Pokemon Scarlet and Violet | Sylveon Best Build & Moveset | Pokemon SV

The Best Build for Sylveon in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (Pokemon SV). See the recommended Move set, held items, how to distribute EV, and build up for each type.

Sylveon Summary & Review

	HP	95
	ATK	65
	DEF	65
	SP. ATK	110
	SP. DEF	130
	SPD	60

Ability & Hidden Ability

1. Cute Charm

   Contact with the Pokemon may cause infatuation.
2. Pixilate

   Normal-type moves become Fairy-type moves.

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Sylveon Review In Match Battles

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Sylveon Best Build & Moveset

EVs: HP Def / Wall Style

Tera Type		Nature		Ability		Item
		Modest		Pixilate		Leftovers
		HP	ATK	DEF	SP. ATK	SP. DEF	SPD
Base Stats		193	×	115	146	151	89
EV		180	-	236	20	4	68

Recommended Moves

1. FIXED

   Hyper Voice

   

   

   90

   100

   10
2. FIXED

   Yawn

   

   

   -

   -

   10
3. FIXED

   Calm Mind

   

   

   -

   -

   20
4. FLEX

   Protect

   

   

   -

   -

   10

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Strengths & How to Use

High Sp. Defense and Flexibility

Sylveon has a high Sp. Defense, so it can be used against Pokemon that mainly use Special Attack moves. In duelist battles, Sylveon is flexible to set up with Protect and Yawn first, or attack after stacking Calm Mind.

A setup Pokemon that is not likely to give the opponent chance

Hyper Voice is a sound-based move that can inflict damage through the opponent's Substitute, which is usually used against Yawn, but it doesn't work against Sylveon as it is able to block the opponent's setup.

Things to Keep in Mind

Beware of Dragon's Fire, Poison, and Steel Terastal

Dragon type, which is weak against Fairy type, may terastalize into Fire, Poison, or Steel type. If the opponent becomes Fire Tera type, you can use Yawn to deal with it, but in the case of Poison or Steel Tera type, Sylveon may be knocked down by a single blow, so be careful.

The disadvantage of bypassing the Substitute

Hyper Voice can bypass the opponent's Substitute and deal damage, but the Substitute will be left. If Sylveon fails to defeat an opponent who uses Substitute, the other allies will have to fight an opponent with Substitute remaining, so be careful of an opponent who combines Substitute with Steel and Poison Terastal.

Pokemon Team Compositions

Pokemon	Reason
Magnezone	It can reduce the damage from Poison and Steel types, which are Sylveon's weaknesses, to less than half. And it is easy to use [Volt Switch] in combination with pivots.
Skeledirge	The ability, Unaware, can deal with the Attackers that stacks stat boost. And the high physical durability can also make up for Sylveon.

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Nature & EV Distribution

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Amoonguss	Clodsire	Dondozo
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