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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Armarouge Moveset

This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Armarouge in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use with Armarouge, as well as its strengths and weakness.

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Armarouge Base Stats, Type, Abilities and Weaknesses

Paldea #166 Type
Armarouge ImageArmarouge
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Fire Icon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Psychic Icon
Abilities
Flash Fire
Weak Armor (Hidden)
Weak to:
(2x)
Pokemon Water Type Icon Pokemon Ground Type Icon Pokemon Rock Type Icon Pokemon Ghost Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon
Damaged Normally
By:
(1x)
Pokemon Normal Type Icon Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Poison Type Icon Pokemon Flying Type Icon Pokemon Bug Type Icon Pokemon Dragon Type Icon
Resists: (0.5x)
Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Ice Type Icon Pokemon Fighting Type Icon Pokemon Psychic Type Icon Pokemon Steel Type Icon Pokemon Fairy Type Icon

What is Type Effectiveness?

Ability Name Description
Flash Fire Increases the damage from Fire-type moves by 50% if the user is hit with a Fire-type move. Once activated the user becomes immune to Fire-type attacks.
Weak Armor
(Hidden)
Increases the user's Speed by two stages when it gets hit by a physical attack but lowers the user's Defense by one stage.

Base Stats

Base Stats
Lv. 50 Stats
Stat Value Rank
HP
85
220
Atk
60
589
Def
100
119
SpAtk
125
53
SpDef
80
269
Speed
75
350
Total
525
196
Explanation of Pokemon Stats
Stat Max 0Nat 0EV -Nat Min
HP 192 192 160 160 145
Atk 123 112 80 72 58
Def 167 152 120 108 94
SpAtk 194 177 145 130 117
SpDef 145 132 100 90 76
Spd 139 127 95 85 72
  • Max: Max IVs & EVs and a stat-boosting Nature
  • 0Nat: Max IVs & EVs and a neutral Nature
  • 0EV: Max IVs, 0 EVs, and a neutral Nature
  • -Nat: Max IVs, 0 EVs, and a stat-reducing Nature
  • Min: 0 IVs & EVs, and a stat-reducing Nature
Introduction to EVs, IVs, and Natures

Best Nature for Armarouge

Best Natures
Modest
(+Sp.Atk, -Atk)
Defense
(+Def, -Atk)

What are Natures?

Singles Movesets for Armarouge

Build Name Recommendation
Trick Room Attacker ★★★★★
Weak Armor Sweeper ★★★★

Trick Room Moveset & Best Build

Nature Modest (+Sp.Atk, -Atk)
EV Spread HP 244 / Def 148 / Sp.Atk 116
Final Stat Values HP 191 / Def 139 / Sp.Atk 176 / Sp.Def 100 / Spe 95
Ability Flash Fire
Tera Type Pokemon Fighting Type Icon
Held Item Weakness Policy
Moveset Armor Cannon
Aura Sphere
Dark Pulse
Trick Room

Armarouge's low speed make it a great Trick Room setter, with its natural physical bulk letting it survive a super effective hit to activate Weakness Policy.

Armor Cannon is its main STAB move, boasting high base power with the only drawback being the one stage drop in Defense and Sp.Defense. Aura Sphere is its main coverage move and gets a good boost when terastallizing into a Fighting-type.

Dark Pulse is its last coverage move and allows it to take on opposing Psychic and Ghost-types.

Other Viable Moves

Psyshock Psyshock is a good alternative Dark Palse that gives Armarouge a secondary STAB and allows it to threaten Chansey and Blissey.
Energy Ball A good alternative coverage move to Dark Pulse that allows Armarouge to beat bulky Water-types.

Weak Armor Sweeper Moveset & Best Build

Nature Modest (+Sp.Atk, -Atk)
EV Spread HP 4 / Sp.Atk 252 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values HP 161 / Def 120 / Sp.Atk 194 / Sp.Def 100 / Spe 127
Ability Weak Armor
Tera Type Pokemon Fire Type Icon
Held Item Life Orb
Moveset Armor Cannon
Aura Sphere
Dark Pulse
Psyshock

Armarouge's natural physical bulk make it a great Weak Armor user as it can shrug off a physical attack to gain the two-stage Speed boost. This allows it to unleash powerful Life Orb-boosted Armor Cannon, further increased powered up by Fire Tera type.

Aura Sphere and Dark Pulse are its two main coverage moves, giving it great neutral coverage against its common switch-ins.

Psyshock is its last move and is a great secondary STAB that allows it to threaten special walls like as the move hits their weaker Defense stat.

Other Viable Moves

Flame Charge Although a physical attack, Flame Charge is a great move to as it gives Armarouge a way to boost its Speed when Weak Armor hasn't activated yet.
Energy Ball A great alternative to Dark Pulse that gives it coverage against Water-types.

Doubles Movesets for Armarouge

Build Name Recommendation
Trick Room Attacker Armarouge ★★★★★
Weakness Policy Armarouge ★★★★★

Trick Room Attacker Armarouge Moveset & Best Build

Nature Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EV Spread 4 HP / 252 Sp. Atk / 252 Spe
Final Stat Values 161 HP / 120 Def / 177 Sp. Atk / 100 Sp. Def / 139 Spe
Ability Flash Fire
Tera Type Pokemon Grass Type Icon
Held Item Life Orb
Moveset Armor Cannon
Expanding Force
Wide Guard
Trick Room

Armarouge's Speed Stat is at a comfortable number, wherein it can outspeed most foes under Tailwind, or underspeed them for Trick Room. Using Trick Room is often a good option when the opponent has set up a Tailwind of their own. When Armarouge is attacking first, it can often take out multiple opponents, especially with its powerful Expanding Force.

Wide Guard can help Armarouge and its partner protect themselves from spread attacks like Snarl or Earthquake.

Grass is the defensive Tera Type of choice, because it can protect Armarouge from Ground and Water-type Moves, but players may opt for Psychic Tera to boost the power of Expanding Force.

Other Viable Moves

Protect Protect is good for scouting, or stalling out turns of Tailwind, or disadvatageous turns of Trick Room.

Weakness Policy Armarouge Moveset & Best Build

Nature Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EV Spread 4 HP / 252 Sp. Atk / 252 Spe
Final Stat Values 161 HP / 120 Def / 177 Sp. Atk / 100 Sp. Def / 139 Spe
Ability Weak Armor
Tera Type Pokemon Grass Type Icon
Held Item Weakness Policy
Moveset Armor Cannon
Expanding Force
Protect
Aura Sphere

Armarouge with Weakness Policy is often paired with Iron Bundle, who can Flip Turn into Armarouge, trigger its Weakness Policy, switch into Indeedee-F and Expanding Force for massive daamge. Armor Cannon and Aura Sphere is a solid option for turns where an opponent has Wide Guard.

Protect can help Armarouge on turns where it is in danger of getting double targeted.

Other Viable Moves

Wide Guard Wide Guard can take unprepared opponents by surprise, protecting you from powerful spread moves like Gholdengo's Make it Rain and Garchomp's Earthquake

How to Use Armarouge Effectively

A Bulky Special Attacker

Armarouge's great natural bulk and dual STAB makes it a great choice for main special attacker. It also has a great special movepool, with key coverage moves like Aura Sphere and Energy Ball giving it tools to take on its usual switch-ins.

How to Build a Team with Armarouge

Armarouge is easy to fit into any team, though it shines in more defensive-oriented compositions that can cover its middling speed and weakness to entry hazards.

Sample Singles Team

Lead Support Special Attacker Offensive Pivot
Great Tusk ImageGreat Tusk Armarouge ImageArmarouge Gyarados ImageGyarados

Armarouge has trouble switching into entry hazards due to its weakness to both Stealth Rock and Spikes. This makes Great Tusk a great partner thanks to its massive physical bulk and ability to Rapid Spin entry hazards away.

Gyarados functions as this team's offensive pivot and is a great switch-in to Water-types such as Azumarill and Palafin.

Sample Doubles Team

Support Trick Room Setter / Special Attacker
Indeedee (Female) ImageIndeedee (Female) Armarouge ImageArmarouge
Special Attacker Physical Attacker
Sylveon ImageSylveon Meowscarada ImageMeowscarada

Indeedee-F is most useful when it is redirecting damage away from Armarouge. Even though they share a Dark-type weakness, a teammate like Sylveon in the back can help against Dark-type Pokemon.

Meowscarada is great matchup against Water and Ground-type Pokemon who may want to take on Armarouge.

Counters for Armarouge

Take Advantage of its Common Weaknesses

Although Armarouge has a great dual STAB, it's also weak to common attacking types such as Rock, Dark, Ghost, and Ground.

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon Description
Tyranitar ImageTyranitar Ranking: ★★★★★
・Resists Armarouge's Fire-type moves and is immune to Psychic-type moves.
Sand Stream boosts its Sp.Defense by 50%, allowing to shrug off Armarouge's coverage moves.
Houndoom ImageHoundoom Ranking: ★★★★
・Immune to both of Armarouge's STAB thanks to Flash Fire.
・Hits Armarouge weaker Sp. Defense with STAB Dark Pulse.
Flutter Mane ImageFlutter Mane Ranking: ★★★★
・Faster and hits Armarouge's weaker Sp.Defense with STAB Shadow Ball.
・Great special bulk lets its easily shrug off Armarouge's attacks when switching in.
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3 Anonymous@Game8over 1 year

Sorry for the mistake. The EV Spread for the Trick Room build has been fixed, thank you for noticing the error!

2 Anonymousover 1 year

your EV spread is fucked up wtf did you enter!?

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