What is a good moveset for Exeggutor?

Question

This thread is for Kantonian Exeggutor. For Alolan Exeggutor, please go here.

If you have a good competitive moveset for Exeggutor, post an answer below and upvote the best ones. Movesets for its pre-evolutions, if any, 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.

Exeggutor Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Answer 1

Exeggutor (M) @ Life Orb

Role: Sunny Sweeper

Trait: Chlorophyll

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd

Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)

• SolarBeam
• Psyshock
• Hidden Power [Fire]
• Synthesis

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The other approach to using Exeggutor.

SolarBeam and HP Fire make for Great use in Sunny Weather!
And Psyshock is great STAB and covers Special Walls.
While Synthesis gets great use in the Sun if you can time it right.

Comments

Finally!!! I was getting worried no one would put the whole sunny day Solarbeam/Synthesis thing. At last someone sees the beauty of the sunny weather. Couldn't have said it better myself.

Answer 2

I'm surprised that no one has tried a set like this.

Mad Coconut (Exeggutor) (F) @ Chesto Berry
Trait: Harvest
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SAtk / 252 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Giga Drain-Heals
- Psychic-STAB
- Rest-Read Below!
- Toxic-Read it!

I though that it was a same that no one has taken advantage of Exegutor's awesome ability, Harvest, then I thought, why not make one myself. Rest is an even better Moonlight with the Chesto berry, and the berry will ALWAYS come back. Since this guy is kinda a wall, I gave him toxic. This set really works, since I've tested it myself.

Comments

*Looks at older answers* I can't get a first for anything...

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He's a wall? Besides his HP, his defenses aren't spectacular, and he has tons of weaknesses..

Answer 3

Gen 7

Exeggutor @ Chesto Berry
Ability: Harvest
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leaf Storm
- Psychic
- Psych Up
- Rest
Explanation: This set should be used during Sunny Day. Leaf Storm and Psychic are STAB moves. Psych Up is to reset your Special Attack stat. If the opponent used a move like Quiver Dance, use Psych Up to copy the stat changes. Rest is for longevity. With harvest in Sunny Day and Chesto Berry, you can spam Resto Chesto.

Comments

Great set!

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Thanks!

Answer 4

Swords Dance Exeggutor

Tropical Sexy (Exeggutor) @ Sitrus Berry
Trait: Harvest
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd)

• Swords Dance
• Trick Room
• Wood Hammer / Low Kick
• Zen Headbutt

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Got this idea from the amazing cofagrigus set ( nasty plot + trick room ) i've used with great success in RU and UU. Exeggutor's special attack is so high that people often neglect its solid 95 attack. It's also one of the few Pokemon with access to both swords dance & trick room, and the others don't really have the speed to abuse it properly. with Exeggutor's solid bulk and handy resistances, you set up an SD, increasing your attack to scary levels. You can then use trick room; with 0 speed EVs and a speed decreasing nature you 'out-slow' most of the tier. zen headbutt is your primary STAB move. the choice between wood hammer and low kick is up to you; wood hammer is another hard hitting STAB move, but low kick gets great coverage, nailing dark and steel types. However, since a lot of Pokemon in NU are light, and there's not a lot of steels, wood hammer is usually the better choice.

Comments

oohhh- physical exeggutor

Answer 5

Starfvest Exeggutor

Exeggutor with Harvest is common. Exeggutor with Starf Berry is not. The Starf Berry is actually really good. It's essentially a free Swords Dance, Iron Defense, Nasty Plot, Amnesia, or Agility when at low health, and you can get multiple boosts thanks to Harvest. So here's a Starf Berry Harvest Exeggutor:

Exeggutor @ Starf Berry
Ability: Harvest
Nature: Calm
252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 SpA
-Substitute
-Sleep Powder/Leech Seed
-Infestation
-Giga Drain

Substitute is near-necessary HP loss to get the Starf Berry boost. Sleep Powder allows for Giga Drain spam, and Leech Seed provides constant HP drain, whichever one you prefer. Infestation is continual damage, which is nice. The Starf Berry boost will almost always be good. Its Defense is pretty low, so +2 Defense is good. +2 Special Attack boosts Giga Drain, +2 Special Defense boosts its even lower Special Defense, and +2 Speed boosts its horrible Speed. +2 Attack is the only bad thing.

Answer 6

I only saw one Physical Exeggutor, time to make another one :D

Exeggutor @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Harvest
Brave Nature
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Spe
-Substitute / Trick Room
-Swords Dance
-Seed Bomb
-Natural Gift

Now, let me explain. You can run Sub if you already have other Trick Room support, because you won't need to set it up. Swords Dance boosts Exeggutor's Attack to staggering levels. Seed Bomb is STAB... And so is Natural Gift.
Natural Gift is, coincidentally, an 80 BP Psychic-type attack when holding a Sitrus Berry. Natural Gift isn't generally popular cuz it's one-use... but then Harvest comes into play.
Harvest regenerates your Sitrus Berry quite often, which can either a) give you another Natural Gift, or b) give you recovery. Sun support helps with this.

If you feel REALLY daring, then run Starf Berry. It gives you 20 more Base Power, but the effects... I'll leave that for you to find out. (I'm sure you know anyway.)

Comments

Maybe Zen Headbutt>Natural Gift? Other then that, great set!

Answer 7

Calm nature
Sitrus Berry / Tanga Berry (anti-Bug Berry) / Occa Berry (anti-Fire Berry)
Harvest ability
252 HP, rest to Sp.Att and/or (Sp.)Def

Sunny Day - for SolarBeam and Synthesis/Moonlight
Synthesis / Moonlight - powered by Sunny Day
SolarBeam - strong, accurate, STAB, Sunny Day combo
Psychic - strong, accurate, STAB

Comments

Why not chlorophyll to further exploit sunny weather?

Answer 8

Gen V

Exeggutor (M) @ Lum Berry

Trait: Harvest

EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SAtk

Quiet Nature (+SAtk, -Spd)

• Rest
• Trick Room
• Psyshock
• Giga Drain

Lum Berry with Harvest. This protects you from status really. So you can just use Rest, and the Lum Berry will wake you up right away. Trick Room will make up for its poor Speed, and you can use this guy as a Trick Room setter on your Trick Room team. Psyshock and Giga Drain are there for STAB. You won't need Speed nor want it since it is using Trick Room. The EVs maximize your Special attack and give it some bulk.

Answer 9

Double/Triple battle

Exeggutor (M) @ Sitrus Berry
Trait: Harvest
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SAtk
Quiet Nature (+SAtk, -Spd)
- Trick Room
- Giga Drain
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Fire]

Trick Room is great in multi-battles. Helps out the team, Exeggutor, and screws over the opponent. Giga Drain and Psychic are STAB. HP Fire is coverage.

Answer 10

Trick room Rampardos Screwer
(M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Harvest
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SAtk
Quiet Nature (+SAtk, -Spd)
- Giga Drain
- Sleep Powder
- Dream Eater
- Hidden Power [Dark]

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Outslows rampardos by 2 stat points, and Giga drain OHKOs standard rampardos, with HP dark(3 spd Ivs)for coverage. Dream eater and Giga Drain is to recover LO damage.

Answer 11

Exeggutor @ Sitrus Berry

Trait: Harvest

EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef

Calm Nature

• Giga Drain
• Psyshock
• Solarbeam
• Stun Spore / Toxic / Sleep Powder

Comments

Needs Sun support if using SolarBeam...

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It needs sun support for harvest too. Figured it would be obvious.

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Harvest can be used without sun.

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The chance is really unreliable.

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Not too unreliable. 50% without sun is huge compared to other abilities.

Answer 12

Made for Sun team

Exeggutor @ Sitrus Berry

Ability: Harvest
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef
Calm Nature
- Substitute
- Giga Drain
- Leech Seed
- Toxic

When in Sun Harvest is 100% chance, and Giga Drain, Leech Seed, and Toxic come in handy. Me and my tutor made this thing :D

Answer 13

Role: sleep sweeper

Ability: harvest

EVs: 252hp, 252spdef, 4def

Nature: Bold

Item: Sitrus berry

Moves:

Sleep powder: Puts the foe to sleep.

nightmare: damages the foe each turn its asleep.

leech seed: steals a little bit of hp from your foe each turn.

dream eater: Steals hp from foe while asleep.

Answer 14

Ability: Harvest
Modest Nature
252 HP, 252 Sp. Attack, 6 Sp. Def
Item: Sitrus Berry

• Stun Spore
• Substitute
• Giga Drain
• Psyshock

Exeggutor may be slow, but very little will be outspeeding it after being hit with a Stun Spore. Substitute lets it stall until it can get a free sub when the opponent becomes fully paralyzed; With Sitrus Berry and Harvest, don't underestimate how long it can hold out. Though without sunlight recovering a berry is somewhat up to chance, Exeggutor will heal an average of 12.5% of its HP per turn, which is twice that of leftovers. In comparison to Sleep Powder, Paralysis lasts forever and constantly using a move that is 75% accurate is just asking for a miss. Once it does get a free turn, however, it can attack with Giga Drain to both deal damage and undermine the HP it lost from using Substitute, restoring back that which Sitrus Berry hasn't. Psyshock is another STAB option to hit the Flying, Bug, and Fire types that resist Giga Drain. Psyshock's ability to hit Pokemon that have high Sp. Defense such as special walls and Calm Mind boosters is appreciated here, since it makes trying to tank Exeggutor out a lot less effective and Psychic's increased power doesn't really help it.

Answer 15

I haven't seen anyone suggest this moveset yet so I'll just type it down. Keep in mind that this is a bit different from the usual movesets but if you want to try something new you can go for it.

Ability: Chlorophyll

EVs: 252 HP / 252 SAtk / 4 Def

Modest nature (+SAtk, - Atk)

• Sunny Day
• Solarbeam
• Sleep Powder
• Dream Eater

Explanation: Sunny Day and Solarbeam are a good combo and since Exeggutor has Chlorophyll its speed will be boosted. Sleep Powder is the highest accuracy sleep-inducing move and it goes well with Dream Eater, which has a high power (100) and also lets your Exeggutor gain back some health. The downside to this moveset it it takes some time to set-up, and your Exeggutor may not survive a SE move. Only use it when there's type effectiveness or Exeggutor will very likely be OHKO or THKO. Sunny Day and then Solarbeam or Sleep Powder and then Dream Eater.

Alternatives: If the Sleep Powder-Dream Eater duo doesn't sit well with you, maybe Psychic and Ancient Power can replace the two. Giga Drain can replace Solarbeam as well and if you really don't want to set-up, you may choose to replace Sunny Day with something else. So you will have: Psychic, Ancient Power, Giga Drain + Fourth Slot.

Comments

I was gonna put the exact same thing a couple of years back but never got around to it. It’s definitely a great setup especially if you have a drought Pokémon on your team, even better if they have a heat rock.

Answer 16

Gen 8 ZU Sun Sweeper

Exeggutor @ Life Orb
Ability: Chlorophyll
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Leaf Storm
- Psyshock
- Giga Drain

Comments

What format? Also Venasaur outclasses it in every tier, except lower tiers, and why no Calm mind to boost SpA?

Answer 17

Gen 8 ZU

Exeggutor @ Life Orb
Ability: Chlorophyll
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature

• Leaf Storm / Giga Drain
• Psyshock / Sludge Bomb
• Sleep Powder
• Calm Mind

STAB Leaf Storm is powerful, but has pretty shaky accuracy and lowers SpA. Giga Drain is much weaker, but is healing. Psyshock is STAB that covers Poison types and destroys most Special walls. Sludge Bomb is decent coverage that can poison. Sleep Powder puts things to sleep. Calm Mind allows Exeggutor to set up while the opponent snores.

Answer 18

Gen 8 ZU

Exeggutor @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Harvest
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Future Sight
- Leech Seed
- Toxic / Sleep Powder
- Teleport

Future Sight is STAB and can put pressure on the opponent. Leech Seed is for HP recovery, and works well with Sitrus Berry and Harvest. Toxic is to poison the opponent. Sleep Powder can be used instead to put the opponent to sleep. Teleport is to bring in a teammate saftley and can bring out a Pokemon that threatens the Pokemon trying to take a Future Sight.

Comments

Why Chlorophyll when no Sun setter? Entirely relying on Status isn't good. Harvest + Sitrus Berry + Leech Seed in place of Synthesis gives better recovery as well stall.

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I knew I should've picked Harvest instead of Chlorophyll as the ability lol. (Why do I always second guess myself) Thanks for the advice though.