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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Samurott 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 Samurott, as well as its strengths and weakness.
Samurott - Related Guides | ||
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List of Contents
Blueberry #208 | Type | |
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Samurott | ||
Abilities | ||
Torrent Shell Armor (Hidden) |
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Ability Name | Description | |
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Torrent | Increases the damage of Water-type moves by 50% when the user's HP is below 1/3 its max. | |
Shell Armor (Hidden) |
The user is protected from critical hits. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
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HP | 95 | 132 |
Atk | 100 | 201 |
Def | 85 | 242 |
SpAtk | 108 | 128 |
SpDef | 70 | 376 |
Speed | 70 | 382 |
Total | 528 | 192 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 202 | 202 | 170 | 170 | 155 |
Atk | 167 | 152 | 120 | 108 | 94 |
Def | 150 | 137 | 105 | 94 | 81 |
SpAtk | 176 | 160 | 128 | 115 | 101 |
SpDef | 134 | 122 | 90 | 81 | 67 |
Spd | 134 | 122 | 90 | 81 | 67 |
Best Natures | ||
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Adamant (+Atk, -Sp.Atk) |
Modest (+Sp.Atk, -Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Swords Dance Attacker | ★★★ |
Sub-Petaya Attacker | ★★ |
Nature | Adamant (+Atk, -Sp.Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 252 / Atk 252 / Def 4 |
Final Stat Values | HP 202 / Atk 167 / Def 106 / Sp.Def 90 / Spe 90 |
Ability | Shell Armor |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Life Orb |
Moveset | ・
Swords Dance
・ Razor Shell ・ Tera Blast ・ Aqua Jet |
Access to Swords Dance and a wide special movepool allows Samurott to fill the role of a physical setup sweeper, with Tera Fire giving it great neutral coverage with just its two STAB moves alone.
Access to Swords Dance and a priority STAB move. Shell Armor protects it from critical hits. Tera Fire gives it great neutral coverage alongside Water STAB. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Shell Armor |
Shell Armor is the best Ability for this setup sweeping Samurott as it prevents it from getting hit by a critical hit, even against moves that have a guaranteed critical hit such as Meowscarada's Flower Trick.
Life Orb gives Samurott an extra boost of power, increasing the damage of its moves by 30% at the cost of some recoil damage at the end of every turn.
Swords Dance | Razor Shell |
Tera Blast | Aqua Jet |
Swords Dance raises Samurott's Attack by two stages, allowing it to hit hard with STAB Razor Shell which has a 50% chance to lower the target's Defense by one stage.
Fire-type Tera Blast rounds off Samurott's coverage and has great synergy with Razor Shell, allowing Samurott to hit Grass-types for super effective damage.
Aqua Jet is its last move and offers great utility thanks to its increased priority, allowing it to hit faster but weakened Pokemon
Fire Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Terastallizing into a Fire-type not only gives Samurott Fire-type STAB to round off its coverage, it also allows it to to stay on the field against Grass-types and gives it neutrality to Electric-type attacks.
Best Fire Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle
We're using a standard bulky attacking EV spread with full HP and Attack investment to give it as much bulk and physical offense as possible, with the remaining 4 EVs invested in Defense to slightly boost its Defense.
Liquidation | A slightly stronger alternative to Razor Shell with 100% accuracy but only has a 30% chance to lower the target's Defense by one stage. |
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Drill Run | Can replace Aqua Jet and proves Samurott a Ground-type coverage move. |
Smart Strike | A niche coverage move that allows Samurott to threaten Fairy-types. |
The following calculations take into account Samurott's given EV spread with an Adamant Nature, +2 Attack from Swords Dance, and a Life Orb boost.
Damage Dealt by Samurott |
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Item: Leftovers | Razor Shell 187-221 (90.3 - 106.7%) 37.5% Chance to OHKO |
Item: Leftovers | 244-291 (125.7 - 150%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Item: Leftovers | Aqua Jet 87-103 (47.5 - 56.2%) 25% Chance to 2HKO |
Game8's Competitive Damage Calculator
Nature | Modest (+Sp.Atk, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 252 / Def 4 / Sp.Atk 252 |
Final Stat Values | HP 202 / Def 106 / Sp.Atk 176 / Sp.Def 90 / Spe 90 |
Ability | Torrent |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Petaya Berry |
Moveset | ・
Substitute
・ Hydro Pump ・ Ice Beam ・ Tera Blast |
Samurott's higher base Special Attack stat but lack of boosting move means it needs to rely on Substitute and Petaya Berry to get a boost to increase the power of its special attacks without getting locked with a Choice Item.
Higher base Special Attack. Substitute gives it immunity to status. Most of its special attacks have higher base power. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Torrent |
Since this build requires Samurott to get to low HP, Torrent is the best Ability to give its Water-type moves 1.5x more damage when its HP is 1/3 or less of its max HP.
Petaya Berry raises Samurott's Sp.Atk by one stage when its HP is at 1/4 or less.
Substitute | Hydro Pump |
Ice Beam | Tera Blast |
Substitute is vital for this build since it needs to use it once or twice to get its HP low enough for both Torrent and Petaya to activate. Hydro Pump is its main STAB move, with Ice Beam providing great coverage against Grass, Flying, and Dragon-types.
Its last move is Electric-type Tera Blast and gives Samurott pseudo BoltBeam coverage and allows it to hit almost every Pokemon for neutral damage.
Electric Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Terastallizing into an Electric-type not only allows Samurott to stay on the field against Grass and Electric-types, it also gives Samurott near-perfect neutral coverage alongside Ice Beam.
Best Electric Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle
We're using a standard bulky attacking EV spread with full HP and Special Attack investment to give it as much bulk and special offense as possible, with the remaining 4 EVs invested in Defense to slightly boost its Defense.
Surf | A weaker alternative to Hydro Pump but has 100% accuracy. |
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The following calculations take into account Samurott's given EV spread with Torrent and Petaya Berry boost.
Damage Dealt by Samurott |
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Item: Heavy-Duty Boots | Hydro Pump 198-234 (95.6 - 113%) 68.8% Chance to OHKO |
Item: Heavy-Duty Boots | Ice Beam 150-178 (81.5 - 96.7%) Guaranteed 2HKO |
Item: Leftovers | 140-168 (89.1 - 107%) 37.5% Chance to OHKO |
Game8's Competitive Damage Calculator
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Swords Dance Attacker | ★★★ |
Nature | Adamant (+Atk, -Sp.Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 252 / Atk 252 / Def 4 |
Final Stat Values | HP 202 / Atk 167 / Def 106 / Sp.Def 90 / Spe 90 |
Ability | Shell Armor |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Life Orb |
Moveset | ・
Swords Dance
・ Razor Shell ・ Tera Blast ・ Aqua Jet |
Samurott has an easier time setting up Swords Dance in Doubles thanks to redirection support from the likes of Amoonguss and Toedscruel. It can also get Helping Hand support, allowing it to easily KO Pokemon that don't resist its moves.
Access to Swords Dance and a wide physical movepool. Razor Shell has a 50% chance to lower the target's Defense by one stage. Tera Fire gives it immunity to burns from Will-O-Wisp. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Shell Armor | Life Orb |
Shell Armor gives Samurott immunity to critical hits, including guaranteed critical hits from moves like Flower Trick.
Life Orb boosts the power of Samurott's moves by 30% at the cost of recoil damage at the end of every turn.
Swords Dance | Razor Shell |
Tera Blast | Aqua Jet |
Swords Dance raises Samurott's Attack by two stages, boosting the power of its Razor Shell and Fire-type Tera Blast.
Aqua Jet gives it some utility against faster but weakened attackers, allowing Samurott to KO them before they can make a move.
Fire Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Terastallizing into a Fire-type not only gives Samurott Fire-type STAB to round off its coverage, it also allows it to to stay on the field against Grass-types and gives it neutrality to Electric-type attacks.
Fire Tera Type also gives Samurott immunity to burns from Will-O-Wisp, allowing it to turn the tables against defensive Pokemon looking to stop its sweep.
Best Fire Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle
We're using a standard bulky attacking EV spread with full HP and Attack investment to give it as much bulk and physical offense as possible, with the remaining 4 EVs invested in Defense to slightly boost its Defense.
Liquidation | A slightly stronger alternative to Razor Shell with 100% accuracy but only has a 30% chance to lower the target's Defense by one stage. |
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Drill Run | Can replace Aqua Jet and proves Samurott a Ground-type coverage move. |
Smart Strike | A niche coverage move that allows Samurott to threaten Fairy-types. |
The following calculations take into account Samurott's given EV spread with an Adamant Nature, +2 Attack from Swords Dance, and a Life Orb boost.
Damage Dealt by Samurott |
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Item: Leftovers | Razor Shell 182-218 (81.9 - 98.1%) ) Guaranteed 2HKO |
Item: Leftovers | 244-291 (125.7 - 150%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Item: | Aqua Jet 133-156 (102.3 - 120%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Game8's Competitive Damage Calculator
Although Samurott has higher base Special Attack, it's best used as a physical attacker due to its wider physical movepool and access to Swords Dance.
Samurott is a good addition to balanced teams looking for a slower but bulkier physical attacker that can provide extra coverage with its moves.
Lead Attacker | Defensive Pivot | Special Attacker |
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Samurott | Garganacl | Flutter Mane |
Leading with Samurott is a good idea since your opponent will need to scout or guess if your current build is a physical or special attacker, giving you potentially a free turn to setup with Swords Dance or setup with Substitute.
Garganacl serves as this team's defensive pivot, while Flutter Mane with Choice Specs provides strong special coverage and pressure to the opposing team.
Redirection Support | Lead Attacker |
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Amoonguss | Samurott |
Special Attacker | Physical Attacker |
Flutter Mane | Roaring Moon |
With Amoonguss providing redirection support with Rage Powder, Samurott can safely set up with Swords Dance and even set up multiple times.
Flutter Mane and Roaring Moon are this team's sub attackers, with the latter providing an immediate threat with Booster Energy and can put the pressure on the opposing team if it attacks alongside Samurott.
Samurott's low Special Defense means it's easily checked by a Special Attacker that can hit it with its super effective attacks. Samurott is especially weak against faster special attackers as even with full Speed investment, it's easily outsped by many fast special attackers.
Pokemon | Description |
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Iron Bundle | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Faster than Samurott and can easily KO it with STAB Freeze-Dry. ・Can also KO Samurott with STAB Hydro Pump if it terastallizes into a Fire-type. ▶️Iron Bundle Best Movesets |
Sandy Shocks | Ranking: ★★★★
・Faster and easily KOs Samurott with STAB Thunderbolt. ・Can also KO Samurott with STAB Earth Power if it terastallizes into a Ground-type. ▶️Sandy Shocks Best Movesets |
Tatsugiri | Ranking: ★★★★
・Faster and absorbs Water-type moves with its Storm Drain Ability. ・Can set up with Nasty Plot and threaten Samurott with boosted Dragon Pulse or Draco Meteor. ▶️Tatsugiri Best Movesets |
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