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| Cloyster Movesets in Other Games | |
|---|---|
SV |
SWSH |
This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Cloyster 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 Cloyster, as well as its strengths and weakness.
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| Paldea #330 | Type | |
|---|---|---|
Cloyster
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| Abilities | ||
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Shell Armor Skill Link Overcoat (Hidden) |
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| Weak to: | ||
| (2x) | ||
| Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
| Resists: | (0.5x) | |
| (0.25x) | ||
| Ability Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Shell Armor | The user is protected from critical hits. | |
| Skill Link | Moves that hit 2-5 times will always strike 5 times. | |
| Overcoat (Hidden) |
Protects the user from the effects of Weather and Powder Moves. | |
| Stat | Value | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| HP | 50 | 629 |
| Atk | 95 | 248 |
| Def | 180 | 4 |
| SpAtk | 85 | 258 |
| SpDef | 45 | 678 |
| Speed | 70 | 382 |
| Total | 525 | 196 |
| Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 157 | 157 | 125 | 125 | 110 |
| Atk | 161 | 147 | 115 | 103 | 90 |
| Def | 255 | 232 | 200 | 180 | 166 |
| SpAtk | 150 | 137 | 105 | 94 | 81 |
| SpDef | 106 | 97 | 65 | 58 | 45 |
| Spd | 134 | 122 | 90 | 81 | 67 |
| Best Natures | ||
|---|---|---|
| Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk) |
Adamant (+Atk, -Sp. Atk) |
|
| Build Name | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Shell Smash Cloyster | ★★★★★ |
| Nature | Jolly (+Spe, -Sp. Atk) |
|---|---|
| EV Spread | 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe |
| Final Stat Values | 125 HP / 161 Atk / 201 Def / 65 Sp. Def / 122 Spe |
| Ability | Skill Link |
| Tera Type |
|
| Held Item | Focus Sash |
| Moveset | ・
Shell Smash
・ Icicle Spear ・ Rock Blast ・ Drill Run |
This build utilizes Shell Smash to increase Cloyster's Attack and Sp. Attack to deal as much damage as possible with multi-hit moves. Skill Link allows Cloyster to always hit the maximum 5 times with its multi-hit moves. With one Shell Smash, Cloyster will be able to KO most Pokemon, even with neutral damage.
Focus Sash compensates for Cloyster's extremely low Special Defense, which is further reduced when using Shell Smash. Even against Pokemon that are naturally faster than Cloyster, Focus Sash allows you to tank a hit, then use Shell Smash which will even allow you to outspeed Choice Scarf Jolly Nature Dragapult, as well as deal large amounts of damage.
| Icicle Spear (After Shell Smash) 168 ~ 204 (128.2 ~ 155.7%) Guaranteed OHKO |
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| Icicle Spear (After Shell Smash) 125 ~ 150 (60.9 ~ 73.1%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO |
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| Icicle Spear 190 ~ 240 (113.7 ~ 143.7%) Guaranteed OHKO |
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| Icicle Spear 240 ~ 280 (147.2 ~ 171.7%) Guaranteed OHKO |
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| Rock Blast 150 ~ 180 (90.9 ~ 109%) Guaranteed OHKO |
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| Rock Blast (After Shell Smash) 250 ~ 300 (131.5 ~ 157.8%) Guaranteed OHKO |
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| 53 ~ 64 (42.4 ~ 51.2%) 3.5% Chance to 2-Hit KO |
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Final Attack Value (EV's): 156 Atk(+252 Atk) Held Item: Life Orb Tera Type:
|
47 ~ 57 (37.6 ~ 45.6%) Guaranteed 3-Hit KO |
| Liquidation | Coverage move against Fire types especially when Terastallized to Ice |
|---|---|
| Ice Shard | Ice type alternative with +1 priority |
Cloyster's Shell Smash is its set up move that gives it +2 on Attack, Special Attack, and Speed, in exchange for lowering both it Defense and Special Defense. This allows you to become a very effective glass cannon sweeper, being able to take out the entire enemy team, but being very vulnerable at the same time.
Cloyster is a Glass Cannon, so you typically will want to use it last, when the enemy team already sustained damage from your other Pokemon. You can use hazard setters and utility pokemon to ensure a safe setup for Cloyster.
Alternatively, you can use Special Attackers to deal with pokemon with high Special Defense, since Cloyster is mainly a Physical Attacker.
| Hazard Setter | Utility | Physical Sweeper |
|---|---|---|
Hippowdon
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Cyclizar
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Cloyster
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With this team, you can setup hazards with Hippowdon and deal as much damage while you stall. Cyclizar can use Shed Tail to allow a safe switch in for Cloyster, with the decoy to allow a safe Shell Smash setup.
| Hazard Setter | Bulky Special Attacker | Physical Sweeper |
|---|---|---|
Glimmora
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Gholdengo
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Cloyster
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With this team, you can setup and remove hazards with Glimmora, then switch to Gholdengo to dish out heavy Special Attack based damage. Since Gholdengo is also relatively bulky, it can act as a pivot to change into Cloyster should you need a stronger Physical Attacker on the field.
With a Shell Smash setup, Cloyster will be very hard to outspeed, and with Skill Link, Cloyster's multi hit moves will hit 5 times, putting most Pokemon within OHKO range.
Using Priority moves will allow you to go first despite Cloyster's massive speed boost. With its defenses down, you can knock it out pretty easily.
| Pokemon | Description |
|---|---|
Scizor
|
Ranking: ★★★★★
・Resists Ice type moves ・Can hit Cloyster with priority x2 STAB Bullet Punch ▶️ Scizor Best Movesets |
Gholdengo
|
Ranking: ★★★★★
・Can OHKO Cloyster with either Thunderbolt or Make it Rain ・Can survive Cloyster's multi-hit moves ▶️ Gholdengo Best Movesets |
Lucario
|
Ranking: ★★★★
・Can hit Cloyster with priority x2 STAB Vacuum Wave ・Resists Ice and Rock type moves |

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