Alolan Exeggutor Movesets and Best Builds

This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Alolan Exeggutor 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 Alolan Exeggutor, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.

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Alolan Exeggutor Base Stats, Type, Ability and Weakness

Blueberry #4.1		Type
Alolan Exeggutor
		Abilities
		Frisk Harvest (Hidden)
Weak to:	(4x)
	(2x)
Damaged Normally By:	(1x)
Resists:	(0.5x)
	(0.25x)

What is Type Effectiveness?

Base Stats

Best Nature for Alolan Exeggutor

What are Natures?

Singles Movesets for Alolan Exeggutor

Sitrus Berry Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Sp. Atk 252 / Sp. Def 4
Final Stat Values	HP 202 / Def 105 / Sp. Atk 194 / Sp. Def 94 / Spe 65
Ability	Harvest
Tera Type
Held Item	Sitrus Berry
Moveset	・ Dragon Pulse ・ Giga Drain ・ Flamethrower ・ Teleport

Summary

Has multiple ways to heal itself. Decent defensive stats with a great Sp. Atk. Can now Tersastallize to removes its many weaknesses.

Ability and Held Item

Ability	Held Item
Harvest	Sitrus Berry

The Ability chosen for this build is Harvest. This gives Alolan Exeggutor a 50% chance to regenerate its berry at the end of the turn.

The item chosen for this build is a Sitrus Berry. This synergizes with its ability Harvest to give it a relatively consistent form of healing.

Moves Breakdown

Dragon Pulse is its most consistent Dragon-type STAB move with no downsides.

Giga Drain is its best Grass-type STAB move that will heal Alolan Exeggutor for half of the damage dealt.

Flamethrower is its main coverage move that lets it deal with Steel-types that resist both of its STAB attacks.

Teleport gives Alolan Exeggutor a way to switch out of battle and put pressure on the opponent by bringing in a Pokemon with a better type matchup.

Best Tera Type: Fire

Fire Tera Type Matchup
Weak to:
	(2x)
Damaged Normally By:	(1x)
Resists:	(0.5x)

Fire is the best Tera Type for this build because it turns Alolan Exeggutor's common weaknesses into resists. It will also boost the damage of Flamethrower while it is Terastallized.

Alternatively, Alolan Exeggutor could use a Steel Tera Type to turn all of its weaknesses into resists.

Best Fire (Tera) Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle

EV Spread and Nature

A full 252 EVs are placed in Alolan Exeggutor's HP and Sp. Atk to make it bulky while still being able to hit hard. The extra 4 EVS are put into its Sp. Def to help round out its bulk.

A Modest nature is preferred to help maximize its damage output.

Other Viable Moves

Key Damage Calculations

Damage Dealt by Alolan Exeggutor
87 HP｜91 Sp. Def Defensive EV Investment: 4 HP (Modest) Item: Choice Scarf	Flamethrower 120 ~ 142 (73.6 ~ 87.1%) Guaranteed 2HKO OHKOs if Tera Fire
80 HP｜65 Sp. Def No Defensive EV Investment: 4 HP (Jolly) Item: Focus Sash	Flamethrower 156 ~ 184 (100.6 ~ 118.7%) Guaranteed 2HKO after Focus Sash
100 HP｜60 Sp. Def Defensive EV Investment: 4 HP (Jolly) Item: Punching Glove	Giga Drain 206 ~ 246 (117 ~ 139.7%) Guaranteed OHKO 43.5 ~ 43.5% HP Recovered
Damage Received by Alolan Exeggutor
134 Atk Offensive EV Investment: 252 Atk (Adamant) Item: Heavy-Duty Boots	Outrage 264 ~ 312 (130.6 ~ 154.4%) Guaranteed OHKO
135 Sp. Atk Offensive EV Investment: 252 Sp. Atk (Timid) Item: Booster Energy	Moonblast 210 ~ 248 (103.9 ~ 122.7%) Guaranteed OHKO
145 Atk Offensive EV Investment: 252 Atk (Jolly) Tera Type: Item: Choice Scarf	Tera Blast 228 ~ 272 (112.8 ~ 134.6%) Guaranteed OHKO

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Bulky Attacker Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Sp. Atk 252 / Sp. Def 4
Final Stat Values	HP 202 / Def 105 / Sp. Atk 194 / Sp. Def 94 / Spe 65
Ability	Frisk
Tera Type
Held Item	Assault Vest / Choice Specs
Moveset	・ Dragon Pulse ・ Giga Drain ・ Flamethrower ・ Ancient Power

Summary

Decent defensive stats with a great Sp. Atk. Can now Tersastallize to removes its many weaknesses. Can flexibly use different items.

Ability and Held Item

Ability	Held Item
Frisk	Assault Vest Choice Specs

The Ability chosen for this build is Frisk. Since it can't use Harvest because it isn't holding a berry, it is forced to use Frisk.

Alolan Exeggutor can use either an Assault Vest or Choice Specs. Assault Vest helps it become bulkier by improving its weaker Sp. Def stat, while Choice Specs will make it hit harder by further improving its amazing Sp. Atk stat.

Moves Breakdown

Dragon Pulse is its most consistent Dragon-type STAB move with no downsides.

Giga Drain is its best Grass-type STAB move that will heal Alolan Exeggutor for half of the damage dealt.

Flamethrower is its main coverage move that lets it deal with Steel-types that resist both of its STAB attacks.

Ancient Power provides the most amount of coverage out of Alolan Exeggutor's remaining moves.

Best Tera Type: Fire

Fire Tera Type Matchup
Weak to:
	(2x)
Damaged Normally By:	(1x)
Resists:	(0.5x)

Fire is the best Tera Type for this build because it turns Alolan Exeggutor's common weaknesses into resists. It will also boost the damage of Flamethrower while it is Terastallized.

Alternatively, Alolan Exeggutor could use a Steel Tera Type to turn all of its weaknesses into resists.

Best Fire (Tera) Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle

EV Spread and Nature

A full 252 EVs are placed in Alolan Exeggutor's HP and Sp. Atk to make it bulky while still being able to hit hard. The extra 4 EVS are put into its Sp. Def to help round out its bulk.

A Modest nature is preferred to help maximize its damage output.

Other Viable Moves

Doubles Movesets for Alolan Exeggutor

Trick Room Setter and Attacker Moveset & Best Build

Nature	Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Sp. Atk 252 / Sp. Def 4 IVs: 0 Speed
Final Stat Values	HP 202 / Def 105 / Sp. Atk 194 / Sp. Def 96 / Spe 45
Ability	Frisk
Tera Type
Held Item	Sitrus Berry
Moveset	・ Draco Meteor ・ Leaf Storm ・ Trick Room ・ Protect

Summary

Useful Ability, Frisk, for best of 1 Ranked Battles. Decent defensive stats with a great Sp. Atk. Can now Tersastallize to removes its many weaknesses.

Ability and Held Item

Ability	Held Item
Frisk	Sitrus Berry

The Ability chosen for this build is Frisk. This gives you valuable information on opponent's Held Items for closed sheets Ranked Battles. Alternatively, Harvest synergizes with Sitrus Berry. This is also good for closed sheets battles, or if you do not need the information that Frisk reveals.

The item chosen for this build is a Sitrus Berry. This synergizes with its ability Harvest to give it a relatively consistent form of healing.

Moves Breakdown

Draco Meteor is Alolan Exeggutor's most powerful Dragon-type STAB option. It comes at the cost of lowering its Special Attack by two stages.

Leaf Storm is Alolan Exeggutor's most powerful Grass-type STAB option. It also comes at the cost of lowering its Special Attack by two stages.

Trick Room is another important Move in Alolan Exeggutor's arsenal, as this can reverse turn order, giving Alolan Exeggutor and its usually slow teammates a Speed advantage.

Protect is useful for protecting Alolan Exeggutor from Fake Out without needing to commit to Ghost Tera. It can also protect it on turns where it is in danger of getting double-targeted.

Best Tera Type: Fire

Fire Tera Type Matchup
Weak to:
	(2x)
Damaged Normally By:	(1x)
Resists:	(0.5x)

Fire is the best Tera Type for this build because it turns Alolan Exeggutor's common weaknesses into resists.

Alternatively, Alolan Exeggutor could use a Steel Tera Type to turn all of its weaknesses into resists.

Best Fire (Tera) Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle

EV Spread and Nature

A full 252 EVs are placed in Alolan Exeggutor's HP and Sp. Atk to make it bulky while still being able to hit hard. The extra 4 EVS are put into its Sp. Def to help round out its bulk.

A Quiet nature is preferred to help maximize its damage output, while making it slow enough to function well in Trick Room.

Other Viable Moves

How to Use Alolan Exeggutor Effectively

Use as a Defensive Pivot

Alolan Exeggutor normally has a lot of weaknesses, but it also has three different 4x resists in Water, Grass, and Electric. Use Alolan Exeggutor to tank hits for its allies that are weak to these attacks and pressure the opponent with STAB attacks in return.

How to Build a Team with Alolan Exeggutor

Pair Alolan Exeggutor with allies that are weak to Water, Grass, and Electric so that it can tank the hits for them instead.

Sample Singles Build

Defensive Lead	Defensive Pivot	Special Attacker
Dondozo	Alolan Exeggutor	Heatran

These three Pokemon complement each other very well by creating a strong Grass-Fire-Water defensive core.

In this team, Alolan Exeggutor can easily tank Grass and Electric-type attacks that Dondozo is weak to, as well as Ground and Water-type attacks that Heatran is weak to.

Sample Doubles Team

Special Attacker / Trick Room Setter	Special Attacker
Alolan Exeggutor	Bloodmoon Ursaluna
Physical Attacker	Special Attacker
Iron Hands	Torkoal

Alolan Exeggutor can be run with Brick Break, which it can use to activate Tera Normal Bloodmoon Ursaluna's Weakness Policy. Bloodmoon Ursaluna can sweep through teams with +2 Tera Normal Hyper Voice with minimal effort.

Torkoal's Drought naturally synergizes with Alolan Exeggutor's Harvest, allowing it to consistently reuse its Sitrus Berry. Iron Hands is a powerful and consistent physical tank tha benefits from Trick Room. It can also help Alolan Exeggutor set up Trick Room with Fake Out support.

Counters for Alolan Exeggutor

Use Attackers That Cover a Defensive Tera

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon	Description
Landorus (Therian Forme)	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Flying Tera Blast is a guaranteed OHKO. ・Can use Earthquake to check Alolan Exeggutor's defensive Terastallizations. ▶️ Landorus Therian Best Movesets
Flutter Mane	Ranking: ★★★★ ・Base 135 Sp. Def helps it easily tank Alolan Exeggutor's attacks. ・Power Gem and Mystical Fire cover for Fire and Steel Teras respectively. ▶️ Flutter Mane Movesets
Iron Bundle	Ranking: ★★★★ ・Alolan Exeggutor is 4x weak to Ice-type attacks. ・Has STAB Hydro Pump to deal with defensive Terastallizations. ▶️ Iron Bundle Best Movesets

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