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

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

Palafin Summary & Review

	HP	100
	ATK	70
	DEF	72
	SP. ATK	53
	SP. DEF	62
	SPD	100

Ability & Hidden Ability

1. Zero to Hero

   The Pokemon transforms into its Hero Form when it switches out.
2. No Hidden Ability

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Palafin Review In Match Battles

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Palafin Best Build & Moveset

EVs: Atk Spe / CB Style

Tera Type		Nature		Ability		Item
		Jolly		Zero to Hero		Choice Band
		HP	ATK	DEF	SP. ATK	SP. DEF	SPD
Base Stats		175	122	92	x	83	167
EV		-	252	-	-	4	252

Recommended Moves

1. FIXED

   Flip Turn

   

   

   60

   100

   20
2. FIXED

   Wave Crash

   

   

   120

   100

   10
3. FIXED

   Jet Punch

   

   

   60

   100

   15
4. FLEX

   Ice Punch

   

   

   75

   100

   15

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Strengths & How to Use

Exhaust the opponents in Pivots and defeat them all at once

The basic stategy is to let Palafin out as the Lead, use Flip Turn, and switch out to change its form. After transforming, take advantage of its high Attack and slightly higher durability in Pivot Battles, it is powerful to defeat the opponents with Jet Punch or Wave Crash after their HP are reduced.

Wave Crash is extremely powerful

Only Dragon, Grass, and Water types can halve Water type moves, and few Pokemon can withstand Palafin's Wave Crash after its transformation. Depending on the situation, you may win the battle simply by using Wave Crash repeatedly.

Things to Keep in Mind

The actions are fixed, making it easy for the opponents to predict

Palafin is almost always put in the Lead for transformation. The opponent selects the team expecting that you will have Palafin in the Lead, so it is important to be further ahead of the opponent and have a Pokemon ready to take turns even if the opponent is trying to take the advantage.

Need to exhaust the opponents when using in Pivot Battles

After terastalizing into Water type, Wave Crash can deal a lot of damage against Pokemon that didn't enhance their durability with EVs. However, it is difficult to defeat a Pokemon that has high durability or can halve Water type moves, so it is best to reduce their HP in advance in Pivot Battles.

Easy to be withstood by Toxapex

No other moves than Outrage, can do much damage to Toxapex. Therefore, keep in mind that you may have a very hard time against a team including Toxapex and Fairy type Pokemon.

Pokemon Team Compositions

Pokemon	Reason
Clodsire	It'd be stable to have a Pokemon with [Unware] that can ignore the opposing [Stats boosting Attacker]. And Ground type Clodsire is immune to Electric type which is Palafin's weakness.
Dragapult	A high Speed Attacker that can defeat the [Stat boosting Attacker] in the Lead. And it is a Dragon type Pokemon that can halve Water and Grass moves which are Palafin's weaknesses.

Need a Pivot to deal with the high Speed opponent in the Lead

When building this style of Palafin, it is important to beaware of Meowscarada or Rotom with Choice Scarf. Especially, if the opponent uses Volt Switch in the Lead, you may lose the initiative, so it is necessary to prepare a Pokemon that can nullify Electric moves as a Pivot.

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Suggested Moves

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Builds & Movesets for Ranked Battles

Series 1 Best Build & Moveset

Palafin	Grimmsnarl	Dragonite
Breloom	Gyarados	Gholdengo
Baxcalibur	Dragapult	Sylveon
Mimikyu	Scizor	Hippowdon
Meowscarada	Glimmora	Cloyster
Amoonguss	Clodsire	Dondozo
Skeledirge	Garganacl	Heat Rotom
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