Quagsire - Moveset & Best Build for Ranked Battle

This is a strategy guide for using Quagsire in competitive play for the games Pokemon Sword and Shield. Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, and Held Items to use with Quagsire, as well as its strengths and weak points.

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Basic Information for Quagsire

Types and Abilities

Pokemon	Type 1	Type 2
Quagsire
Abilities
Damp	Prevents the use of self-destructing moves.
Water Absorb	Restores HP if hit by an Water-type move.
Unaware (Hidden)	Ignores any stat changes in the Pokemon.

Quagsire Weaknesses and Resistances

	Type
Takes 4x damage
Takes 2x damage	-
Takes 0.5x damage
Takes 1/4x damage	-
Takes 0x damage

What is Type Effectiveness?

Base Stats

Best Nature for Quagsire

What are Natures?

How to Learn Quagsire's Egg Moves

Singles Movesets for Quagsire

Unaware Physical Defender Moveset & Best Build

About Quagsire's Moves

This Quagsire aims to be an insurmountable wall by stacking Stockpile thrice, then staying healthy with Recover.

It may not have enough fire power on its own, but residual damage from Scald burns or Toxic poison damage can whittle down any enemy that lacks the strength to take it down.

About Quagsire's EV Spread

This set utilizes a standard physically defensive spread with maximum investment in HP and Defense. The rest of the EVs can be placed in Sp.Def to add more bulk.

About Quagsire's Ability

Thanks to its Ability, Unaware, it can weather Physical attacks completely immune to the stat boosts of its opponent. Fearsome Status moves like Swords Dance, Nasty Plot, and the stat boosts provided by Max Moves have no effect on Quagsire, allowing it to boost its own stats and attack, making it a powerful threat to the setup-and-attack class of attackers.

About Quagsire's Held Item

When going for a tankish build, Leftovers is recommended as a Held Item; otherwise, when using Quagsire as a damage source against Physical attackers, the Rocky Helmet is recommended.

A Kee Berry is another option that allows Quagsire to get a headstart on raising its Defense when hit by a physical move.

Other Viable Moves

How to Use Quagsire Effectively

A Pokemon whose Ability helps it withstand attacks

Quagsire doesn't have outstanding defensive stats, but thanks to its Ability's potential to ignore opponents' Attack boosts, combined with its learning of useful defensive moves like Recover and Toxic, it becomes effective at holding its own against powerful opponents.

As it is only weak to Grass-type moves, it's more difficult compared to other defensive Pokemon to hit it super effectively, making it great at absorbing damage from a variety of types.

How to Build a Team with Quagsire

Unaware Wall for a Defensive Team

Example Defensive Team

Unaware Wall Special Attacker	Physical Wall	Special Wall Physical Attacker
Quagsire	Corviknight	Snorlax

This is a bulky team that can handle damage from all sides of the spectrum. This core in particular works well as they handle each others weaknesses. Quagsire's weakness to Grass moves can be dealt with thanks to Corviknight's Flying-type moves, or even Snorlax's access to Fire Punch.

Corviknight in turn can utilize a Roost / Iron Defense / Body Press set to deal damage and stay healthy at the same time. Its Fire and Electric-type weakness can also be covered by Thick Fat Snorlax and Quagsire.

Snorlax's amazing movepool helps it cover any coverage the team might need. It can also viably be the Dynamax member of the team as a way for it to raise it's stats.

How to Build a Defensive Team

Counters for Quagsire

Weakness

Take advantage of its 4x Grass weakness

As defensive as it may be, Quagsire will fall flat against Grass-type moves, which deal 4x super effective damage. In particular, Special moves will hit Quagsire in its middling Special Defense to take it out.

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon	Description
Rillaboom	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Has access to the 4x super effective move Grassy Glide which has increased priority in Grassy Terrain. Moveset & Best Build for Rillaboom
Nihilego	Ranking: ★★★★ ・Has access to the 4x super effective move Grass Knot. ・Has high Special Defense to deal with Quagsire's moves. ・Has to be careful of Quagsire's Earthquake. Moveset & Best Build for Nihilego
Mow Rotom	Ranking: ★★★★ ・Can take most of Quagsire's attacks with reduced damage ・Can knock Quagsire out in one hit with Leaf Storm Moveset & Best Build for Mow Rotom
Gyarados	Ranking: ★★★ ・Can take most of Quagsire's attacks with reduced damage ・Can deal super effective damage with Power Whip ・Its damage potential will fall if burned with Scald Moveset & Best Build for Gyarados
Charizard	Ranking: ★★★ ・Can use Solar Beam under intense sunlight, or Max Overgrowth ・Watch out for super effective Water-type moves Moveset & Best Build for Charizard
Ferrothorn	Ranking: ★★★ ・Immune to Toxic ・Takes Water-type attacks with reduced damage ・If it doesn't know a strong move like Power Whip, the tide will start to turn against it Moveset & Best Build for Ferrothorn

Defeat it with a Powerful Special Attacker.

Even though Quagsire can ignore the opponent's stat changes thanks to Unaware, it still cannot handle really strong Special Attacks. By taking advantage of the power boost provided by Dynamax, Max Moves can deal significant damage against Quagsire.

For additional boosts, Items such as Choice Specs or Life Orb can also be useful.

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon	Description
Zapdos	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・STAB Max Airstream can deal potentially lethal damage. Moveset & Best Build for Zapdos
Latios	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Choice Specs boosted Draco Meteor can deal potentially lethal damage. Moveset & Best Build for Latios'
Naganadel	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Life Orb boosted Max Wyrmwind can deal potentially lethal damage. Moveset & Best Build for 'Naganadel
Celesteela	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Immune to Toxic. ・Can rely on flinches from Air Slash to disrupt Quagsire's recovery. Moveset & Best Build for Celesteela
Galarian Moltres	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can use Taunt to prevent Quagsire's recovery. ・Can rely on flinches from Fiery Wrath to disrupt Quagsire's recovery. Moveset & Best Build for Galarian Moltres

Disrupt Quagsire's Move Selection

Whether it's by tricking Choice Items, using Taunt or relying on flinches, you can prevent Quagsire from gaining defensive momentum.

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon	Description
Togekiss	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can rely on flinches from Air Slash to disrupt Quagsire's recovery. ・Has access to the 4x super effective move Grass Knot. Moveset & Best Build for Togekiss
Tapu Fini	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Misty Terrain prevents Quagsire from inflicting status conditions. ・Can use Taunt to prevent Quagsire's recovery. Moveset & Best Build for Tapu Fini
Wash Rotom	Ranking: ★★★★ ・Has fantastic type matchup against Quagsire leaving it with little to do. Moveset & Best Build for Wash Rotom

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