Snivy has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead and vice versa.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Snivy must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Mirror Coat is a special 0-base power Psychic-type move (if hit by special attack, returns double damage).
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Item: Eviolite
Ability: Contrary
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 9 Def / 236 SpA / 11 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Calm Mind
- Mean Look
- Toxic
Snivy Special Tank (Smugleaf Ftw)
Snivy is an awesome Special Tank. The purpose of this moveset is to take a decent amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Snivy is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolte was added to the mix. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Contrary, if Snivy has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead and vice versa.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (decreases your Snivy's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Mean Look is a status move (prevents the target from switching out).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Snivy? 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: Contrary
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Blade / Seed Bomb
- Return / Secret Power
- Knock Off / Pursuit
- Aqua Tail
Doubles Physical Sweeper Snivy (Contrary)
Snivy is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Snivy's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Snivy's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Contrary, if Snivy has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead and vice versa.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ 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)).
♦ 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).
♦ Pursuit is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if a foe is switching out).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Contrary
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Twister
- Round / Snore
- Mirror Coat
Doubles Special Sweeper Snivy (Contrary)
Snivy is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Snivy's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Snivy's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Contrary, if Snivy has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead and vice versa.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Snivy must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Mirror Coat is a special 0-base power Psychic-type move (if hit by special attack, returns double damage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Snivy 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 Snivy 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 Snivy
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Grassy terrain + Secret power
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Contrary + Move: Leaf storm
- Ability: Overgrow + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Snatch
- Moves that inflict status: Glare, Toxic
Moves that boost Snivy's stats
- Calm Mind
- Coil
- Growth
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Snivy
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Snivy in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Snivy's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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