What is a good moveset for Yveltal?
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Yveltal: The Destruction Pokémon.__The Physical Variant:Yveltal @ Choice Scarf:Ability: Dark AuraEVs: 252 Ark / 252 Spe / 4 HPJolly Nature- Rock Slide / Dragon Rush- Phantom Force / Steel Wing- Foul Play / Sucker Punch- Acrobatics / U-Turn / Sky Attack
This guy has a lot of possibilities to run in a physical set. It’s gonna be Uber for sure. The first move is up to you: If you want a check against Ice, then Rock Slide may satisfy you. Yveltal must be able to outspeed other Scarf users in Ubers as Reshiram, that’s why you have Dragon Rush, which also has a very good power, but an unreliable accuracy.
Phantom Force is kinda a Shadow Force with more PP and less power, but not only it has a decent 90 basepower but also it has the ability to hurt for indeed admirable damage Giratina, which is quite common in Ubers as a phazer. On the other hand, Steel Wing inflicts decent damage and offers a check against Xerneas’s fairy type, which is useful. Foul Play may use Zekrom and Rayquaza’s respective honorable attack against themselves with a very nice 95 base, while Sucker Punch can receive a priority boost if well used, against a choice user, to finish it.
Ah! Yveltal has so much options! It’s gonna be mine! It has the ability not to be deja vu, it has an admirable speed with a great offensive. It also has a pretty nice bulk. Acrobatics can be used with a Flying Gem, and thus hits for nasty damage against the foe, while Sky Attack benefits a power boost but for a 2 turns-attacking move. U-Turn can be used to scout and has a nice basepower.
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Yveltal @ Rocky HelmetAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 248 HP / 196 Def / 64 SpeBold Nature- Foul Play- Taunt- Roost- Toxic
This Yveltal set is designed to take on some of the most prominent physical attackers of the Uber metagame. It’s access to a faster-than-normal speed stat of 99 makes it the optimal Pokemon for creeping and with access to incredible utility moves like Taunt, Toxic, Foul Play and Roost it can do hefty damage to both physical attackers and stall. With instant recovery in the form of Roost, Yveltal can run Rocky Helmet, which can be hugely advantageous when facing down opposing EKiller who aren’t quite OHKO’d by Foul Play. Taunt + Toxic shuts down every stall Pokemon ever to crawl around, while also severally crippling shaky set-up sweepers. This Pokemon is so amazing, it doesn’t even fear Chickens or Ponies (that’s blaziken and Arceus-Normal you noobs…).
Yveltal @ Life OrbAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 32 Atk / 224 SpA / 252 SpeNaive Nature- Sucker Punch- Oblivion Wing- Dark Pulse- Steel Wing / Focus Blast
Yveltal @ Choice SpecsAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeNaive Nature- Hurricane- Dark Pulse- Focus Blast- U-turn / Oblivion Wing
Yveltal @ Life OrbAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 44 HP / 212 SpA / 252 SpeTimid / Modest Nature- Substitute- Dark Pulse- Focus Blast- Oblivion Wing
Yveltal @ Life OrbAbility:Dark AuraEVs: 32 Atk / 252 SpA / 224 SpeMild Nature- Dark Pulse- Sucker Punch- Oblivion Wing- Focus Blast / Roost
Dark Aura is a great Ability. It increases Dark Pulse’s Base Power from an iffy base 80 to a much more impressive 106, and slightly more. Yveltal may not have the best Sp. Attack for a BST 680 Uber, but having a main STAB Attack that would make a Special Earthquake look bad certainly helps.
However, one of Yveltal’s mains strengths by far is its Sucker Punch. This time, I like to think of Dark Aura as a Boost to Attack as apposed to Base Power. So, with the given Attack EVs, Yveltal has just 306 Attack, but with Dark Aura, Yveltal has the equivalent of a much more impressive 408 Attack. And with an 80 BP STAB, with the boost of a Life Orb, Yveltal’s Sucker Punch is one of the strongest priority moves in the game, and you honestly will be losing out if you choose not to run it. It also greatly lessens the overall need to be fast and quite simply makes Yveltal much more useful.
Speaking of Speed, the given EVs let Yveltal outrun Pokemon with a Base Speed of 95 or lower with a neutral Nature. You can run Hasty over Mild if you really want, but due to Yveltal’s odd base speed there’s virtually no reason whatsoever to increase the speed EVs. As a Mixed Attacker, a Defense lowering Nature is preferred over SpD, due to the fact that Yveltal’s typing is slightly better at switching in to Special attacks (it also loses slightly fewer points).
Next, Oblivion Wing acts as secondary STAB and covers Fighting Types. IMO Oblivion Wing is simply better than Hurricane. his is because of two reasons: 1) Outside of Rain, Hurricane is weaker on average, at 77 Base Power, not to mention that its accuracy will annoy you to hell and back 2) Oblivion Wing also has a vastly superior side effect that greatly improves its tanking Ability. Whenever something outspeeds it, that it cannot OHKO outright, Yveltal can use Oblivion Wing to greatly minimize the overall damage and then potentially follow up with Sucker Punch to achieve the KO.
For this very reason Dark Pulse already is not always the best move to use, even though it’s much more powerful, and Hurricane is pretty comparable to Dark Pulse in that regard. Even with Rain support, Hurricane is still very questionable over Oblivion wing. Focus Blast is a bit of a luxury move; while there are a handful of things that Yveltal needs Focus Blast for, coverage-wise, it also tends to be useful for its ability to simply hit things Super Effectively. It’s nice to quickly remove the Normal, Steel, and Dark Types and make the game just a little bit easier.
Of course, you cannot be blamed for running Roost Instead, though Oblivion Wing helps for recovery.
Yveltal @ Weakness policyAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Substitute- Oblivion Wing- Dark Pulse- Psychic (Coverage) / Focus Blast(Coverage but you have to risk a miss) / Roost (if you think Oblivion Wing isn’t enough recovery)
The purpose of this set is to get a Substitute up,get hit with a super effective move,let the weakness policy activate through the substitute,and just sweep after that.If the opponent is faster then you it’s not that much of a problem because Yveltal still has good natural bulk on his own.
Yveltal @ Life OrbAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpAMild Nature- Sucker Punch- Dark Pulse- Oblivion Wing- Heat Wave
Yvetal @ Choice ScarfAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Hurricane- Focus Blast- Dark Pulse- Shadow Ball / Psychic
Maybe that subpar speed can be helped with a scarf. This can be used as either a normal sweeper or a rain sweeper for Hurricane spam.
NatDex AGAV Yveltal: Dyna Sweeper + SpD Wall Combined in One.
Yveltal @ Assault VestAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 124 HP / 252 SpA / 132 SpeTimid NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Hidden Power [Poison]- Oblivion Wing- Heat Wave- Dark Pulse
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Lastly, +1 Oblivion Wing/Heat Wave/Dark Pulse is still not Enough to Score an OHKO or at worst, 2HKO on a Healthy Zac-C/Mray/Support Arc Formes so make sure to Keep rocks up and Pressure them.
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Yveltal @ Life OrbAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 56 Atk / 200 SpA / 252 SpeNaive Nature- Sucker Punch- Dark Pulse- Oblivion Wing / Hurricane- U-turn / Focus Blast / Roost
Hmm. Rather disappointing movepool. Dark/Flying typing is not the end of the world, but it doesn’t give very good coverage. Hurricane or Oblivion Wing depending if you want to use it in rain. If you choose to use it in rain, go for Roost to replenish Life Orb drain. Steel Wing is also an option to cover Fairy weakness, but at base 70 and 90% accuracy, I think Yveltal has better things to do than use Steel Wing.
I don’t think Focus Blast is really that needed anymore considering that Steel no longer resists Dark. Focus Blast will still do more damage to a steel type that doesn’t resist Fighting, but at least Dark Pulse is 100% accurate.
Hmmm… Not a bad typing, looks awesome. Let’s begin
PhysicalYveltal @ Choice Band / Choice ScarfAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 120 HP / 252 Atk / 136 SpDJolly Nature- U-turn (Great scouting)- Foul play /Sucker punch (Priority or power)- Phantom force/ Shadow claw (you decide)- Dragon Rush / Steel Wing (Dragons or Fairies)
SpecialYveltal @ Choice Scarf / Choice SpecsAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 120 HP / 252 SpA / 136 SpDTimid Nature- Oblivion wing (Healing, STAB)- Dark pulse (Flinch, STAB)- Focus blast (coverage against rock etc.)- Psychic (coverage)
The Special Variant:Yveltal @ Choice Scarf:Ability: Dark AuraEV: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Dark Pulse- Focus Blast- Oblivion Wing- Psychic
Unfortunately, Yveltal’s Special set is more limited. It can use maximum 6 strong special attack, here are your 4 best: Dark Pulse provides a deadly STAB with Dark Aura and the EV spread, leading to some massive damage for one use + 20% flinch chance. Focus Blast has a respectable 120 base power alongside 70% of accuracy and misses sometimes, but usually it hits hard for some amazing damage, and provides a check against both Rock and Ice, which Yveltal dislikes. Oblivion Wing is a recovery STAB form for my beloved bird, and not only will recover most of the HP it did, meanwhile, 75% I guess, 87.5 % with a Big Root, but also being a STAB means you inflict more, and recover more, especially against a weakened treat. Finally, Psychic is some nice damage and is quite the threat against Fighting Pokémon.
Yveltal @ Flying GemAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Acrobatics- Steel Wing- Sucker Punch- Hone Claws
Acrobatics and Sucker Punch for great STAB, and Steel Wing for coverage against Ice, Rock and Fairy. Use Hone Claws for higher accuracy on Steel Wing, and the general Attack buff.
Yveltal @ Life OrbAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpDSerious Nature- Dark Pulse- Oblivion Wing- Hidden Power [Steel]- Toxic
Dark Pulse (Good STAB move, boosted by Dark Aura and has 20% Flinch)
Oblivion Wing (Good STAB, restores HP for Life Orb loss)
Hidden Power [Steel] (Not very good power but everybody hates Fairy types)
Toxic (Well….it’s Toxic)
Yveltal @ Life Orb/Big RootAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeModest Nature- Dark Pulse- Oblivion Wing- Focus Blast- Dragon Rush
Dark Pulse is STAB Dark Aura power, Oblivion Wing for STAB recovery while attacking, Focus Blast is powerful coverage, and Dragon Rush to deal with dragons. Unfortunately, he can’t learn an ice type move or special dragon move to use instead, so that’s the dragon coverage you have. Not really terrible, but his moves really lack coverage of much quality.
ORAS
Yveltal @ Choice ScarfAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeModest Nature / Mild Nature- Dark Pulse- Hurricane- Knock Off- U-turn
Dark Pulse for STAB, boosted by Dark AuraHurricane for power or Oblivion Wing for healing and reliability. Won’t be achieving the same KO’s as Hurricane though.Knock Off is a new toy its received through the ORAS move tutors and removes items from opposing Pokemon. Even with the attack minus nature (if using Modest) it still has good power backed up by STAB and Dark Aura.U-Turn is a great move on Choice Scarfer’s and is there to scout and for chip damage.
Other options include Hyper Voice which hits through Substitute, Heat Wave or Focus Blast for a stronger hit on Steel types and Foul Play for a strong hit against physical attackers.
Yveltal @Life OrbAbility: Dark auraEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA /252 SpeTimid Nature- Oblivion Wing- Dark Pulse- Focus blast- U-turn
Oblivion Wing - recovers HP from Life Orb and attacksDark Pulse - boosted power from Dark Aura abilityFocus blast - for rock and ice types - really powerful.U-turn - to switch out on a dark type as the moves are boosted for everyone on the field.
Yveltal @ Assault VestAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeMild Nature- Foul Play- Air Slash- Dragon Claw- Roost
Foul Play STABAir Slash STAB better accuracy than HurricaneDragon Claw CoverageRoost health recovery
Ok so I didn’t want to run Choice Specs Because your opponent could easily switch into Blaziken and then your dead unless you switch so here is my explanation of this moveset
Foul Play is good against Pokemon that’s attack stat is super high and STABAir Slash STAB Chance to flinchDragon Claw is coverageRoost is health recovery
Hope this helps! : )
Yveltal @ Life Orb / Choice ScarfAbility: Dark AuraEVs: 48 Atk / 248 SpA / 212 SpeHasty Nature- Oblivion Wing- Focus Blast- Dark Pulse- Sucker Punch / U-Turn
Yveltal is, not gonna lie, my favorite Pokémon. With good HP, Attack, and Special Attack and pretty good Defense and Special Defense, it can play a lot of roles. My personal favorite is a Special set with Sucker Punch to take down faster threats. Another favorite of mine is very similar, but it replaces a Life Orb for a Choice Scarf, with U-Turn instead of Sucker Punch.
With a Choice Scarf, it’s pretty fast. 48 Attack insures good damage with Sucker Punch, but if you decide to run U-Turn and a Scarf, it’s recommended those EVs go into Speed, HP, and SpAtk. The set is pretty simple, and it covers a lot. Oblivion Wing is STAB that heals LO damage, if you’re using a LO.
Focus Blast nails Ice, Steel, and Rock types. Dark Pulse is STAB with a flinch chance, which is nice. Sucker Punch and U-Turn depend on the item, I’d go with Sucker Punch for priority if you’re running an LO set, and U-Turn for pivoting on the Choice Scarf set.
