Competitive Information for Sunflora [X/Y]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sunflora? 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.
Sunflora is a marvelous Grass-typed Pokemon. Sunflora is a almost common Pokemon to see in Generation 6. Sunflora is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 144 Hp / 112 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb
- Earth Power
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Sunflora (Chlorophyll)
Sunflora is a notable Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Sunflora's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Sunflora's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, Sunflora's speed is doubled during sunny weather.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Sunflora's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Sunflora cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Item: Miracle Seed
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Mild (+SpA, -Def)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm
- Earth Power
- Giga Drain
- Sludge Bomb
Sunflora Support (Special Attacker Flora)
Sunflora is a remarkable Support. With Early Bird, Sunflora's sleep counter drops by 2 instead of 1.
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Sunflora recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sunflora? 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 Specs
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 144 Hp / 112 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Sludge Bomb
- Earth Power
- Hyper Beam / Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Sunflora (Chlorophyll)
Sunflora is an astounding Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Sunflora's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Sunflora's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Chlorophyll, Sunflora's speed is doubled during sunny weather.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Sunflora's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Sunflora cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sunflora 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 Sunflora 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 Sunflora
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Sunny day + Growth
- Moves: Safeguard + Petal dance
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Grassy terrain + Secret power
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Sunflora's stats
- Curse
- Flower Shield
- Growth
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Sunflora
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Sunflora in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Sunflora's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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