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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Espathra 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 Espathra, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.
Espathra - Related Guides | ||
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Evolution and Learnset | Moveset for Ranked Battle | Tera Raid Build |
List of Contents
Paldea #264 | Type | |
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Espathra | ||
Abilities | ||
Opportunist Frisk Speed Boost (Hidden) |
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Damaged Normally By: |
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Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Ability Name | Description | |
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Opportunist | The Pokemon copies any stat boosts of its opponent. | |
Frisk | The user can check the opponent's held item when it enters the battlefield. | |
Speed Boost (Hidden) |
Increases the user's Speed by one stage at the end of each turn. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
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HP | 95 | 132 |
Atk | 60 | 589 |
Def | 60 | 509 |
SpAtk | 101 | 154 |
SpDef | 60 | 503 |
Speed | 105 | 100 |
Total | 481 | 363 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 202 | 202 | 170 | 170 | 155 |
Atk | 123 | 112 | 80 | 72 | 58 |
Def | 123 | 112 | 80 | 72 | 58 |
SpAtk | 168 | 153 | 121 | 108 | 95 |
SpDef | 123 | 112 | 80 | 72 | 58 |
Spd | 172 | 157 | 125 | 112 | 99 |
Best Natures | ||
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Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk) |
Timid (+Spe, -Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Baton Pass | ★★★★ |
Focus Sash | ★★★★ |
Stored Power | ★★★ |
Nature | Bold (+Def, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 164 / Def 236 / Sp. Atk 4 / Sp. Def 4 / Spe 100 |
Final Stat Values | HP 164 / Def 121 / Sp.Atk 122 / Sp.Def 81 / Spe 138 |
Ability | Speed Boost |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Sitrus Berry |
Moveset | ・
Calm Mind
・ Stored Power ・ Baton Pass ・ Protect |
Calm Mind + Speed Boost makes it a scary sweeper if it gets enough boosts. Can pass buffs to a different Special Attacker with Baton Pass. Stall out turns for more Speed boosts with Sitrus Berry healing and Protect.
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Ability | Held Item | |
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Speed Boost | Sitrus Berry |
Speed Boost is the best ability for Espathra because it can increase Stored Power's damage and it can also pass the Speed boosts it gets to a teammate with Baton Pass.
Sitrus Berry is the item used on this build so that Espathra can heal itself after being brought down to half health. The healing from a Sitrus Berry could result in an extra activation of Speed Boost.
Calm Mind | Stored Power |
Baton Pass | Protect |
Calm Mind is used to boost Espathra's Sp. Atk and Sp. Def, which in turn boosts the base damage of Stored Power.
Stored Power gets stronger the more stat boost Espathra gets. It can potentially get +60 BP a turn with both Calm Mind and Speed Boost going off.
Baton Pass allows Espathra to pass its stat boosts to another Pokemon on its team.
Protect ensures that Espathra gets one Speed Boost off at the end of the turn.
Fairy Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
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Damaged Normally By: |
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Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Immune to: | (0x) |
Fairy is the best Tera Type for Espathra because it is one of the best defensive types in the game. Fairy's Poison-type weakness is also checked by Espathra's Psychic-type attacks.
Majority of the EVs are placed into Espathra's HP and Defense to significantly increase its bulk, while a 100 EVs are put in its Speed to ensure that Espathra outspeeds non-Speed boosted Flutter Manes and Chien-Paos after one Speed Boost proc.
The other 8 EVs are evenly split between Sp. Atk and Sp. Def to help round out its stats.
A Bold nature is preferred to help Espathra tank hits from the many physical attackers in the meta.
Lumina Crash | A strong Psychic-type attack that also lowers the opponent's Sp. Def by two stages. |
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Dazzling Gleam | A good coverage move for Espathra that also gets boosted while it is Terastallized into a Fairy-type. |
Nature | Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | 252 Sp. Atk / 4 Sp. Def / 252 Spe |
Final Stat Values | 170 HP / 80 Def / 168 Sp. Atk / 81 Sp. Def / 157 Spe |
Ability | Speed Boost |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Focus Sash |
Moveset | ・
Lumina Crash
・ Dazzling Gleam ・ Protect ・ Shadow Ball |
Espathra's ability Speed Boost allows it to increase its Speed by one stage at the end of every turn, which can be extremely devastating when used together with its signature move Lumina Crash which also decreases your opponent's Special Defense by two stages. Lumina Crash has a base power of 80, and also gains STAB from Espathra's Psychic typing, allowing you to OHKO or 2HKO almost every Pokemon.
By giving Espathra a Focus Sash, you can take a lethal hit, giving you time to gain +1 Speed from Speed Boost, wherein you can outspeed Pokemon like Meowscarada and Dragapult, setting you up for a reverse sweep. This particular moveset also gives you a combination of Fairy, Psychic, and Ghost-type attacks, giving you coverage against most of the common Meta Pokemon.
Roost | Taking Roost over Protect gives you the option to use this move every turn, while you build up your Speed bonuses from your Ability |
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Stored Power | Since Speed Boost gives you +1 Speed every turn, you can use Stored Power to capitalize on the stat boosts if you are able to stall the game for long enough |
Nature | Timid (+Spe, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 252 / Def 252 / Spe 4 |
Final Stat Values | HP 202 / Def 112 / Sp.Atk 121 / Sp.Def 80 / Spe 138 |
Ability | Speed Boost |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Leftovers |
Moveset | ・
Calm Mind
・ Stored Power ・ Tera Blast ・ Roost |
Espathra can achieve several boosts to power up its Stored Power thanks to its Speed Boost Ability. Coupled with Calm Mind, this bulkier special attacking build can overpower walls once it gets enough boost for its Stored Power.
Speed Boost Ability boosts the power of its Stored Power. Boasts reliable recovery in Roost. Can surprise its usual checks with Tera Fire Stored Power. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Speed Boost | Leftovers |
Speed Boost raises Espathra's Speed by two stages at the end of every turn, allowing it to outrun most Pokemon even with minimal Speed investment after a few turns.
Leftovers gives Espathra passive healing and is important for this bulkier build and can bring Espathra back to full health alongside Roost.
Calm Mind | Stored Power |
Tera Blast | Roost |
Calm Mind boosts Espathra's Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage, and contributes to the increase in base power for Stored Power.
With one Calm Mind and one Speed Boost, Stored Power becomes a 100 Base Power Psychic move, allowing it to deal significant damage even with no Special Attack investment and it's even possible to increase this damage more as Espathra accumulates more Speed Boosts.
Tera Blast gives Espathra a secondary STAB move once it Terastallizes into a Fire-type, while Roost allows it to heal off lost health and allow it to accumulate more boosts throughout the match.
Fire Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
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Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Terastallizing Espathra into a Fire-type gives it resistances to Fairy, Bug, Grass, and Ice-types. Fire also helps it overcome Steel-types like Gholdengo and Kingambit who are resistant or immune to Stored Power.
Best Fire Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle
We're using a defensive EV spread with full HP and Defense EVs to give it as much physical bulk as possible, with the remaining 4 EVs invested in Speed so that it can outrun slower attackers with one Speed Boost.
Lumina Crash | Can replace Roost to prevent Special Walls from switching in. |
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The following calculations take into account Espathra's given EV spread with a Timid Nature and +1 Sp. Atk, +1 Sp.Def, and +2 Speed.
Damage Dealt by Espathra |
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Item: Leftovers | Stored Power 73-87 (47 - 56.1%) 21.9% Chance to 2HKO |
Item: Leftovers | 116-138 (59.7 - 71.1%) Guaranteed 2HKO |
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Espathra gains +1 Speed after every turn thanks to its ability Speed Boost, so when facing Pokemon that are faster than you, try to stall during the first few turns so that you gain enough Speed boosts to outspeed them and potentially reverse sweep the enemy team.
Espathra's signature move Lumina Crash deals decent damage and reduces your opponent's Special Defense by two stages. When facing bulky Pokemon, you can continuously hit them with Lumina Crash and put them within a 2HKO range with this Psychic-type STAB attack.
Espathra benefits from having other Special Attackers on its team that appreciate the stat boosts passed from Baton Pass or the Sp. Def drops from Lumina Crash.
Offensive Lead | Baton Passer | Special Attacker |
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Ogerpon (Hearthflame Mask) | Espathra | Bloodmoon Ursaluna |
Espathra is used to pass its boosts from Calm Mind and Speed Boost to Bloodmoon Ursaluna and make it a terrifying sweeper.
Lead with Hearthflame Ogerpon and remove any threats to Espathra and Bloodmoon Ursaluna to ensure an easy setup for an Ursaluna sweep.
Pokemon | Description |
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Flutter Mane | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Espathra needs 2-3 Speed Boost procs to outspeed Speed Booster Flutter Mane. ・Shadowball threatens an OHKO before any Calm Mind boosts. ▶️ Flutter Mane Best Movesets |
Urshifu Single-Strike Style | Ranking: ★★★★
・Wicked Blow is an OHKO that ignores Protect thanks to its ability Unseen Fist. ・Immune to Psychic-type attacks thanks to its Dark typing. ▶️ Urshifu Single-Strike Best Movesets |
Chien-Pao | Ranking: ★★★★
・+1 priority Sucker Punch doesn't care about Espathra's Speed boosts. ・Immune to Psychic-type attacks thanks to its Dark typing. ▶️ Chien-Pao Best Movesets |
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