Grovyle

Grass

In HPL - Battle Connoisseur

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Base stats

HP50

Atk65

Def45

SpA85

SpD65

Spe95

BST405

Abilities

Primary: Overgrow
Secondary: —
Hidden: Unburden

Singles analysis

What this movepool and ability set qualify for under the Singles on Gen 9 role checks used by league synergy and the roster builder.

Base 95 Speed sits in the middle tier: neither a natural revenge killer nor a slow pivot.

Recovery

Reliable recovery: Synthesis
Rest (near-universal; pairs with Sleep Talk): Rest

Setup

Offensive setup: Swords Dance
Speed setup (Agility / Rock Polish / Autotomize): Agility

Priority

Priority: Vacuum Wave, Quick Attack
Grassy Glide (terrain-gated): Grassy Glide

Anti-setup

Phazing (Whirlwind / Roar / Dragon Tail / Circle Throw): Dragon Tail

Stallbreak / utility

Substitute (near-universal): Substitute
Leech Seed

Moves — Gen 9

Type

67 of 67 moves


Absorb	Grass	Special	20	100	25	User recovers 50% of the damage dealt.
Acrobatics	Flying	Physical	55	100	15	Power doubles if the user has no held item.
Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20	This move does not check accuracy.
Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—	30	Raises the user's Speed by 2.
Assurance	Dark	Physical	60	100	10	Power doubles if target was damaged this turn.
Breaking Swipe	Dragon	Physical	60	100	15	100% chance to lower the foe(s) Attack by 1.
Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15	Destroys screens, unless the target is immune.
Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	25	100	30	Hits 2-5 times in one turn.
Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	15	20% chance to lower the target's Defense by 1.
Detect	Fighting	Status	—	—	5	Prevents moves from affecting the user this turn.
Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10	Digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2.
Double Kick	Fighting	Physical	30	100	30	Hits 2 times in one turn.
Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15	Raises the user's evasiveness by 1.
Dragon Breath	Dragon	Special	60	100	20	30% chance to paralyze the target.
Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	60	90	10	Forces the target to switch to a random ally.
Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100	10	User recovers 50% of the damage dealt.
Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100	5	Lowers the target's HP to the user's HP.
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10	User survives attacks this turn with at least 1 HP.
Energy Ball	Grass	Special	90	100	10	10% chance to lower the target's Sp. Def by 1.
Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20	Power doubles if user is burn/poison/paralyzed.
False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100	40	Always leaves the target with at least 1 HP.
Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100	10	Flings the user's item at the target. Power varies.
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20	Fails if the user takes damage before it hits.
Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20	Power doubles with each hit, up to 160.
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10	User recovers 50% of the damage dealt.