Flapple - Moveset & Best Build for Ranked Battle

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

Flapple - Related Guides
Evolution and Learnset	Build for Ranked Battle	Gigantamax Flapple

Basic Information for Flapple

Types and Abilities

Pokemon	Type 1	Type 2
Flapple
Abilities
Gluttony	Encourages the early use of a held Berry.
Ripen	Ripens Berries and doubles their effect.
Hustle (Hidden)	Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.

Flapple 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 Flapple

What are Natures?

Singles Movesets for Flapple

Life Orb Moveset & Best Build

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

Outrage and Fly can be safely substituted for other moves.

This build uses Life Orb to boost Flapple's Attack. The Hustle ability further boosts your Attack, making Flapple an excellent physical attacker.

Use Dragon Dance, then Dynamax to defeat a Dynamaxed Gyarados on a switch-in in one hit.

Fly's Dynamax counterpart, Max Airstream, allows you to boost your Speed, allowing it to outspeed opponents with high base Speed.

For a Dragon-type move, Outrage is selected for its high accuracy, to use mainly after Dynamax has ended.

Move Options for Gigantamax Flapple

How to Get Gigantamax Flapple

These moves can be used in place of Outrage and Fly when using Gigantamax Flapple.

With the accuracy-boosting effects of Gigantamax Flapple's signature move, G-Max Tartness, you can reliably use the otherwise inaccurate Dragon Rush.

Alternate Move Choices

How to Use Flapple Effectively

A Dynamax Attacker with the Hustle Ability

Flapple's Hustle ability gives it a 1.5x Attack increase. As Dynamax moves always hit, it can gain the Attack boost from Hustle while preserving its accuracy. For this reason, Flapple is best used as a Dynamax or Gigantamax attacker.

Counters for Flapple

Weakness

Hit Its Weak Spots with Quick Pokemon

It's best to attack first with a quick Dragon-type Pokemon. A Dragapult with maximized Speed will outspeed Flapple even after a 1-stage Speed boost.

Ice-type attacks are 4x-effective against Flapple, and can make quick work of it even without Dynamaxing.

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon	Description
Dragapult	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・With its high Speed, it can attack with powerful moves like Dragon Darts & Draco Meteor Moveset & Best Build for Dragapult
Hydreigon	Ranking: ★★★★☆ ・Choice Scarf build using Draco Meteor can outspeed and KO Flapple even after a 1-stage Speed boost Moveset & Best Build for Hydreigon
Galarian Darmanitan	Ranking: ★★★★☆ ・With Gorilla Tactics' Atk. boost, it's possible to KO a Dynamaxed Flapple in one hit. Moveset & Best Build for Galarian Darmanitan
Eiscue	Ranking: ★★★★☆ ・The Ice Face ability allows you to hit back after taking a Physical attack ・In the Nice Face form, its Speed is increased and it can hit first Moveset & Best Build for Eiscue
Tapu Koko	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can lower Flapple's attack because of Intimidate Moveset & Best Build for Tapu Koko
Landorus (Therian Forme)	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Dragon-type moves have zero effect on Tapu Koko Moveset & Best Build for Landorus (Therian Forme)

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