Volbeat
Bug
Base stats
HP65
Atk73
Def75
SpA47
SpD85
Spe85
BST430
Abilities
- Primary
- Illuminate
- Secondary
- Swarm
- Hidden
- Prankster
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 85 Speed sits in the middle tier: neither a natural revenge killer nor a slow pivot.
Pivoting
- Pivot (U-turn / Volt Switch / Flip Turn / Parting Shot / Chilly Reception)
- U-turn
Recovery
- Reliable recovery
- Roost, Moonlight
- Rest (near-universal; pairs with Sleep Talk)
- Rest
Priority
- Priority
- Quick Attack
- Prankster (status priority)
- Prankster
Status
- Paralysis (Thunder Wave / Glare / Nuzzle)
- Thunder Wave
Anti-setup
- Encore
Stallbreak / utility
- Taunt
- Trick / Switcheroo
- Trick
- Substitute (near-universal)
- Substitute
Screens
- Screens (near-universal movepool)
- Light Screen
Moves — Gen 9
63 of 63 moves
| Details | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Body Slam | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 | 30% chance to paralyze the target. | |
| Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Destroys screens, unless the target is immune. | |
| 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. | |
| Charge Beam | Electric | Special | 50 | 90 | 10 | 70% chance to raise the user's Sp. Atk by 1. | |
| Chilling Water | Water | Special | 50 | 100 | 20 | 100% chance to lower the target's Attack by 1. | |
| Confuse Ray | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 | Confuses the target. | |
| Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | If hit by physical attack, returns double damage. | |
| Dazzling Gleam | Fairy | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 | No additional effect. Hits adjacent foes. | |
| Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | Raises the user's evasiveness by 1. | |
| Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 | Has 33% recoil. | |
| Encore | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 5 | Target repeats its last move for its next 3 turns. | |
| 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. | |
| Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | Power doubles if user is burn/poison/paralyzed. | |
| 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. | |
| Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 | User recovers 50% of the damage dealt. | |
| Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | One adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn. | |
| Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | 10% chance to freeze the target. |