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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Galvantula 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 Galvantula, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.
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Blueberry #133 | Type | |
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Galvantula | ||
Abilities | ||
Unnerve Swarm (Hidden) |
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Ability Name | Description | |
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Unnerve | Prevents the opponent from using its Held Berry. | |
Swarm (Hidden) |
Increases the damage of Bug-type moves by 50% when the user's HP is below 1/3 its max. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
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HP | 70 | 383 |
Atk | 77 | 415 |
Def | 60 | 509 |
SpAtk | 97 | 191 |
SpDef | 60 | 503 |
Speed | 108 | 89 |
Total | 472 | 402 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 177 | 177 | 145 | 145 | 130 |
Atk | 141 | 129 | 97 | 87 | 73 |
Def | 123 | 112 | 80 | 72 | 58 |
SpAtk | 163 | 149 | 117 | 105 | 91 |
SpDef | 123 | 112 | 80 | 72 | 58 |
Spd | 176 | 160 | 128 | 115 | 101 |
Best Natures | ||
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Timid (+Spe, -Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Sticky Web Lead | ★★★ |
Nature | Timid (+Spe, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 4 / Sp. Atk 252 / Spe 252 |
Final Stat Values | HP 146 / Def 80 / Sp. Atk 149 / Sp. Def 80 / Spe 176 |
Ability | Compound Eyes |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Focus Sash |
Moveset | ・
Thunder
・ Energy Ball ・ Sticky Web ・ Thunder Wave |
Second fastest Stick Web user after Ribombee. Compound Eyes lets Galvantula hit its less accurate moves. Can run more offensive moves instead of supportive ones. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Compound Eyes | Focus Sash |
The Ability chosen for this build is Compound Eyes. This increases Galvantula's accuracy by 30%, helping it land moves it normally wouldn't.
The item chosen for this build is a Focus Sash. This ensures that Galvantula will survive one hit and potentially get a second move off.
Thunder | Energy Ball |
Sticky Web | Thunder Wave |
Thunder is its best Electric-type STAB move. With Compound Eyes, Thunder goes from a 70% accuracy move to 91%.
Energy Ball is its main coverage move to help Galvantula deal with Ground and Rock-types that would otherwise counter it.
Sticky Web lets Galvantula support its team by lowering the speed of grounded Pokemon that switch in on the opponent's side by one stage
Thunder Wave gives Galvantula another form of speed control by paralyzing the target and reducing their Speed stat by half. Compound Eyes also makes this a fully accurate move.
Ghost Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Immune to: | (0x) |
Ghost is the best Tera Type for this build because it makes Galvantula immune to getting quickly KO'd by Fake Out and Extreme Speed from Pokemon like Sneasler and Dragonite respectively.
Alternatively, it could use a Stellar Tera to boost the damage of whatever move it chooses to use and get an unexpected KO.
A full 252 EVs are placed into Galvantula's Sp. Atk and Speed to make it hit as hard and fast as possible. The extra 4 EVs are put in its HP to help round out its bulk.
A Timid nature is preferred to help Galvantula outspeed as many Pokemon as possible.
Bug Buzz | Galvantula's strongest Bug-type STAB moves that helps it deal with Ground-types that are immune to Thunder. |
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String Shot | Lowers the target's Speed stat by two stages. Can be used over Thunder Wave to hit Ground-types that would otherwise be immune to it. |
Damage Dealt by Galvantula |
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Item: Punching Glove | Thunder 234 ~ 276 (132.9 ~ 156.8%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Item: Leftovers | Thunder 186 ~ 222 (72.6 ~ 86.7%) Guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers Recovery |
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The purpose of Galvantula is to get knocked out after using Sticky Web so that your hyper-offensive Pokemon in the back can get a clean sweep. Try not to use your Terastallization on Galvantula unless it would be absolutely pivotal for the matchup.
Galvantula should be paired with hyper-offensive Pokemon that need some help outspeeding other fast Pokemon.
Sticky Web Lead | Physical Attacker | Special Attacker |
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Galvantula | Ogerpon (Hearthflame Mask) | Iron Bundle |
Galvantula is used to setup Sticky Web to help its allies outspeed other fast Pokemon. It also covers Ogerpon's Water and Flying weaknesses.
Hearthflame Ogerpon is one of the strongest attackers in the meta, with its only downside being that it cannot boost its own Speed with an item like Choice Scarf since it is locked into holding a Hearthflame Mask. It would need to use Trailblaze first in order to outspeed other faster Pokemon.
Iron Bundle no longer has to run a Booster Energy to help it outspeed other Pokemon like a Speed Booster Flutter Mane. It also covers Fire and Dragon-types that Hearthflame Ogerpon cannot threaten.
Pokemon | Description |
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Dragapult | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Choice Band Dragon Darts set can easily knock out Galvantula. ・Forces Galvantula to waste its team's Terastallization to survive Dragon Darts. ▶️ Dragapult Best Movesets |
Sneasler | Ranking: ★★★★
・While not a multi-hit move, the combination of Fake Out + Dire Claw will KO Galvantula before it can do anything. ▶️ Sneasler Best Movesets |
Torterra | Ranking: ★★★
・Immune to Galvantula's Electric-type moves. ・Can freely set up Shell Smash boosts to sweep with Bullet Seed and Rock Blast. ▶️ Torterra Best Movesets |
Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style | Ranking: ★★★
・Surging Strikes will OHKO Galvantula. ・Needs to run a Choice Scarf in order to outspeed it. ▶️ Urshifu Rapid Strike Best Movesets |
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