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Vileplume Movesets and Best Builds

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

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Vileplume Base Stats, Type, Ability and Weakness

Blueberry #64 Type
Vileplume ImageVileplume
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Grass Icon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Poison Icon
Abilities
Chlorophyll
Effect Spore (Hidden)
Weak to:
(2x)
Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Ice Type Icon Pokemon Flying Type Icon Pokemon Psychic Type Icon
Damaged Normally
By:
(1x)
Pokemon Normal Type Icon Pokemon Poison Type Icon Pokemon Ground Type Icon Pokemon Bug Type Icon Pokemon Rock Type Icon Pokemon Ghost Type Icon Pokemon Dragon Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon Pokemon Steel Type Icon
Resists: (0.5x)
Pokemon Water Type Icon Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Fighting Type Icon Pokemon Fairy Type Icon
(0.25x)
Pokemon Grass Type Icon

What is Type Effectiveness?

Ability Name Description
Chlorophyll Increases the user's Speed stat under sunshine.
Effect Spore
(Hidden)
Has 10% chance to Paralyze, Poison, or put the opponent to Sleep if it attacks the user with a physical move.

Base Stats

Base Stats
Lv. 50 Stats
Stat Value Rank
HP
75
317
Atk
80
373
Def
85
242
SpAtk
110
108
SpDef
90
176
Speed
50
568
Total
490
311
Explanation of Pokemon Stats
Stat Max 0Nat 0EV -Nat Min
HP 182 182 150 150 135
Atk 145 132 100 90 76
Def 150 137 105 94 81
SpAtk 178 162 130 117 103
SpDef 156 142 110 99 85
Spd 112 102 70 63 49
  • 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 Vileplume

Best Natures
Modest
(+Sp. Atk, -Atk)
Quiet
(+Sp. Atk, -Spe)

What are Natures?

Singles Movesets for Vileplume

Build Name Recommendation
Physically Defensive ★★★

Physically Defensive Moveset & Best Build

Nature Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EV Spread HP 252 / Def 252 / Sp. Def 4
Final Stat Values HP 182 / Def 150 / Sp. Atk 130 / Sp. Def 111 / Spe 70
Ability Effect Spore
Tera Type Pokemon Poison Type Icon
Held Item Black Sludge
Moveset Giga Drain
Sludge Wave
Sleep Powder
Strength Sap

Summary

Pokeball Icon Is naturally bulky while also having a strong Sp. Atk stat.

Pokeball Icon Multiple ways to heal itself.

Ability and Held Item

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Vileplume Image
Ability Held Item
Effect Spore Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Black Sludge ImageBlack Sludge

The Ability chosen for this build is Effect Spore. This lets Vileplume punish physical attackers by having a 30% chance to poison, paralyze, or put them to sleep whenever they hit it with a contact move.

The item chosen for this build is Black Sludge. This will heal Vileplume at the end of every turn, making it stick around in battle longer.

Moves Breakdown

Giga Drain Sludge Wave
Sleep Powder Strength Sap

Giga Drain is its best Grass-type STAB attack since it heals Vileplume for half of the damage dealt.

Sludge Wave is its strongest Poison-type STAB attack that has a 10% chance to Poison the target.

Sleep Powder is used against more passive Pokemon to put them to sleep.

Strength Sap punishes physical attackers by healing Vileplume for the same amount as their Attack stat. It will also reduce their Attack by one stage.

Best Tera Type: Poison

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

Poison is the best Tera Type for this build because it lets Vileplume keep its Poison typing while also being one of the best defensive types in the game.

Black Sludge will also continue to heal Vileplume since it will only heal Pokemon that are a Poison-type.

Best Poison (Tera) Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle

EV Spread and Nature

A full 252 EVs are placed in Vileplume's HP and Defense to make it as physically defensive as possible. The extra 4 EVs are placed in its Sp. Def to help round out its bulk.

A Bold nature is preferred to maximize its physical defense.

Other Viable Moves

Energy Ball A stronger Grass-type STAB attack, but it will lose Giga Drain's healing.
Sludge Bomb Does slightly less damage than Sludge Wave, but has a 30% chance to poison the target instead of Sludge Wave's 10%.
Pokemon Ground Type Icon Tera Blast Lets Vileplume deal with Poison and Steel-types that resist its STAB attacks. Make sure that Vileplume is Tera Ground and that it is holding Leftovers so that it can still heal itself once Terastallized.
Moonlight
or
Synthesis
Provides Vileplume with a more immediate form of healing.

Key Damage Calculations

Attack Icon Pokemon SVDamage Dealt by Vileplume
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Ogerpon (Hearthflame Mask) Image 80 HP|96 Sp. Def
Defensive EV Investment:
4 HP (Jolly)
Item: Hearthflame Mask
Sludge Wave
120 ~ 144 (76.9 ~ 92.3%)
Guaranteed 2HKO
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style Image 100 HP|60 Sp. Def
Defensive EV Investment:
4 HP (Jolly)
Item: Punching Glove
Giga Drain
138 ~ 164 (78.4 ~ 93.1%)
Guaranteed 2HKO
37.9 ~ 5% HP Recovered
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Ting-Lu Image 155 HP|80 Sp. Def
Defensive EV Investment:
252 HP (Impish)
Item: Sitrus Berry
Giga Drain
84 ~ 102 (32 ~ 38.9%)
Chance to 4HKO
after Sitrus Berry Healing
Defense Icon Pokemon SVDamage Received by Vileplume
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Ogerpon (Hearthflame Mask) Image 120 Atk
Offensive EV Investment:
252 Atk (Jolly)
Item: Hearthflame Mask
Ivy Cudgel
156 ~ 186 (85.7 ~ 102.1%)
12.5% Chance to OHKO
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Chien-Pao Image 120 Atk
Offensive EV Investment:
252 Atk (Jolly)
Item: Focus Sash
Icicle Crash
150 ~ 176 (82.4 ~ 96.7%)
Guaranteed 2HKO
after Black Sludge Recovery
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Landorus (Therian Forme) Image 145 Atk
Offensive EV Investment:
252 Atk (Jolly)
Tera Type: Pokemon Flying Type Icon
Item: Choice Scarf
Pokemon Flying Type Icon Tera Blast
160 ~ 192 (87.9 ~ 105.4%)
31.3% Chance to OHKO

Game8's Competitive Damage Calculator

How to Use Vileplume Effectively

Use Vileplume Against Opposing Physical Attackers

With Strength Sap and maximum investment in its Defense, it will be hard for physical attackers to break through and knockout Vileplume.

Do note that Pokemon that can hit it for super-effective damage, like Hearthflame Ogerpon and Chien-Pao, can still OHKO Vileplume even with max defensive investment.

How to Build a Team with Vileplume

Vileplume is best used as a switch into tank hits from Pokemon like Urshifu Rapid Strike and Rillaboom.

Sample Singles Team

Offensive Lead Defensive Pivot Special Attacker
Urshifu Single-Strike Style ImageUrshifu Single-Strike Style Vileplume ImageVileplume Bloodmoon Ursaluna ImageBloodmoon Ursaluna

In a physical attacker meta, Vileplume becomes a strong defensive pivot that can come in to tank hits for its allies.

Vileplume resists most of the common weaknesses of Urshifu Single Strike and Bloodmoon Ursaluna with the exception are Flying and Ice-types. However, Urshifu can cover for the Bloodmoon Ursaluna's Ice weakness and Bloodmoon Ursaluna can cover for Urshifu's Flying weakness.

Counters for Vileplume

Use Special Attacker to Reduce Strength Sap's Effectiveness

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon Description
Gholdengo ImageGholdengo Ranking: ★★★★★
・Is immune to Poison moves and resists Grass.
・Cannot be hit by status moves.
・Choice Specs Make It Rain is guaranteed to OHKO Vileplumes unless it Terastallizes to resist it.
▶️ Gholdengo Best Movesets
Heatran ImageHeatran Ranking: ★★★★★
・Is immune to Poison moves and 4x resists Grass.
・Can use Magma Storm to trap Vileplume.
▶️ Heatran Best Movesets
Chi-Yu ImageChi-Yu Ranking: ★★★★
・Beads of Ruin reduces Vileplume's Sp. Def.
・Can Terastallize to better tank a Moonblast.
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