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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Skarmory 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 Skarmory, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.
Skarmory - Related Guides | |
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Evolution and Learnset | Moveset for Ranked Battle |
List of Contents
Blueberry #113 | Type | |
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Skarmory | ||
Abilities | ||
Keen Eye Sturdy Weak Armor (Hidden) |
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
(0.25x) | ||
Immune to: | (0x) |
Ability Name | Description | |
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Keen Eye | The user ignores the opponent's Evasion boosts and opponents cannot lower the user's Accuracy. | |
Sturdy | The user cannot be knocked out with one hit and cannot be knocked out by One hit KO moves, causing the Pokemon to have 1 HP remaining. | |
Weak Armor (Hidden) |
Increases the user's Speed by two stages when it gets hit by a physical attack but lowers the user's Defense by one stage. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
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HP | 65 | 456 |
Atk | 80 | 373 |
Def | 140 | 15 |
SpAtk | 40 | 686 |
SpDef | 70 | 376 |
Speed | 70 | 382 |
Total | 465 | 419 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 172 | 172 | 140 | 140 | 125 |
Atk | 145 | 132 | 100 | 90 | 76 |
Def | 211 | 192 | 160 | 144 | 130 |
SpAtk | 101 | 92 | 60 | 54 | 40 |
SpDef | 134 | 122 | 90 | 81 | 67 |
Spd | 134 | 122 | 90 | 81 | 67 |
Best Natures | ||
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Impish (+Def, -Sp. Atk) |
Careful (+Sp. Def, -Sp. Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Defensive Wall | ★★★★ |
Nature | Impish (+Def, -Sp. Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 252 / Def 252 / Sp. Def 4 |
Final Stat Values | HP 172 / Atk 100 / Def 211 / Sp. Def 91 / Spe 90 |
Ability | Sturdy |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Rocky Helmet |
Moveset | ・
Drill Peck
・ Body Press ・ Taunt ・ Roost |
Steel/Flying is an amazing defensive typing. It's high Defense stat is valuable in a physical heavy meta. Can use different items depenending on the teams needs. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Sturdy | Rocky Helmet |
The Ability chosen for this build is Sturdy. This would prevent Skarmory from getting knocked out in one hit.
The item chosen for this build is a Rocky Helmet. This is used to chip away at the opponent's health whenever they hit Skarmory with a contact move.
Alternatively, it could use a Sitrus Berry or Leftovers if it needs more immediate or passive healing.
Drill Peck | Body Press |
Taunt | Roost |
Drill Peck is its best Flying-type move. It allows Skarmory to threaten knockouts on Pokemon like Urshifu Rapid Strike, especially if it takes Rocky Helmet chip damage with Surging Strikes.
Body Press is its main coverage move that helps Skarmory deal with Rock, Steel, and Electric-types that resist Drill Peck.
Taunt prevents opposing Pokemon from setting with moves like Swords Dance or Nasty Plot. It can also prevent slower leads from setting up hazards.
Roost will heal Skarmory for half of its max HP, allowing it to last longer in battle and stall out turns for poisoned enemies to take more damage.
Flying Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Immune to: | (0x) |
Flying is the best Tera Type for this build because it will keep Skarmory's Flying type whenever it uses Roost. This is important because whenever Skarmory uses Roost normally, it will lose its Flying-typing making it a pure Steel-type that is weak to Fighting and Ground-type attacks.
A full 252 EVs are placed into Skarmory's HP and Defenses to make it as physically bulky as possible. The extra 4 EVs are put in its Sp. Def to help round out its bulk.
An Impish nature is preferred in order to maximize Skarmory's physical bulk.
Brave Bird | Skarmory' strongest Flying-type STAB move. This move is more likely to get KOs on Pokemon like Urshifu and Ogerpon when compared to Drill Peck. |
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Iron Head | Skarmory's best Steel-type move that also has a chance to flinch the target. |
Iron Defense | Boosts Skarmory's already amazing Defense stat and punishing teams that don't have special attackers that can deal with Skarmory. |
Stealth Rock
+ Whirlwind |
Stealth Rock will chip away at the opponent's health whenever they switch in. Pairs well with Whirlwind because it forces Pokemon to constantly rotate and take chip damage. |
Damage Dealt by Skarmory |
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Item: Punching Glove | Drill Peck 78 ~ 92 (44.3 ~ 52.2%) 18% Chance to 2HKO Guaranteed 2HKO if Tera'd |
Item: Cornerstone Mask | Body Press 124 ~ 146 (79.4 ~ 93.5%) Guaranteed 2HKO |
Damage Received by Skarmory |
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Item: Choice Band | Tera Normal Extreme Speed 67 ~ 79 (38.9 ~ 45.9%) Guaranteed 3HKO |
Item: Hearthflame Mask | Ivy Cudgel 114 ~ 134 (66.2 ~ 77.9%) Guaranteed 2HKO OHKOs if Ogerpon Teras |
Item: Punching Glove | Surging Strikes 66 ~ 81 (38.3 ~ 47%) Guaranteed 3HKO |
Game8's Competitive Damage Calculator
While Skarmory may have an amazing base 140 Defense stat, its Special Defense is only half of that at 70. This makes Skarmory more susceptible to getting knocked out by any special attacker it may face.
Corviknight has a more well-rounded bulk compared to Skarmory, but it could be argued that it has a weaker ability and move pool especially when it comes to Singles battles.
Mirror Armor is much better in Doubles than in Singles, and Unnerve is not ideal since not every Pokemon is holding a Berry. This means that Corviknight can only ever use Pressure. Skarmory on the other hand has Sturdy, which is one of the best abilities for Singles since it gives Pokemon that have it a free Focus Sash.
Skarmory is best suited for stall teams that want to wear down the opponent with chip damage to win.
Wish Support | Physical Wall | Physical Attacker |
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Alomomola | Skarmory | Dragonite |
Alomomola is an amazing Wish support, being able to switch out the turn after Wish was used with Flip Turn which simultaneously heals itself with Regenerator while also healing whatever Pokemon switches in when Wish goes off.
Skarmory can come in to tank physical hits, and deal decent damage with Drill Peck and Body Press in return.
Dragonite becomes really annoying to deal with on this team because Alomomola can constantly reactivate its Multiscale with the healing from Wish, meaning that it will always take as little damage as possible.
Dragonite also acts as an offensive Pokemon that can get knockouts with Extreme Speed and Earthquake in the cases where the team needs some offensive pressure.
Pokemon | Description |
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Chi-Yu | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Beads of Ruin will further reduce Skarmory's Special Defense stat. ・Fire Blast will always OHKO Skarmory unless it has a defensive Tera that resists it. ▶️ Chi-Yu Best Movesets |
Gholdengo | Ranking: ★★★★
・Resists both of Skarmory's STAB attacks and is also immune to Body Press. ・Threatens Skarmory with a super-effective Thunderbolt. ▶️ Gholdengo Best Movesets |
Wash Rotom | Ranking: ★★★★
・Resists both of Skarmory's STABs. ・Can lock Skarmomry into a bad move by swapping its Choice item onto it with Trick. ▶️ Rotom Wash Best Movesets |
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