Venomoth
BugPoison
In HPL - Battle Connoisseur
Base stats
HP70
Atk65
Def60
SpA90
SpD75
Spe90
BST450
Abilities
- Primary
- Shield Dust
- Secondary
- Tinted Lens
- Hidden
- Wonder Skin
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 90 Speed sits in the middle tier: neither a natural revenge killer nor a slow pivot.
Hazards
- Toxic Spikes
Pivoting
- Pivot (U-turn / Volt Switch / Flip Turn / Parting Shot / Chilly Reception)
- U-turn
Recovery
- Reliable recovery
- Morning Sun
- Rest (near-universal; pairs with Sleep Talk)
- Rest
Setup
- Offensive setup
- Quiver Dance
- Speed setup (Agility / Rock Polish / Autotomize)
- Agility
Status
- Toxic
- Status chance riders (minor)
- Sludge Bomb
Stallbreak / utility
- Substitute (near-universal)
- Substitute
Moves — Gen 9
56 of 56 moves
| Details | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acid Spray | Poison | Special | 40 | 100 | 20 | 100% chance to lower the target's Sp. Def by 2. | |
| Acrobatics | Flying | Physical | 55 | 100 | 15 | Power doubles if the user has no held item. | |
| Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 | Raises the user's Speed by 2. | |
| Air Cutter | Flying | Special | 60 | 95 | 25 | High critical hit ratio. Hits adjacent foes. | |
| Air Slash | Flying | Special | 75 | 95 | 15 | 30% chance to make the target flinch. | |
| Baton Pass | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 | User switches, passing stat changes and more. | |
| Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | User steals and eats the target's Berry. | |
| Bug Buzz | Bug | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | 10% chance to lower the target's Sp. Def by 1. | |
| Confuse Ray | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 | Confuses the target. | |
| Confusion | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 | 10% chance to confuse the target. | |
| Disable | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | For 4 turns, disables the target's last move used. | |
| Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 | Has 33% recoil. | |
| 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. | |
| Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 | User recovers 50% of the damage dealt. | |
| Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 | User cannot move next turn. | |
| Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 | User cannot move next turn. | |
| Leech Life | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 | User recovers 50% of the damage dealt. | |
| Lunge | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | 100% chance to lower the target's Attack by 1. | |
| Morning Sun | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 | Heals the user by a weather-dependent amount. | |
| Night Shade | Ghost | Special | — | 100 | 15 | Does damage equal to the user's level. | |
| Poison Fang | Poison | Physical | 50 | 100 | 15 | 50% chance to badly poison the target. | |
| Poison Powder | Poison | Status | — | 75 | 35 | Poisons the target. |