Leaf Blade or Energy Ball for Serperior?

In-game and competitive

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I’m not too good with competitive play, but here is what I do know about the two moves.

Both moves have 90 base power, 100 Acc., and have the same base power of 175 when turned into Bloom Doom by using Grassium Z. But, Leaf Blade has 15pp, whereas Energy Ball has 10. Leaf blade has a heightened critical hit ratio, whereas Energy Ball has a %10 change of lowering target’s Special Defense. Leaf Blade is a physical attack, whereas Energy Ball is a special attack.

Serperior has 75 base Attack and Special Attack, so it really does not matter which is stronger.If it were me, I’d choose Energy Ball due to the secondary effect of lowering your opponent’s Defense stat.

If you want to use Serperior in competitive, it’s only good with contrary. If you’re sure you want to use an overgrow Serperior, teach itleaf blade. Serperior can learn swords dance, which boosts the power of leaf blade by a lot but doesn’t do the same for energy ball. If your Serperior has contrary, teach it leaf storm.Note that overgrow Serperior is outclassed by Kartana.