Competitive Information for Vullaby [X/Y]
Dark / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Vullaby? 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.
Vullaby is an interesting Dark and Flying-typed Pokemon. Vullaby is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Vullaby is weak to Electric, Fairy, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: White Herb / Focus Sash
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Pluck
- Knock Off / Foul Play
- Rock Tomb / Return
- U-turn
Physical Sweeper Vullaby (Weak Armor)
Vullaby is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Vullaby's negative stat changes once. Focus Sash helps protect Vullaby from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Vullaby it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages. Rock Tomb was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Pluck is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (Vullaby steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Knock Off is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Vullaby switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: White Herb / Life Orb
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dark Pulse / Snarl
- Air Slash / Gust
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Shadow Ball
Special Sweeper Vullaby (Weak Armor)
Vullaby is an awesome Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Vullaby's negative stat changes once. Life Orb boosts the power of Vullaby's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Vullaby it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
♦ Snarl is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Gust is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Flying-type move (power doubles during bounce, fly, and sky drop).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Incinerate is a special 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Overcoat
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 175 Hp / 80 Def / 175 SpA / 80 SpD
Moveset:
- Snarl
- Flatter
- Heat Wave
- Psych Up
Vullaby Special Tank (Vullasweep)
Vullaby is pretty popular Special Tank. It attempts to take a large amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Vullaby's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overcoat, Vullaby is immune to powder moves and damage from sandstorm or hail.
♦ Flatter is a status move (raises the target's special attack by 1 stage and confuses it).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Psych Up is a status move (copies the target's current stat stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Vullaby? 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: White Herb / Focus Sash
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Pluck
- Knock Off / Foul Play
- Rock Tomb / Return
- U-turn
Doubles Physical Sweeper Vullaby (Weak Armor)
Vullaby is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Vullaby's negative stat changes once. Focus Sash helps protect Vullaby from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Vullaby it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages. Rock Tomb was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Pluck is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (Vullaby steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ Knock Off is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Foul Play is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Vullaby switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: White Herb / Life Orb
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Snarl / Dark Pulse
- Air Slash / Gust
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Vullaby (Weak Armor)
Vullaby is a decent Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Vullaby's negative stat changes once. Life Orb boosts the power of Vullaby's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Vullaby it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
♦ Incinerate is a special 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ Snarl is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Gust is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Flying-type move (power doubles during bounce, fly, and sky drop).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Vullaby learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Vullaby 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 Vullaby
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Flatter + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Punishment
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Weak armor + Item: White herb
- Ability: Weak armor + Item: Weakness policy
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Snatch
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Vullaby's stats
- Iron Defense
- Nasty Plot
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Vullaby
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Snarl
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Vullaby in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Vullaby's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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