Competitive Information for Steelix [X/Y]
Steel / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Steelix? 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.
Steelix is an astounding Steel and Ground-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to find yourself dealing with Steelix when battling in the 6th generation meta. Steelix is weak to Fighting, Fire, Ground, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide / Ice Fang
- Aqua Tail
Physical Sweeper Steelix (Sheer Force)
Steelix is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Steelix's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Steelix's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Steelix. With Sheer Force, Steelix's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects. Rock Slide or Ice Fang are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 231 Hp / 248 Def / 31 SpD
Moveset:
- Stealth Rock
- Payback
- Rock Slide
- Roar
Steelix Physical Wall (Real Steelix)
Steelix is a fabulous Physical Wall. It's primary goal is to take a decent amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Steelix last longer regaining it's it's vitality every turn. With Sturdy, if Steelix is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko.
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Steelix moves after the target).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Steelix? 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: Sheer Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Iron Head
- Ice Fang / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Steelix (Sheer Force)
Steelix is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Steelix's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Steelix's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. However, Sheer Force negates the recoil damage from Life Orb while still increasing the damage from both it's ability and the orb making it an amazing item for Steelix. With Sheer Force, Steelix's attacks with secondary effects have 1.3x power; nullifies the effects. Ice Fang was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Fang is a physical 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Steelix 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 Steelix 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 Steelix
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Swagger + Psych Up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Ability: Sheer Force + Item: Life Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Body Slam
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Headbutt
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Ancient Power
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Earth Power
- Ability: Sheer Force + Additional Effect Move: Flash Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Most notable and possible best moves for Steelix
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Steelix in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Steelix's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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