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Competitive Pokemon X/Y Movesets and Strategies for Wobbuffet

Base Stats for Wobbuffet

Psychic

Abilities:
,

Evolutions / Family:
Wobbuffet
Wynaut

Weakness Chart for Psychic-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

2x

0.5x

2x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0.5x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Wobbuffet? 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.

Wobbuffet is a spectacular Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's super common to see Wobbuffet show up as a X/Y opponent. Wobbuffet is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.

Species: Wobbuffet
Item: Custap Berry / Sitrus Berry
Ability: Shadow Tag
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 128 Def / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Counter
- Destiny Bond
- Encore
- Safeguard

Physical Sweeper Wobbuffet (Shadow Tag)

Wobbuffet is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Shadow Tag, prevents adjacent foes from choosing to switch unless they also have this ability.

♦ Counter is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (if hit by physical attack, returns double damage).
♦ Destiny Bond is a status move (if an opponent knocks out your Wobbuffet, it also faints).
♦ Encore is a status move (target repeats its last move for its next 3 turns).
♦ Safeguard is a status move (for 5 turns, protects Wobbuffet's party from status).

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Species: Wobbuffet
Item: Custap Berry / Sitrus Berry
Ability: Shadow Tag
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 128 Def / 252 SpA / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Mirror Coat
- Destiny Bond
- Encore
- Safeguard

Special Sweeper Wobbuffet (Shadow Tag)

Wobbuffet is a spectacular Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Shadow Tag, prevents adjacent foes from choosing to switch unless they also have this ability.

♦ Mirror Coat is a special STAB-boosted 0-base power Psychic-type move (if hit by special attack, returns double damage).
♦ Destiny Bond is a status move (if an opponent knocks out your Wobbuffet, it also faints).
♦ Encore is a status move (target repeats its last move for its next 3 turns).
♦ Safeguard is a status move (for 5 turns, protects Wobbuffet's party from status).

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Species: Wobbuffet
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Shadow Tag
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 28 Hp / 228 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Mirror Coat
- Encore
- Safeguard
- Counter

Wobbuffet Double Wall (Standard Wobbuffet)

Wobbuffet is a stupendous Double Wall. It attempts to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Wobbuffet last longer regaining it's it's HP every turn. With Shadow Tag, prevents adjacent foes from choosing to switch unless they also have this ability.

♦ Mirror Coat is a special STAB-boosted 0-base power Psychic-type move (if hit by special attack, returns double damage).
♦ Encore is a status move (target repeats its last move for its next 3 turns).
♦ Safeguard is a status move (for 5 turns, protects Wobbuffet's party from status).
♦ Counter is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (if hit by physical attack, returns double damage).

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Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Wobbuffet? 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: Wobbuffet
Item: Custap Berry / Sitrus Berry
Ability: Shadow Tag
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 128 Def / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Counter
- Destiny Bond
- Encore
- Safeguard

Doubles Physical Sweeper Wobbuffet (Shadow Tag)

Wobbuffet is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Shadow Tag, prevents adjacent foes from choosing to switch unless they also have this ability.

♦ Counter is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (if hit by physical attack, returns double damage).
♦ Destiny Bond is a status move (if an opponent knocks out your Wobbuffet, it also faints).
♦ Encore is a status move (target repeats its last move for its next 3 turns).
♦ Safeguard is a status move (for 5 turns, protects Wobbuffet's party from status).

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https://hohoushome.com/b/gd10aca

Species: Wobbuffet
Item: Custap Berry / Sitrus Berry
Ability: Shadow Tag
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 128 Def / 252 SpA / 128 SpD
Moveset:
- Mirror Coat
- Destiny Bond
- Encore
- Safeguard

Doubles Special Sweeper Wobbuffet (Shadow Tag)

Wobbuffet is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Shadow Tag, prevents adjacent foes from choosing to switch unless they also have this ability.

♦ Mirror Coat is a special STAB-boosted 0-base power Psychic-type move (if hit by special attack, returns double damage).
♦ Destiny Bond is a status move (if an opponent knocks out your Wobbuffet, it also faints).
♦ Encore is a status move (target repeats its last move for its next 3 turns).
♦ Safeguard is a status move (for 5 turns, protects Wobbuffet's party from status).

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Movepool

Wondering what moves can Wobbuffet 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Wobbuffet 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 Wobbuffet

Ability: Shadow tag + Move: Encore
Ability: Shadow tag + Move: Mirror coat

Most notable and possible best moves for Wobbuffet

Destiny Bond

Common Effort Values for Wobbuffet in X and Y

Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
Optimize Wobbuffet's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y

Competitive Information for Wobbuffet [X/Y]

Movesets for Singles

Physical Sweeper Wobbuffet (Shadow Tag)

Special Sweeper Wobbuffet (Shadow Tag)

Wobbuffet Double Wall (Standard Wobbuffet)

Movesets for Doubles

Doubles Physical Sweeper Wobbuffet (Shadow Tag)

Doubles Special Sweeper Wobbuffet (Shadow Tag)

Movepool

Combo List

Competitive XY Move and Ability Combos for Wobbuffet

Most notable and possible best moves for Wobbuffet

Common Effort Values for Wobbuffet in X and Y

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