Frosmoth - Moveset & Best Build for Ranked Battle | Pokemon Sword and Shield

This is a strategy guide for using Frosmoth 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 Frosmoth, as well as its strengths and weak points.

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Basic Information for Frosmoth

Types and Abilities

Pokemon	Type 1	Type 2
Frosmoth
Abilities
Shield Dust	Blocks the added effects of attacks taken.
Ice Scales (Hidden)	Special moves damage are halved because the Pokemon is protected by ice scales.

Type Defenses

	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 Frosmoth

What are Natures?

Strategies for Frosmoth

Special Attacker Moveset & Best Build

These values are from base stats and ideal EVs, excluding external factors.

Alternate Move Choices

Assault Vest Moveset & Best Build

These values are from base stats and ideal EVs, excluding external factors.

Alternate Move Choices

How to Use Frosmoth Effectively

Overwhelm with Special attacks

Frosmoth's Ability, Ice Scales, cuts the opponent's Special Attack damage in half. Even while the rest of its stats are low, you can hit with a powerful Special Attack. Overcome its low stats with Quiver Dance, which raises its Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed stats, and overwhelm your opponents.

Best Pokemon to Use With Frosmoth

Pokemon Strong Against Physical Attacks

Frosmoth's hidden ability, Ice Scales, protects it from special attack damage, but it has virtually no protection from physical attacks. Due to this, it is best to bring Pokemon who can survive strong physical attacks along with Frosmoth.

Pokemon	Description
Ferrothorn	・High physical defense ・Resists Frosmoth's weaknesses (aside from Fire) Ferrothorn - Moveset & Best Build for Ranked Battle
Toxapex	・High physical defense ・Has many ways to heal itself Toxapex - Moveset & Best Build for Ranked Battle
Hippowdon	・High physical defense ・Resists Frosmoth's weaknesses Hippowdon - Moveset & Best Build for Ranked Battle

Counters for Frosmoth

Strike hard with Physical attacks or 4x super effectiveness

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon	Description
Tyranitar	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Great damage can be done with physical Rock-type moves ・Can summon sandstorms with its ability Moveset & Best Build for Tyranitar
Cinderace	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Should outspeed Frosmoth as long as it hasn't used Quiver Dance ・Can defeat a Dynamaxed Frosmoth with Pyro Ball Moveset & Best Build for Cinderace
Galarian Darmanitan	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can do big damage with physical moves if it outspeeds Frosmoth ・Can learn Fire-type and Rock-type moves Moveset & Best Build for Galarian Darmanitan
Aegislash	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can take advantage of Frosmoth's typing ・Can use super-effective Steel-type moves Moveset & Best Build for Aegislash
Coalossal	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can take advantage of Frosmoth's typing ・Can use super-effective Fire-type and Rock-type moves Moveset & Best Build for Coalossal
Charizard	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can defeat Frosmoth with Special Fire-type moves ・Can take attacks from Frosmoth even without any EVs in HP Moveset & Best Build for Charizard

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