Competitive Information for Staravia [X/Y]
Normal / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Staravia? 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.
Staravia is a remarkable Normal and Flying-typed Pokemon. Staravia is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Staravia is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Reckless
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Brave Bird / Pluck
- U-turn
- Steel Wing
Physical Sweeper Staravia (Reckless)
Staravia is an astounding Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Staravia from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Staravia's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Reckless, Staravia's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not struggle.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Pluck is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (Staravia steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Staravia switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Staravia's defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Staravia? 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: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Reckless
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Brave Bird / Pluck
- U-turn
- Steel Wing
Doubles Physical Sweeper Staravia (Reckless)
Staravia is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Staravia from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Staravia's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Reckless, Staravia's attacks with recoil or crash damage have 1.2x power; not struggle.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Pluck is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (Staravia steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Staravia switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Staravia's defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Staravia 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 Staravia 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 Staravia
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Recoil moves boosted by Reckless: Double-Edge, Take Down, Brave Bird
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Detect, Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Staravia's stats
- Agility
- Ominous Wind
- Steel Wing
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Staravia
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Staravia in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Staravia's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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