Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV)

Bruxish Movesets and Best Builds

This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Bruxish 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 Bruxish, as well as its strengths and weakness.

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Bruxish Base Stats, Type, Ability and Weakness

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Type
Bruxish ImageBruxish
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Water Icon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Psychic Icon
Abilities
Dazzling
Strong Jaw
Wonder Skin (Hidden)
Weak to:
(2x)
Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Bug Type Icon Pokemon Ghost Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon
Damaged Normally
By:
(1x)
Pokemon Normal Type Icon Pokemon Poison Type Icon Pokemon Ground Type Icon Pokemon Flying Type Icon Pokemon Rock Type Icon Pokemon Dragon Type Icon Pokemon Fairy Type Icon
Resists: (0.5x)
Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Water Type Icon Pokemon Ice Type Icon Pokemon Fighting Type Icon Pokemon Psychic Type Icon Pokemon Steel Type Icon

What is Type Effectiveness?

Ability Name Description
Dazzling Prevents the opponent from using moves that have an increased Speed priority.
Strong Jaw Increases the damage of the user's Biting moves by 50%.
Wonder Skin
(Hidden)
Lowers the accuracy of status inducing moves targeted at the user by 50%.

Base Stats

Base Stats
Lv. 50 Stats
Stat Value Rank
HP
68
438
Atk
105
174
Def
70
384
SpAtk
70
381
SpDef
70
376
Speed
92
196
Total
475
387
Explanation of Pokemon Stats
Stat Max 0Nat 0EV -Nat Min
HP 175 175 143 143 128
Atk 172 157 125 112 99
Def 134 122 90 81 67
SpAtk 134 122 90 81 67
SpDef 134 122 90 81 67
Spd 158 144 112 100 87
  • 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 Bruxish

Best Natures
Impish
(+Def, -Sp. Atk)

What are Natures?

Doubles Movesets for Bruxish

Build Name Recommendation
Bulky Bruxish ★★★★

Bulky Bruxish Moveset & Best Build

Nature Impish (+Def, -Sp. Atk)
EV Spread 252 HP / 4 Atk / 124 Def / 124 Sp. Def / 4 Spe
Final Stat Values 175 HP / 126 Atk / 116 Def / 106 Sp. Def / 113 Spe
Ability Dazzling
Tera Type Pokemon Fairy Type Icon
Held Item Sitrus Berry
Moveset Wave Crash
Psychic Fangs
Trick Room
Taunt

Summary

Pokeball IconVery good matchup into important meta threats.

Pokeball IconCan protect its team from priority moves.

Pokeball IconCan be built to be defensive.

Ability and Held Item

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Bruxish Image
Ability Held Item
Dazzling Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Sitrus Berry ImageSitrus Berry

Dazzling is Bruxish's best Ability, as it allows Bruxish to block Priority Moves for itself and its teammates. This is important for protecting its team from Fake Out, Sucker Punch, or Prankster Taunt.

Sitrus Berry gives Bruxish more staying power in a match.

Moves Breakdown

Wave Crash Psychic Fangs
Trick Room Taunt

Wave Crash is a reliable way for Bruxish to deal damage. This is also useful for activating Sitrus Berry after Bruxish has taken a little bit of damage.
Psychic Fangs is another reliable STAB option, that also has the added benefit of breaking Screens

Trick Room can reverse turn order, which is important for determining which Pokemon can attack first.
Taunt is a great option for denying opposing Pokemon from setting up.

Best Tera Type: Fairy

Fairy Tera Type Matchup
Weak to:
(2x)
Pokemon Poison Type Icon Pokemon Steel Type Icon
Damaged Normally
By:
(1x)
Pokemon Normal Type Icon Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Water Type Icon Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Ice Type Icon Pokemon Ground Type Icon Pokemon Flying Type Icon Pokemon Psychic Type Icon Pokemon Rock Type Icon Pokemon Ghost Type Icon Pokemon Fairy Type Icon
Resists: (0.5x)
Pokemon Fighting Type Icon Pokemon Bug Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon
Immune to: (0x)
Pokemon Dragon Type Icon

Fairy is the best Tera Type for Bruxish, as it eliminates its weaknesses to Dark and Ghost. It also removes its weaknesses from its Water-typing.

Best Fairy Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle

EV Spread and Nature

smallyeevgc's Bruxish is very bulky, with an Impish Nature giving it extra bulk on the physical end.

HP is maximized with 252 EVs, while an even 124 are put into its defensive stats. 4 EVs are put into Attack and Speed, optimizing its EV spread with no wasted EVs.

Other Viable Moves

Aqua Jet While Bruxish's Dazzling can block Priority moves, Bruxish itself can use Aqua Jet. This is useful for picking off low HP Pokemon, most notably Pokemon surviving on 1 HP from Focus Sash.

Key Damage Calculations

Attack Icon Pokemon SVDamage Dealt by Bruxish
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Heatran Image 91 HP|106 Def
Defensive EV Investment:
4 HP
Item: Life Orb
Wave Crash
134 ~ 162 (80.2 ~ 97%)
Guaranteed 2-Hit KO
Defense Icon Pokemon SVDamage Received by Bruxish
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style Image 130 Atk
No Offensive EV Investment
Item: Mystic Water
Critical Hit Surging Strikes
63 ~ 72 (36 ~ 41.1%)
Guaranteed 3-Hit KO

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How to Use Bruxish Effectively

Use Bruxish to Improve Matchups Against Top Meta Threats

Bruxish takes resisted damage from both of Rapid-Strike Urshifu's STAB options, and also has an immunity to Tornadus's Prankster Taunt. It takes resisted damage from Heatran's Heat Wave and Flash Cannon, but not Grass Tera Blast.

Its Dazzling Ability can also protect your team from Dragonite's Extreme Speed and Chien-Pao's Sucker Punch.

Decide When Trick Room Goes Up

Access to Taunt and Trick Room means that Bruxish can often decide when Trick Room will go up, giving you the option to choose whether it goes up or not.

How to Build a Team with Bruxish

Bruxish is best used in teams with varying speed, where Bruxish can have the option of setting up Trick Room or not depending on whether or not you need a speed advantage, or if you already have it.

Sample Doubles Build

Support Support / Physical Attacker
Bruxish ImageBruxish Rillaboom ImageRillaboom
Special Attacker Special Attacker
Landorus (Incarnate Forme) ImageLandorus (Incarnate Forme) Flutter Mane ImageFlutter Mane

Bruxish is great with Rillaboom and Special Attacking Landorus-I, because these two Pokemon have middling Speed, which means that Trick Room can sometimes benefit them. Flutter Mane, a fast Pokemon who does not need Trick Room, can benefit from Bruxish's Dazzling protection, protecting it from Aqua Jet and Sucker Punch.

Counters for Bruxish

Hit Bruxish With Super-Effective Attacks

Double-targeting Bruxish or damaging it with super-effective attacks can often force it out of the active position, or outright knocking it out.

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon Description
Regieleki ImageRegieleki Ranking: ★★★★★
・Can damage Bruxish with powerful, super-effective Electric-type Attacks.
・Can easily set up Electroweb in front of Bruxish.
▶️Regieleki Best Movesets
Iron Hands ImageIron Hands Ranking: ★★★★
・While it cannot Fake Out, Iron Hands can Tera to protect itself from Psychic Fangs, and KO with Wild Charge.
▶️Iron Hands Best Movesets
Thundurus (Incarnate Forme) ImageThundurus (Incarnate Forme) Ranking: ★★★★
・Can damage Bruxish with powerful, super-effective Electric-type Attacks.
・While it cannot use Prankster moves on Bruxish and its side, Thundurus can target its allies with Prankster moves, such as Contrary Enamorus.
▶️Thundurus Best Movesets

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