What is a good moveset for Avalugg?
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Avalugg@ Air Balloon / Chesto Berry / (Chople/Charti) BerryAbility: SturdyEVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpDImpishNature
When I found out that this monster could learn Mirror Coat I was like YISSSSSSS! Suck it special attackers.Basically you can tell from the choice of nature and EV spread that this set allows Avalugg to sponge any neutral physical attack, I’m not sure if he could sponge a Mega Mawile iron head, or powerful fighting moves though, thankfully sturdy ensures he will use a move.
-Mirror Coatis to stop special attackers cold, while hanging in there with sturdy (assuming you’re at full health).
-Air Balloon is to supportRapid Spin. Although Avalugg doesn’t care about sticky web, Spikes and Toxic Spikes will ruin sturdy, and being able to have a free switch in to predictable Earthquakes is a nice touch.
-RecoverorRestis down to personal preference (Chesto Berry if you’re using rest).
-And the last slot is also down to personal preference. A powerful physical move such asAvalancheorGyro Ballmay be the best option, butSwaggerseems like a cool idea since Avalugg will eat up but the most powerful physical attacks anyway, and the confusion, with a little luck, will allow him to recover any damage taken. It will also troll contrary Malamar, but I don’t see the ‘mon very often in online battles.
And lastly, if you still doubt Avalugg’s defencive capability, you could give it one of those berry’s that reduce super-effective damage, such as the Charti Berry (rock) and the Chople Berry (fighting). You could replace replace the healing move with swagger and keep the physical move if you feel the healing is unnecessary.
Wow, so sorry for the long post!
Avalugg @ Shell BellAbility: SturdyEVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 DefImpish Nature
This set should find an open lane for it on a special attacker, Sturdy its move, Mirror Coat it back, and grab loads of health through Shell Bell, because you just inflicted massive damage. Recover is in case you didn’t get all your HP back, and Curse and Avalanche are to have somewhat of an offensive presence. Note: Keep entry hazards away at all times. Preserving HP is necessary.
Avalugg @ LeftoversAbility: SturdyEVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SDefAdamant Nature- Avalanche- Double-Edge- Curse- Earthquake
Revenge killer. This guy isn’t outspeeding anything, so Avalanche wrecks. Main part of the set. Special moves can hurt, so Sturdy gets a free attack. Although OHKOs aren’t too common except for Honedge’s SDanced Fightings.
Luckily, in Sword and Shield, Avalugg got access to a pretty good move for it:Body PressWith their massive 184 base defense stat, Avalugg can deal some heavy damage.
Avalugg@ Heavy Duty BootsAbility:SturdyEVs:8 HP / 252 Def / 248 AtkImpish / RelaxedNature
This set is supposed to act a physical tank of some sort. Body Press covers its rock and steel weakness, and can deal some nice damage overall, thanks to Avalugg’s defense. Since Avalugg is very slow, it can be used in their advantage with avalanche, a move that doubles its power if the Pokémon moves last. It is also simply STAB. Sorry for having so many options for the last move slots, but there are many great options for it. Heavy Slam can be coverage that deals a lot of damage, due to Avalugg’s heaviness. Earthquake is a powerful move that covers its fire, steel, and rock weaknesses. Curse can make the Pokémon’s defense and attack even higher. Recover can be used to heal when predicting a switch, or possibly a setup move from the opponent. Finally, Rapid Spin can deal with hazards so its team doesn’t get damaged from them.
Unfortunately, this Avalugg can possibly struggle against a stalling Ferrothorn or Toxapex, but can at least somewhat handle most other Pokémon.
Thanks!
Gen 8 ZUAvalugg @ Weakness PolicyAbility: SturdyEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Icicle Spear- Earthquake- Rock Slide- Rock Polish
Sturdy Rock Polish set. Rock Polish is to boost your speed. When you get hit by a super effective move, Weakness Policy will activate. Icicle Spear is STAB that can hit 2-5 times, meaning it can break Sturdy and Sashes. Earthquake deals with fire and steel types. Rock Slide provides more coverage.
Gen 8 ZU
Avalugg @ LeftoversAbility: SturdyEVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpDRelaxed NatureIVs: 0 Spe- Iron Defense- Body Press- Gyro Ball- Rapid Spin / Toxic
Despite Avaluggs garbage special defense, it can still use It’s massive 184 base defense to potentially sweep teams. (Unless you get Psychic’d haha)
Iron defense is to boost that massive defense further, and boost the power of body press.
Body press is self explanatory. I don’t think I EVER needed to explain why I put it in this moveset.
Gyro Ball is there to put that low 28 base speed to usage. 0 Speed IV’s, and a Relaxed nature help with this.
Rapid spin is to get rid of the pesky hazards that Accelgor and Uxie can set up. Toxic can be used in place of it for stalling capability, but Rapid spin is just better.
Choice Banded is the way to go;
Avalugg (M) @ Choice BandAbility: SturdyEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Ice Fang- Stone Edge- Earthquake- Crunch
Speed investment because why not
Avalugg @ Quick ClawAbility: Ice BodyEVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpDAdamant Nature
Hail makes Avalugg restore health since its ability is Ice body. Avalanche inflicts double the damage. Giga Impact is a very strong move. Curse Powers up Physical Attacks like Avalanche and Giga Impact, and makes Avalugg bulkier on the physical side.
Avalugg @ Icy RockAbility: Ice BodyEVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpDAdamant Nature- Hail- Blizzard- Earthquake- Rapid Spin / Gyro Ball
Thanks to hishigh attack, he’d make a pretty awesome physical sweeper.Hailis for his abilityIce Bodywhich regains HP every turn.Blizzardhas high power and 100% accuracy during hail. Earthquake has high power, high accuracy and it can be used for coverage against fire, rock and steel types.Rapid Spinis if you fear stealth rocks, but if you don’t then you can go forGyro Ballbecause he has really low speed, which makes this move powerful.
Avalugg @ LeftoversAbility: SturdyEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 DefAdamant Nature- Avalanche- Crunch- Rapid Spin- Earthquake
Basically this blue coffee table is a Rapid Spinner that gets a free spin off its Sturdy ability. once the Rapid Spin is off you deal as much damage as possible! and you can wall a physical attackers with that god-like Defense!
Would anyone mind sharing their thoughts on this set:
Avalugg@ Assault VestAbility:SturdyNature:AdamantEVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SpD
- Avalanche- Rapid Spin- Earthquake- Gyro Ball
With the 252 in SpDef I am trying to balance out it’s Defenses I’ve also added the Assault Vest to it to compliment it even further. I know the Curse/Recover set is probably superior to this in many ways but I just want to try something new.
My thinking is if someone gets set up with a Pokemon and runs through my team, along with Sturdy and AvalancheSTABdoubling to 120 base power after going second which is guaranteed through Sturdy is going to do a lot of damage with the Adamant nature along with the 252 Atk. Also I am guaranteed to spin away hazards with Sturdy if that’s all he’s good for in a battle.
One thing I will say is you’re probably better off with a Careful nature running this set, I just happened to find an Adamant nature Bergmite in the Friend Safari.
Physical Avalugg
Avalugg @ LeftoversAbility: SturdyEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 DefImpish Nature- Mirror Coat- Iron Defense- Recover- Avalanche
With Avalugg’s low sp.def, a combination of Mirror Coat and Sturdy seem the ideal combination, as, if a special attack leaves him on 1 HP, Mirror Coat will land a 1 hit KO.Against physical attackers the combination of Iron Defense and Recover will leave Avalugg taking almost zero damage on good HP so they can be killed with a few Avalanches. The only real problems are not knowing wether the opponent will use a physical or special attack, a special attack combined with hazards and toxic. Also if they are a special attacker Avalugg will only be able to knock out one Pokemon but still a useful moveset with his stats.
1V1 Avalugg that’s surprisingly useful outside of 1V1…
Avalugg @ Rocky HelmetAbility: SturdyEVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 DefRelaxed Nature- Gyro Ball- Avalanche / Protect- Recover- Mirror Coat
Gyro Ball is a powerful move with low speed, Avalanche is good STAB, Recover is healing, and Mirror Coat destroys special attackers, since his S.Def is awful. This set walls physical attackers with rocky helmet, healing and great defence, and special attackers with sturdy and mirror coat. Protect is to scout in 1V1, for instance to see is a Charizard is a MegaZard X or Y.
TR abuse set:
Avalugg @ Weakness PolicyAbility: SturdyEVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpDBrave Nature- Gyro Ball- Ice Fang- Crunch- Rapid Spin / Stone Edge
With sturdy under TR, Weakness policy can be great on him, raising his high attack even further. Gyro Ball is amazing due to his low speed. Ice Fang is the best STAB he has besides Avalanche, which isn’t the move you want on a TR abuser. Crunch is a powerful, reliable move and Rapid Spin is for hazard removal. Stone Edge can be used to counter Fire types that resist his other moves. Sadly, he doesn’t get Ice Shard.
Avalugg sweeper?
Avalugg @ Life OrbAbility: SturdyEVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def- Curse- Avalanche / Ice Fang- Stone Edge / Rock slide- Recover
Curse to set up in physical attackers face.Avalanche is preferred for power and STAB to one shot the likes of Superpower Adamant Life Orb Absol and many other offensive threats. Ice Fang if you think you want to flinch but depending on luck isn’t wise.Stone Edge for power and coverage. I need not explain why Rock Slide isn’t preferred, however, it is more accurate.Finally, Recover so you can set up longer, but be mindful of crits.
A Defensive Spinner:
Avalugg @ Rocky HelmetAbility: SturdyEVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 DefImpish Nature- Rapid Spin- Recover- Avalanche- Earthquake / Toxic / Roar
You could go full Special Defense because you’d take 30% less from special attacks, but if you go max Defense you only take 10% less from physical attacks.
A slightly different set which is more of a fun set:
Avalugg @ Apicot BerryAbility: SturdyEVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpDCareful Nature- Rapid Spin- Recover- Avalanche- Earthquake / Toxic / Roar
Gimmicks, yay :D
Avalugg @ Assault VestAbility: SturdyEVs: 128 HP / 252 Def / 128 SpDSassy / Careful Nature- Skull Bash / Rapid Spin- Avalanche- Earthquake / Gyro Ball- Mirror Coat
I understand this isn’t the best set, but it’s very gimmicky. Recovery is a problem, but if you want you can give it Ice Body and have a teammate set up Hail for you.
“Ice Wall"Avalugg@ LeftoversAbility:Ice BodyEVs:252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 DefImpish Nature-Rapid Spin-Barrier-Earthquake-Hail
Since this guy sucks while it comes to Special Defense just give him that extra 4 to Attack. What I usually do when I switch in Avalugg is start Hail or use Barrier and then start to Hail. Repeat until you get to 4x and… boom! Best staller (Unless you get hit with a special attack).
Gen 6:
Role: Physical Tank/Spinner
Avalugg @ Assault VestAbility: SturdyEVs: 252 HP / 128 Def / 128 SpDSassy Nature-Gyro Ball-Ice Fang-Rock Slide-Rapid Spin__If your playing a generation 8+ Game, swap Rapid Spin out for Body Press.
Avalugg @ LeftoversAbility: Ice BodyEVs: 252 Def / 252 HP / 4 SpDImpish Nature- Ice Fang / Icicle Spear / Rapid Spin- Recover / Rapid Spin- Aurora Veil- Hail
This Avalugg will. Not. Die. It is good in Double Battles as support because ofAurora VeilandRapid Spin. It heals a lot each turn with Leftovers and Ice Body, butRecoveris available if you need it.
