What is a good moveset for Rillaboom?

Question

If you have a good competitive moveset for Rillaboom, post an answer below and upvote the best ones. Movesets for any of its pre-evolutions can also be shared on this thread.

Be sure to include full set details in your post, e.g. items, abilities, natures and EVs. Some detail, including the intended game mode for your set, is also appreciated. Access the full list of guidelines here.

Rillaboom Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Answer 1

Rillaboom @ Life Orb
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Grassy Glide
- Superpower
- Knock Off

Overwhelming amounts of power. Swords Dance to double attack. Grassy Glide for STAB Grassy Terrain boosted priority move. Superpower for steel coverage (like Ferrothorn), and Knock Off to remove items. Life Orb gives even more power, and most of the damage from Life Orb will be recovered by Grassy Terrain.

Comments

Dang, you're on a roll with these movesets (lol)!  Nice job!

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thanks!

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personally, i'd recommend high horsepower. Still a fun set though.

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True, that makes sense.

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SpillThePolteageist, I'm confused as to why you would run high horsepower over earthquake when it learns both moves. High Horsepower gives no secondary effect, and only has 95 base power instead of earthquake's 100. Maybe in doubles with a grounded ally, High Horsepower would do more since moves that hit everything do less when hitting multiple targets, but outside of that I see no reason to run it over earthquake.

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earthquake is weakened in grassy terrain

Answer 2

Singles

Rillaboom @ Choice Band
Ability: Overgrow (Grassy Surge whenever that comes out)
Nature: Adamant/Jolly
EVs: 252 Attack/252 Speed/4 HP

• Drum Beating/Wood Hammer
• Knock Off
• U-turn
• Drain Punch/Earthquake/Superpower

Rillaboom @ Life Orb
Ability: Overgrow (Grassy Surge whenever that comes out)
Nature: Adamant/Jolly
EVs: 252 Attack/252 Speed/4 HP

• Drum Beating/Wood Hammer
• Knock Off
• U-turn
• Drain Punch/Earthquake/Superpower

Doubles/VGC

Rillaboom @ Figy/Sitrus Berry
Ability: Overgrow (Grassy Surge whenever that comes out)
Nature: Adamant/Jolly
EVs: 252 Attack/252 Speed/4 HP

• Fake Out
• Protect/Drum Beating
• Knock Off
• Superpower/High Horsepower/Low Kick

Comments

Rillaboom can't learn Fake Out

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Fake Out is an Egg Move on Rillaboom, which is not doccumented on this site.

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yh but for pkmn showdown purposes its fine

Answer 3

Rillaboom @ Choice Band
Ability: Grassy Surge
Nature: Adamant
EVs 252 Attack/ 252 Speed / 4 HP

Solar Blade/Drum Beating/Wood Hammer
U-Turn
Knock Off
Drain Punch

Comments

choice band growth/sunny day?

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Solar blade over drum beating or wood hammar?

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Don't do Solar Blade. 125 base power is great, but it needs to charge up for one turn, which basically lowers it to 62.5, which is bad.

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Solar Blade is basically effected by sunlight which if you use will make it stronger

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Grassy surge is on the game

Answer 4

Rillaboom @ Leftovers
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Wood Hammer/ Grassy Glide
- Drain Punch/ Knock Off
- Protect
- Leech Seed
Explanation: This set is for Gen 8 OU on Showdown. Wood Hammer is STAB and the power is boosted in Grassy Terrain. Drain Punch is to recover HP, and can heal off the Wood Hammer recoil. Leech Seed is to lower the opponent's HP and steal the grounded opponent's Grassy Terrain's 6% HP restore. Protect is to avoid taking damage and get HP recovery from Leech Seed, Grassy Terrain, and Leftovers.
Move Alternatives: Grassy Glide: if you want +1 priority during Grassy Terrain
Knock Off: useful on Pokemon such as Tangrowth that can wall Rillaboom.

Answer 5

Rillaboom

Sitrus Berry

Jolly
EVs: 4 HP, 252 attack, 252 speed.
Don’t have grassy terrain with earthquake.

Drum Beating
Earthquake/High Horsepower/Fake Out/Acrobatics
Knock Off
U-Turn.

Answer 6

Rillaboom @ Choice Band
ABILITY: Overgrow/Grassy Surge
NATURE: Adamant (+Atk -SpAtk)
EVs: 252 Atk/252 HP/4 Def

Wood Hammer
Earthquake
Knock Off
U-turn

Answer 7

Rillaboom @ chesto berry
Nature: Adamant/Jolly (preference for attack or speed up, both lower special attack)
Ability: Overgrow (look into Grassy Surge once the DLC comes out)
EV's: 252 Attack/252 Speed/4 HP

This set is for those who want to try something out of the ordinary to throw the opponent off their game.

1: Knock Off- good, decent power moved that negates opponents item
2: Drum Beating- rillaboom's special move that increases its speed.
3: Rest- heal up and use the chesto berry.
4: Snore- decent power move to use when you use rest to heal a second time. may cause flinching so you can frustrate your opponent more.

All comments greatly appreciated. I don't play the game on a competitive level that most of you do. But I do enjoy tinkering with Pokemon to see what I can make.

Comments

snore with a -sp.atk nature?

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Snore in general?

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Why Snore? Go for Earthquake.

Answer 8

VGC 2020

Rillaboom @ Sitrus Berry (or leftovers)
Ability:Grassy Surge
Nature:Adamant/Impish
EVs: 252 Attack/252 Defense/4 HP
-Drum Beating/Wood Hammer (leaning towards more wood hammer because of healing)
-Knock Off
-Fake Out/Protect
-Drain Punch

Comments

In almost every situation, it's better to max HP than to choose 1 defensive stat. 252 HP EVs are indeed slightly less effective than 252 Def EVs at blocking physical attacks (or 252 SpD EVs for special attacks), but HP EVs affect *both* stats, which makes them almost universal on defensive Pokemon.

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Theres actually grassy surge on it now that its released

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252 on defense is better because Rillaboom is a physically defensive sweeper, I would put 252 in hp if this was a Dynamax/gigantamax build

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hp is better, because it boosts both defenses. do not run max defense

Answer 9

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Ability:grassy surge(heal him some more and boost his grass STAB)
Nature:adamant
EVs:252 HP 252 Attack 4 defense
•Drum beating: good damage with STAB and grassy terrain and doesn’t take recoil like wood hammer. It also lowers speed
•Fake out: to deal some damage and make them flinch
•Swords Dance: Raise his attack
•Earthquake:Strong, and deals with fire types.

Answer 10

Rillaboom @ Choice Band
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Grassy Glide (70 Base Power Grass Type Move)
- Superpower
- U-turn
- Knock Off

Grassy Glide is basically the strongest priority move in the game paired with STAB + Grassy Terrain. Superpower nails Ferrothorn. U-turn is for momentum. Knock Off can remove items from Pokemon that would basically wall Rillaboom, like Corviknight, Tangrowth (?), etc.

Answer 11

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Trait: Grassy Surge
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 Attack, 252 HP, 4 Speed
Role: Physical Sweeper

Moves:

• Drum Beating
• Bulk Up
• Body Press
• Knock Off

Answer 12

Tanky monkey
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252sp.def/244hp/4def/8atk
Ability: grassy surge
Impish nature
4def to balance stats. 8 atk to hit a bit harder
Moves:
- leech seed
Healing
- knock off
- drum beating/glassy glide
- drain punch/acrobatics/high horsepower/bulk up/Subsitute

Answer 13

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Trait: Grassy Surge
Nature: Adamant (+Attack, -Sp. Attack)
EVs: 252 Attack, 252 HP, 4 Sp. Defense
Role: Physical Tank

Moves:

• Grassy Glide
• Knock Off
• U-Turn
• Drain Punch

Grassy Glide For STAB, that gets Priority in Grassy Terrain, which is placed when Rillaboom Comes out. Knock Off gets rid of the opponents item which could be really helpful. U-Turn is for switching out. Drain Punch is to gain lost HP

Comments

If it's a physical tank, why adamant?

Answer 14

Rillaboom @ Choice Band/Life Orb/Grassy Seed
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Grassy Glide/Drum Beating
- U-turn
- Drain Punch
- Knock Off/High Horsepower
Grassy Glide has priority and deals slightly more damage in terrain. Drum Beating helps Rillabooom's Speed even better, U-Turn switches out Rillaboom when in a bad matchup. Drain Punch heals up Rillaboom while countering it's Ice type weakness. High Horsepower covers Fire and Poison types while not being affected by Grassy Terrain unlike Earthquake. Knock Off knocks off the oppoment's item, which can help a lot, also deals double the damage when Knocking Off an item.
I've hoped I've helped!

Comments

Drum Beating should used only for stall sets. Grassy Glide is better.

Answer 15

Gen 8 NU
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Ability:Grassy Surge
Nature:Adamant
EVs:252 Atk/252 HP/4 Def
•Grassy Glide
•Knock Off
•Drain Punch
•Swords Dance

Answer 16

Rillaboom(M)@Life Orb
Adamant Nature/ Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs (252 Atk/252 SpDef/4 SPD)
-U turn
-Drum Beating
-Body Press
-Earthquake