What is a good moveset for Bruxish?

Question

Share your best competitive movesets for Bruxish on this thread!

Check the submission guidelines before posting! Only competitive movesets with all relevant details (item, nature, exact EVs, ability, moves) and a solid explanation will be accepted.

Bruxish Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Comments

I wonder if this guy can do some revenge killing.

Answer 1

Bruxish @ Life Orb
Ability: Strong Jaw
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Ice Fang
- Crunch
- Psychic Fangs
- Waterfall

Really obvious set. Ice Fang, Crunch and Psychic Fangs take advantage of Strong Jaw while Waterfall is there for STAB. Life orb is used so that attack stat gets a boost so that speed may instead be boosted by nature.

Best used in singles format

Answer 2

Bruxish @ Life Orb
Ability: Strong Jaw
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Aqua Jet
- Ice Fang / Crunch
- Psychic Fangs
- Waterfall / Aqua Tail

• Aqua Jet (STAB)
• Ice Fang / Crunch (I'd choose Ice Fang personally because I see it as better coverage, however Crunch is a more powerful attack)
• Psychic Fangs (STAB)
• Waterfall / Aqua Tail (STAB)

Similar to other sets I've seen, but I noticed that people have neglected Aqua Jet and whilst I understand they're making the most out of Strong Jaw by adding 3 biting moves, I think Aqua Jet is still a valuable STAB attack that will prove helpful as a practically guaranteed hit to score some damage through it's priority. I prefer Jolly nature over Adamant just so that I have a better chance of out-speeding other Pokemon, however you'll have the Life Orb to help pack a little bit more of a punch. 2 water type moves does result in less coverage I am fully aware, but they both receive STAB boosts, and one will be used more to pick off opponents or to hit a dangerous opponent that may be quicker (Aqua Jet), whilst the other is just a more powerful attack (Waterfall/Aqua Tail). Obviously Aqua Tail is a slightly stronger move over Waterfall, but isn't so accurate and doesn't have a chance to flinch the opponent so it's all about whether you want a little bit more power at the risk of missing the attack (most choose Waterfall). This Move set is best suited for a single battle.

Answer 3

Gen 7 (USUM)

Bruxish @ Focus Sash
Ability: Dazzling
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Liquidation
- Psychic Fangs
- Crunch

Focus Sash + Dazzling lets you get off a Swords Dance and not be KOed by priority. Liquidation and Psychic Fangs are STAB. Crunch is for Ghost-types.

Answer 4

Gen 9 RU Choice Band

Bruxish @ Choice Band
Ability: Strong Jaw
Tera Type: Water / Psychic / Dark
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Wave Crash
- Aqua Jet
- Psychic Fangs
- Crunch

A Choice Band Bruxish set for Gen 9 RU. This is essentially the Gen 7 RU Swords Dance set, but with a stronger Water STAB and the ability to have a Tera Type. Wave Crash is a new powerful Water STAB Bruxish gets in Gen 9 despite the recoil damage. Aqua Jet is used for a priority Water STAB that allows Bruxish to pick off weakened Pokemon that outspeed Bruxish. Psychic Fangs is used for a powerful Psychic STAB that gets boosted by Strong Jaw. Crunch is a useful coverage move boosted by Strong Jaw that allows Bruxish to deal super effective damage to Slowbro. For the Tera Type options, just pick what move you want to get boosted by Tera. Tera Water is used to boost the power of Wave Crash and Aqua Jet. Tera Psychic is used to boost Psychic Fangs. Tera Dark is used to boost the power of Crunch.

Answer 5

Scarf Bruxish just got SO much better in NU.

Gen 9 NU Choice Scarf

Bruxish @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Strong Jaw
Tera Type: Water / Dark / Psychic
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Wave Crash
- Psychic Fangs
- Crunch
- Flip Turn

DLC 1 for SV came out recently, and blessed Bruxish with Flip Turn. With Flip Turn, Bruxish can actually pivot out of bad matchups, which is useful on a Choice Scarf set. Flip Turn is also nice as the last move on Scarf Bruxish. The other moves are standard on the Choice Scarf set. Wave Crash is Bruxish's most powerful Water STAB. Psychic Fangs is a nice Psychic STAB move boosted by Strong Jaw that is useful against Pokemon such Toxicroak, Qwilfish, and Hariyama. Crunch is a Strong Jaw boosted coverage move that is useful against Pokemon such as opposing Bruxish, Houndstone, and Decidueye. Tera Water is used to boost the power of Wave Crash and Flip Turn. Tera Dark can be used to make Crunch a STAB move. Tera Psychic can be used to make Psychic Fangs hit harder.

Answer 6

Role: Early Game Sweeper/ Revenge Killer

Bruxish @ Choice Band
Ability: Strong Jaw
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 120 SpD / 132 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Crunch
- Ice Fang
- Psychic Fangs
- Waterfall

This set takes advantage of Strong Jaw which increases attack for bite based attacks. Using Choice Band it raises the attack on top of the Strong Jaw boost and if you Baton Pass a few Swords Dances it becomes a killing machine. Crunch and Ice Fang for coverage and Psychic Fangs and Waterfall for STAB.

Answer 7

Special Bruxish

Bruxish @ Choice Specs / Life Orb
Ability: Dazzling
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature (+Spe, -Atk)
- Surf
- Psychic
- Frost Breath / Ice Beam
- Signal Beam / Hidden Power [Electric] / Hidden Power [Grass]

Choice Specs and Life Orb boost your damage. Dazzling keeps you save from annoying priority. Surf and Psychic are STAB. Ice Beam is more reliable than Frost Breath, but the ability to pierce through stat boosts is nice. Signal Beam, HP Electric, and HP Grass are coverage and let you hit Water/Psychic and Water/Dark Pokémon that resist your other attacks. HP Electric gives the most supereffective coverage.

Answer 8

Bruxish @ Assault Vest
Ability: Strong Jaw
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Crunch
- Psychic Fangs
- Ice Fang
- Swords Dance

• Crunch (For hitting the Ghost type with Strong Jaw' s boost)
• Psychic Fangs (Can break Light Screen and Reflect, STAB and Strong Jaw)
• Ice Fang (Flinching and Freezing)
• Swords Dance (Need to explain anything???)

Comments

Bruxish can't use Swords Dance if it's item is Assault Vest.

Answer 9

Bruxish @ Life Orb
Ability: Strong Jaw
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Psychic Fangs
- Aqua Jet / Liquidation
- Crunch / Liquidation / Poison Fang / Iron Tail / Ice Fang

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• Swords Dance boosts its Attack to sky high levels

• Psychic Fangs is STAB and Strong Jaw boosted

• Aqua Jet can be used as Priority while Liquidation is a strong Water Move

• Crunch is good for hitting Ghost Types

• Ice Fang is good for hitting Grass and Dragon types

• Poison Fang is Strong Jaw boosted and hits Grass and Fairy types

• While Iron Tail is still stronger and hits Fairy and Ice types

Answer 10

Gen 7 (USUM)

Bruxish @ Focus Sash
Ability: Dazzling
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Scald
- Signal Beam
- Ice Beam
- Calm Mind

Suprised no one's made this yet. Bruxish has mediocre defenses, so Focus Sash should activate easily and allow to you get a Calm Mind off. Dazzling prevents priority moves from KOing after it's hit 1 HP. Bruxish has a max speed of 311, so it's pretty speedy. Scald is STAB, Signal Beam is coverage for Dark-types, and Ice Beam is for Grass-types.