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 a remarkable Steel and Ground-typed Pokemon. Steelix are common Pokemon to see in the XY metagame. Steelix is weak to Fighting, Fire, Ground, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Steelix 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.
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon). ♦ 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.
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Species: Steelix 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.
♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness). ♦ 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).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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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.
Species: Steelix 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.
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon). ♦ 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).
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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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
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
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