What is a good moveset for Delphox?

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Stole this set off of some sucker on Frost, then “modified” it for my personal use. This is one of the most evil sets I’ve seen in 14 years of playing Pokemon. I use it on my mono fire team and it’s brilliant. Anyway, here it is:

Ear strike (Delphox) @ Red CardAbility: MagicianEVs: 96 HP / 8 Def / 144 SpA / 8 SpD / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Substitute- Will-O-Wisp- Hidden Power [Ground] / Hidden Power [Rock] / Psychic / Psyshock- Flamethrower

The plan is simple. Send Delphox out as a lead and use substitute. If the opponent attacks, then red card swaps them out. If they try to set up, then either substitute blocks them, or they boost up, making it hurt that much more when red card forces them out. So far so starightforward.So the opponent’s next poke is dragged out. This is where it gets interesting. Delphox uses will-o-wisp to burn them, and magician steals their item at the same time, crippling them in two ways at once, and boosting Delphox in the process (the item stolen is almost always leftovers). This is absolutely devastating against more physically oriented teams and tanks. With substitute and it’s evs, it can burn half a team before being put down pretty easily. The last two slots ensure that Delphox isn’t taunt bait and has a tool to use against Pokemon that can’t be burned. Flamethrower is the prefered STAB for it’s higher pp and accuracy over fire blast. the last move is filler. Psychic is a decent move to hit things of it’s other STAB quite hard. If you anticipate things like Houndoom and Heatran then HP rock is the prefered hidden power, especially against things like Moltres.It’s Hp and very minor def and sp.def evs are enough to let it take hits behind subs pretty well, and take burned physical hits and special attacks comfortably. The Sp. atk evs give it a nice total Sp. atk stat of 300, enough to do good damage to anything that doesn’t resist it’s two attacking moves, while burn damage racks up (if staying in) or when pushed into a corner or cleaning a team of weakened mon. The timid nature and speed ivs are so that it will almost always get it’s sub up before taking a hit, and firing off its magician will-o-wisps before the opposing Pokemon moves. It is vital.

Now, for the downsides. The primary one is that while Delphox can enter the field and sub up with great ease, and the burns and bulk can help it stay alive for quite a while being a hellish nuisance, the opponent is obviously going to be doing stuff too. First and foremost, the boost to infiltrator and sound moves, especially bug buzz, will allow several mon to derail this strategy quite a bit (recommend HP rock for Noivern, chandelure and Crobat, by the way).Also, while boosting sweepers are no threat at all if Delphox gets it’s sub up (and look downright silly when they hit a sub with a +6 earthquake and have to switch out) , entry hazards are more of a problem. A spinner is definitely recommended to get rid of any hazards set up after Delphox is done. This isn’t a huge issue, though, as Delphox can bag the premium OU rocks users and spikers (skarmory, Forretress, Ferrothorn etc.) with a few well timed attacks and burns.Finally, and most crucially, beware of what you’re burning. Red card drags out a purely random mon. This means that Delphox could easily steal a choice band and cripple itself for the rest of the match, along with its opponent.Also blah blah stealth rock blah.

Other useful possible moves on this set are wish, trick and mystical fire. use whatever you want.

So in short, what you have here is an excellent, surprisingly hard hitting, fast and downright sadistic Pokemon that offers great utility and opponent-crippling. BUT it does take skill to use at times. Use it well, and it can make your team mates jobs a whole lot easier.This set really does work, though. I’ve been using it on my OU gen 6 mono fire team. It’s been winning a lot since I started using this thing.

Heh. Text wall.

Although sun will become less viable in OU, one thing does stand out to me: sunny rock now is 8 turns! so this is a hyper offense sun sweeper.

Delphox @ Choice Specs / Choice Scarf / Life Orb / Heat RockAbility: BlazeEVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 HPTimid Nature- Fire Blast- Solar Beam- Psychic / Psyshock- Switcheroo / Sunny Day / Shadow Ball

Sorry for all of the item options, but I wanted to show as many as possible. Heat Rock is not preferred, but interesting. If you’re lucky, 8 turns of destruction follow. If a choice item, use Switcheroo, and if LO, then Shadow Ball.

I think a Scarf set would work nicely with dat speed:

Delphox @ Choice ScarfAbility: BlazeEVs: 16 HP / 252 SpA / 236 SpeTimid Nature- Flamethrower / Fire Blast- Psychic- Switcheroo- Hidden Power [Ice] /Hidden Power [Grass] / Hidden Power [Steel] (Lol fairies)

Good speed, good SpA, fast special sweeper to counter Terrakion!

Delphox @ Choice Specs / Life OrbAbility: BlazeEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature: Timid- Flamethrower- Shadow Ball- Psychic / Psyshock- Grass Knot / Hidden Power [Grass]

Shame that Delphox doesn’t get a good Hidden ability like Greninja does, but its got some pretty decent stats, and slightly better defences than Greninja.

Grass Knot & HP Grass depend on a few things, mainly just the tier Delphox is in. I don’t think that Delphox will be higher than UU, and considering that Grass Knot is most effective in the higher tiers, especially Ubers because everything there is obese, HP Grass might be your better bet in order to deal consistent damage. I’m pretty sure HP Grass will OHKO Rhyperior anyway.

Delphox’s speed can also be augmented with Flame Charge, making it a very nice little sun or cs sweeper

Delphox @ Life Orb / Expert BeltAbility: BlazeEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid / Modest Nature- Flame Charge- Fire Blast- Psyshock / Hidden Power [Grass]- Psyshock / Shadow Ball

Hidden Power [Ground] may also be used for Heatran, and Hidden Power [Fighting] for Tyranitar, and of courseFlamethrower is also a fine substitute for Fire Blast.

Stall Set,

Delphox (F) @ Chesto BerryAbility: BlazeEVs: 126 Def / 126 SpA / 126 SpD / 126 SpeModest Nature-Will-O-Wisp-Rest-Sleep Talk-Flamethrower

Start off with WOW. Once the opponent is burned, wear them down with flamethrower over and over again. When needed, use rest. The Chesto Berry will wake you up the first time, and the next few times (should Delphox make it that far) use sleep talk and hope you get Flamethrower. If the opponent switches, WOW wouldn’t be bad either.

Why are more than half the sets here hyper-offensive? Delphox’s main niche is its signature move, Mystical Fire, which lowers Special Attack.

Delphox @ LeftoversAbility: BlazeEVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpDCalm Nature- Wish- Protect- Hypnosis / Toxic- Mystical Fire

Compared to what offensive Delphox does, defensive Delphox is superior. As you can tell, I actually use this in OU because it’s a fire type with Wish not named Flareon, and it actually works pretty well.

Wallphox time!

Now, Delphox actually has great Special Defense and not-bad HP and Defense. In conjunction with Mystical Fire, it can run an effective wall set.

Delphox @ Colbur BerryAbility: MagicianEVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA / 4 SpDBold Nature- Will-O-Wisp- Magic Coat- Mystical Fire- Psyshock

It’s rather simple. Cripple physical attackers with Will-O-Wisp, special attackers with Mystical Fire, repel Taunts and status with Magic Coat, and hit special walls not named Slowking with Psyshock. Annoying asheckto face,

Colbur Berry is run on this set because of the omnipresent Knock Off, and Magician provides some nice item-stealing. If you don’t like this unpredictablity, run Blaze as the Ability and use Lefties.

Oh, and look at this:-1 252+ SpA Choice Specs Dragalge Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Delphox: 190-225 (53.6 - 63.5%) – guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recoveryAssuming you’re against a smart opponent, they’ll switch Dragalge in on Delphox- no one expects Mystical Fire. Psyshock proceeds to 2HKO, taking out one of the most dangerous threats in RU.

4 SpA Delphox Flamethrower vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Cobalion: 206-246 (63.7 - 76.1%) – guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recoveryCM Cobalion is getting more and more common in RU, and this cripples him MASSIVELY. Sure, he can tank you, but how much damage can he do unboosted?

Gen 7 NU

Delphox @ Psychium ZAbility: BlazeEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeTimid NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Calm Mind- Hypnosis- Flamethrower- Psyshock

Calm Mind is to boost stats. Hypnosis can give you a set up opportunity, or you can use Z-Hypnosis to get a speed boost and out-speed most of the metagame (still gives you a set up opportunity to Calm Mind and sweep). Flamethrower is standard STAB. Psyshock can beat special walls, or can be used as a Z-Move to do tons of damage and ignore Psyshocks limitations of only hitting on the physical side.

I think this thing is a unique special staller/sweeper.

Delphox @ Life Orb / Wise GlassesAbility: BlazeEVs: 56 HP / 252 SpA / 100 SpD / 100 SpeTimid Nature-Mystical Fire-Protect-Psychic-Switcheroo

I just wanted to provide a moveset for an X/Y Pokemon. It may not be the best, but it’s pure ML.

Timid Nature (-Atk, +Spe)@Mind/Flame Plate / Leftovers / Expert Belt4 Def / 252 Sp. Atk / 252 Spe~ Calm MindBoosts Sp. Atk and Sp. Def to higher levels.~ Flamethrower/Fire BlastFor STAB and coverage. Use Flamethrower if Fire Blast’s accuracy doesn’t appeal to you. Though, the difference in power is notable.~ Psychic/PsyshockFor STAB and coverage. Psyshock ruins Blissey and other Special-only walls, while Psychic has slightly more power.~ Shadow Ball/Grass KnotShadow Ball is there for countering her Ghost type weakness and other Psychic types or you could use Grass Knot for her Water, Rock and Ground type weaknesses depending on what your team needs.

Delphox @ LeftoversAbility: BlazeEVs: 28 HP / 252 SpA / 228 SpeTimid Nature- Substitute- Calm Mind- Psychic / Psyshock- Fire Blast

Sub CM set. Substitute shields you from hits, while you set up Calm Minds, which aid your sweeping abilities. STAB Psychic for power and the ability to defeat physical walls who resist Fire Blast easier, or STAB Psyshock to defeat special walls more efficiently. Fire Blast is a powerful STAB move and gets pretty good coverage with your Psychic STAB. Since this guy will most likely be NU or RU, it’s EVs give it just enough to outspeed + speed base 100’s as well as the + speed monkey trio, which are basically the fastest relevant threats it has the ability to outspeed.

Because of this Pokemon’s high Special Attack, it’s a must for powerful special moves that cover coverage and STAB.

Delphox @ Choice ScarfAbility: BlazeEVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 HPTimid Nature- Mystical Fire / Flamethrower- Shadow Ball / Grass Knot- Flamethrower / Fire Blast- Psyshock / Psychic

In my opinion this moveset works quite well. This is more of a offensive type of variation with the Choice Scarf working well with that Speed. Plus I recommend this starter as it has the highest stat points out of the three starters.

Solar Beam is for all weaknesses and can be used after Sunny Day, lowering water type move’s damage and hiring power of fire blast and flamethrower! Psychic and Psyshock are both STAB, and are a Psychic type’s favorite moves! Have fun with this loved starter and battle well.

Role: Fast special set-up sweeper

Delphox @ Leftovers / Red CardAbility: BlazeEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeModest / Naive Nature- Fire Blast- Psychic / Psyshock- Substitute- Calm Mind

Alt. Choices: Shadow Ball, Grass Knot, Dazzling Gleam, Wish

Delphox. I feel bad for this guy, it’s really underrated in competitive. (Or that’s my opinion, at least.) I use her and she actually helps me out quite a lot! Here’s the set:

Delphox is born to be a fast special sweeper. Those Special Attack and Speed stats are amazing, so pour the most EVs into those stats and put the rest into its Special Defense.

The item I use for Delphox is Leftovers. It makes up for it’s frailty and helps keep it on the field. Another good choice is Red Card, if you want to be a troll with the Substitute.

The ability is just fine being Blaze, as Magician doesn’t really do much if you’re going to be holding an item.

As for nature, best to go with either Modest or Naive. Modest will boost your Special Attack, but Naive will guarantee you will be the fastest on the field. However, it does sap a bit of your Special Defense.

And last but not least, it’s moveset:

Delphox’s two main STAB moves are Fire Blast and Psychic. Or if you want, use Psyshock instead of Psychic if you feel you might come across special walls like Blissey.

Calm Mind boosts Special Attack and Special Defense, and Substitute will make up for your frailty and allow you to set up quickly.

The plan is simple. Put up a Substitute, rack up as many Calm Minds as you can, and once the Sub is broken, you’ll be ready to sweep.

Delphox has other good moves if you feel like using them: Grass Knot and Shadow Ball cover her weaknesses, Dazzling Gleam takes out unsuspecting Dark types and Dragons, and Wish makes up for her frailty.

However, Fire Blast // Psychic // Substitute // Calm Mind works the best for me.

I love this setup for Delphox on my Sun and moon and it’s amazing!

Delphox @ Twisted SpoonAbility: MagicianEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Will-O-Wisp- Psychic- Mystical Fire- Dazzling Gleam

It’s simple, Will-O-Wisp to burn your opponent. Psychic because it can lower an opponent’s Special Defense and because of Delphox’s high Special Attack. Mystical Fire because it’s a Fire type, and like Psychic it lowers Special Attack. Dazzling Gleam to use against Dragon, Dark, and Fighting.

Delphox @ Expert Belt / Colbur BerryAbility: Blaze / MagicianEVs: 4 HP / 12 Def / 236 SpA / 12 SpD / 244 SpeTimid Nature- Will-O-Wisp- Mystical Fire- Psyshock- Shadow Ball

Magician for Colbur Berry

And so use Will-O-Wisp for physical strikers, Mystical Fire for special attackers, Psyshock to go through special walls, and Shadow Ball for coverage. Alternatively, you could use Psychic and Flamethrower/Fire Blast instead but they don’t tend to work as well. Dazzling Gleam could replace Shadow Ball for coverage against Dark types.

Gen 7 NUDelphox @ Life OrbAbility: BlazeEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeTimid NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Psyshock- Flamethrower- Dazzling Gleam- Calm Mind

Psyshock is STAB and hits special walls. Flamethrower is also STAB. Dazzling Gleam deals with dark types. Calm Mind boosts your special attack and special defense.

The power of magic can trick you… And this set too

Gen VIIDelphox @ Red CardAbility: MagicianEVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpeModest Nature- Psychic- Flamethrower / Mystical Fire- Signal Beam / Dazzling Gleam- Calm Mind / Will-O-Wisp

Psychic is STABThe fire move is also STAB, whileFlametroweris stronger,Mystical Firelowers the Special Attack of your opponentSignal Beam and Dazziling Gleam are for coverageCalm MindAndWill-O-Wispare for setup and for ruin physical attackers day respecivellyPlus,Red Card + Magiciancan surprise many opponents, since they are probably unprepared for that. This combo is exactly why this set can be tricky

Gen 9 NU Nasty PlotDelphox @ Heavy-Duty BootsAbility: BlazeTera Type: Fire / FightingEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeTimid NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Nasty Plot- Fire Blast / Flamethrower- Psyshock- Focus Blast

Delphox has dropped to NU recently and has some new tools it didn’t have in Gen 7 NU. Delphox gets Nasty Plot, which boosts its Special Attack by 2 stages instead of 1, making it a scary threat. Fire Blast is used for a powerful Fire STAB, while Flamethrower can be used for a more consistent Fire STAB. Psyshock is used for the Psychic STAB so it can hit Pokemon who can tank special hits such as Blissey and Goodra. Focus Blast, another new tool Delphox got in Gen 9, allows Delphox to hit Pokemon such as Umbreon, Coalossal, and Tera Steel Appletun super effectively. Heavy-Duty Boots is used as the item to prevent Delphox from getting chipped by hazards. Tera Fire lets Delphox get a x2 STAB boost on its Fire STAB. Tera Fighting can be used to turn Delphox’s Dark weakness into a resist. Tera Fighting also allows a +2 Focus Blast to OHKO Umbreon.