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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Kilowattrel 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 Kilowattrel, as well as its strengths and weakness.
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| Paldea #178 | Type | |
|---|---|---|
Kilowattrel
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| Abilities | ||
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Wind Power Volt Absorb Competitive (Hidden) |
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| Weak to: | ||
| (2x) | ||
| Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
| Resists: | (0.5x) | |
| Immune to: | (0x) | |
| Ability Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Wind Power | The Pokemon becomes charged and boosts the damage of the next Electric-type move it uses when it is hit by a wind move. | |
| Volt Absorb | The user restores up to 25% of its max HP instead of taking damage when hit with Electric-type moves. | |
| Competitive (Hidden) |
Increases the user's Special Attack by two stages when the user's stats get lowered. | |
| Stat | Value | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| HP | 70 | 383 |
| Atk | 70 | 471 |
| Def | 60 | 509 |
| SpAtk | 105 | 131 |
| SpDef | 60 | 503 |
| Speed | 125 | 27 |
| Total | 490 | 311 |
| Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 177 | 177 | 145 | 145 | 130 |
| Atk | 134 | 122 | 90 | 81 | 67 |
| Def | 123 | 112 | 80 | 72 | 58 |
| SpAtk | 172 | 157 | 125 | 112 | 99 |
| SpDef | 123 | 112 | 80 | 72 | 58 |
| Spd | 194 | 177 | 145 | 130 | 117 |
| Best Natures | ||
|---|---|---|
| Timid (+Spe, -Atk) |
Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk) |
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| Build Name | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Rain Team Specially Offensive Kilowattrel | ★★★★★ |
| Nature | Timid (+Spe, -Atk) |
|---|---|
| EV Spread | 4 HP / 252 Sp. Atk / 252 Spe |
| Final Stat Values | 146 HP / 80 Def / 157 Sp. Atk / 80 Sp. Def / 194 Spe |
| Ability | Volt Absorb |
| Tera Type |
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| Held Item | Focus Sash |
| Moveset | ・
Hurricane
・ Thunder ・ Tera Blast ・ U-turn |
This Kilowattrel build is best used in Rain teams which can help boost the accuracy of both Hurricane and Thunder.
Water Tera Blast is also boosted in Rain, which helps it against Rock and Ground-types.
Kilowattrel's frail defenses necessitates the use of Focus Sash to allow it to withstand more than one attack.
| Volt Switch | Another retreating option over U-Turn but can be stopped by Ground-types. |
|---|
| Item: Clear Amulet | Water Tera Blast in Rain 66 ~ 81 (45.5 ~ 55.8%) 73% chance to 2-Hit KO |
Ability:
Guts
Item:
Flame Orb
|
Hurricane 180 ~ 212 (80.7 ~ 95%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO after Burn Damage |
| Build Name | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Specially Offensive Kilowattrel | ★★★★★ |
| Nature | Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk) |
|---|---|
| EV Spread | 4 HP / 252 Sp. Atk / 252 Spe |
| Final Stat Values | 146 HP / 80 Def / 177 Sp. Atk / 80 Sp. Def / 172 Spe |
| Ability | Competitive |
| Tera Type |
|
| Held Item | Focus Sash |
| Moveset | ・
Discharge
・ Air Slash ・ Tailwind ・ Protect |
This Kilowattrel build is best played alongside Garchomp, letting them use their Disquake Combo.
Disquake is Garchomp using Earthquake next to a partner who is immune to it, while its partner (in this case, Kilowattrel) uses Discharge.
Tailwind is run so that Kilowattrel and Garchomp can go toe-to-toe against Murkrow and Garchomp leads, while Protect saves Kilowattrel's Focus Sash from Fake Out.
| U-turn | U-Turn lets Kilowattrel switch out of the active spot even against Ground-types or through Shadow Tag. |
|---|
| Item: Life Orb | Discharge 97 ~ 115 (60.2 ~ 71.4%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO |
| Item: Clear Amulet | Discharge 232 ~ 280 (136.4 ~ 164.7%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Kilowattrel is outsped by very few Pokemon outside of Tailwind. Notably Electrode, Dragapult, Barraskewda, Eiscue and Jolteon.
This means that Kilowattrel will usually get attacks off first against most of the roster of currently available Pokemon. (Iron Bundle, Flutter Mane, Chien-Pao, Koraidon and Miraidon also outspeed Kilowattrel).
In Ranked Battles where opponents cannot see your sets, a well placed Ice Tera Blast into the Garchomp slot can turn the battle in your favor by taking out a key Attacker.
Because of Kilowattrel's poor defenses, it is often good to preserve its HP and keep it as healthy for as long as possible.
Kilowattrel is best in team compositions with teammates that can either switch in and tank hits, or further boost Kilowattrel's Offense (like through Rain).
| Weather Setter | Fast Special Attacker | Fast Physical Attacker |
|---|---|---|
Pelipper
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Kilowattrel
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Palafin
|
Pelipper can set Rain for Kilowattrel, boosting the accuracy of its moves. Its low Speed Stat lets it use U-Turn last so Kilowattrel can come in safely.
Palafin also takes advantage of Rain with Rain boosting the damage output of its Water-type Attacks.
| Special Attacker | Physical Attacker |
|---|---|
Kilowattrel
|
Garchomp
|
| Special Attacker | Support / Redirection |
Sylveon
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Amoonguss
|
Kilowattrel and Garchomp can use Discharge and Earthquake alongside each other. This makes for a combo that's difficult to beat, unless our opponents run Wide Guard.
Sylveon can cover for Garchomp and Kilowattrel's shared Ice weakness, while Amoonguss can provide valuable redirection to the whole team with Rage Powder.
Electric and Flying are both easy enough to wall.
Tyranitar takes ignorable damage from both, while breaking potential Focus Sash with its Sand Stream.
Kilowattrel's Speed can be outdone by Priority Moves. Use these to move before Kilowattrel and damage it before it gets to attack.
Priority Moves will make quick work of Kilowattrel as well as break potential Focus Sashes that Kilowattrel may usually have.
| Pokemon | Description |
|---|---|
Tyranitar
|
Ranking: ★★★★★
・Takes negligible damage from Kilowattrel's STAB options, and can hit back with a powerful Rock-type Attack. ・Can break Focus Sashes with Sand Stream. ▶️Tyranitar Best Movesets |
Hariyama
|
Ranking: ★★★★★
・Though weak to Flying, Hariyama can use Fake Out to assist its teammate setting up Trick Room, which puts Kilowattrel at a disadvantage. ▶️Hariyama Best Movesets |

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