Competitive Information for Zubat [X/Y]
Poison / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Zubat? 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.
Zubat is a phenomenal Poison and Flying-typed Pokemon. Zubat is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Zubat is weak to Electric, Ice, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Pluck
- U-turn / Thief
- Poison Fang
- Zen Headbutt
Physical Sweeper Zubat (Infiltrator)
Zubat is an awesome Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Zubat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Zubat's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist. U-turn or Thief are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Pluck is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (Zubat steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Zubat switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Zubat has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Poison Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (50% chance to badly poison the target).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Zubat? 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: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Pluck
- U-turn / Thief
- Poison Fang
- Zen Headbutt
Doubles Physical Sweeper Zubat (Infiltrator)
Zubat is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Zubat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Zubat's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist. U-turn or Thief are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Pluck is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (Zubat steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Zubat switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Zubat has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Poison Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (50% chance to badly poison the target).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Zubat 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 Zubat 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 Zubat
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Snatch, Quick Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Haze
Most notable and possible best moves for Zubat
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Zubat in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Zubat's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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