Competitive Information for Wooper [X/Y]


Water / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Wooper? 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.
Wooper is an interesting Water and Ground-typed Pokemon. Wooper is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Wooper's only type-related weakness is Grass.
Item: Rindo Berry / Shell Bell
Ability: Water Absorb
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 56 Hp / 252 Atk / 20 Def / 180 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Double-Edge / Return
- Ice Punch
Physical Sweeper Wooper (Water Absorb)
Wooper is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Water Absorb, Wooper heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by water moves; water immunity.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
Item: Eviolite
Ability: Unaware
Nature: Impish (+Def, -SpA)
EVs: 32 Hp / 252 Def / 224 Spe
Moveset:
- Encore
- Protect
- Earthquake / Return
- Double Kick
Wooper Physical Wall (Tank Fish)
Wooper is a remarkable Physical Wall. It's primary goal is to take a hefty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Wooper is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until it was realized Eviolite would make it quite viable. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Unaware, Wooper ignores other pokemon's stat stages when taking or doing damage.
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Wooper this turn).
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Double Kick is a physical 30-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Wooper? 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: Rindo Berry / Shell Bell
Ability: Water Absorb
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 56 Hp / 252 Atk / 20 Def / 180 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Double-Edge / Return
- Ice Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Wooper (Water Absorb)
Wooper is a notable Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Water Absorb, Wooper heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by water moves; water immunity.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Wooper 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 Wooper 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 Wooper
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit Up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Haze
Most notable and possible best moves for Wooper
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Wooper in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Wooper's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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