In Sword & Shield, Pheromosa has a 570 base stat total and ranks as B-Tier: a solid option in Sword & Shield for the right team. It works best as a sweeper. Tripleaxel with Wide Lens is the standard set.

What is Pheromosa weak to?

In Sword & Shield, watch for Staraptor (Flying), Charizard (Fire), and Starmie (Psychic) when using Pheromosa. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Staraptor is the most dangerous since Flying moves deal 4x damage. Fairy-type attackers are also a problem. Pheromosa's base 151 Speed lets it outpace many threats and strike first, which matters more than trying to tank hits.

What is the best ability for Pheromosa?

Beast Boost raises this Pokémon's highest stat by one stage when it faints another Pokémon. That's the one you want on Pheromosa. It's the only ability Pheromosa has.

What role does Pheromosa play in battle?

In Sword & Shield, Pheromosa fills the sweeper role. It's leaning toward the physical side (base 137 Attack). Base 151 Speed lets it outrun most of the field. And it's fragile, can't afford to take many hits.

What are the best moves for Pheromosa?

In Sword & Shield, run Tripleaxel, Triplekick, Bugbite, and Drillrun on Pheromosa. Tripleaxel is the most common pick at 21% usage. This set covers the sweeper role with a mix of damage and utility.

Pheromosa - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Utility

Sweeper

BTier

151Speed · Extreme

Stats & Training

Pheromosa's all-in on Speed at the expense of Defense. The mixed lean is obvious from the bars. Yields 3 Speed EVs and follows a slow 1.25M XP grind.

Base Stats

Pseudo

HP71

Attack137

Defense37

Sp. Atk137

Sp. Def37

Speed151

Total570

Details

Catch Rate

Challenging45 / 255

Growth Rate

Slow1.25M XP

Height1.8 m

Weight25.0 kg

Base XP257

Abilities

Beast BoostTop Pick

Raises this Pokémon's highest stat by one stage when it faints another Pokémon.

EV Yield

HPAtkDefSpASpDSpe+3

Strong Speed training target

Pokedex Entries

No Sword Shield entries available

A life-form that lives in another world, its body is thin and supple, but it also possesses great power.

Pheromosa Weakness

Pheromosa's Bug/Fighting typing leaves it vulnerable to Flying, Fire, Psychic, and Fairy. Flying hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. At base 151 Speed, Pheromosa outspeeds most threats and doesn't need to tank what it can outrun.

Pheromosa Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
4x (Critical)	Flying
2x (Weak)	Fire, Psychic, Fairy
0.5x (Resist)	Grass, Fighting, Ground, Bug, Dark

Type ChartVulnerable

4Weak

5Resist

0Immune

Score-5

4xCritical

Flying

2xWeak

Fire Psychic Fairy

½xResist

Grass Fighting Ground Bug Dark

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

STAB (7)

Grass Psychic Dark Normal Ice Rock Steel

How to Beat Pheromosa in Sword & Shield (Best Counters)

In Sword & Shield, Salamence's Earthquake hits Pheromosa for 42-50%. Incineroar threatens a KO with Flare Blitz (299-352%). Lunatone's Psychic also KOs at 195-230%.

Salamence DragonFlying	S
Recommended Build AbilityIntimidate ItemHeavy-Duty Boots NatureJolly Moves Dual Wingbeat Earthquake Dragon Dance RoostRecovery Damage vs Pheromosa Earthquake 42-50% View Salamence builds →
Incineroar FireDark	A
Recommended Build AbilityIntimidate ItemSitrus Berry NatureAdamant Moves Fake Out Parting Shot Knock Off Flare Blitz Damage vs Pheromosa Knock Off 41-48% Flare Blitz 2x 299-352%KO View Incineroar builds →
Lunatone RockPsychic	A
Recommended Build AbilityLevitate ItemPower Herb NatureModest Moves Ice Beam Moonblast PsychicSTAB Meteor Beam Damage vs Pheromosa Ice Beam 65-77% Moonblast 2x 137-162%KO Psychic 2x 195-230%KO View Lunatone builds →
Alcremie Fairy	A
Recommended Build AbilityAromaveil ItemChestoberry NatureBold Moves Calm Mind Acid Armor Dazzling Gleam RestRecovery Damage vs Pheromosa Dazzling Gleam 2x 141-166%KO View Alcremie builds →
Charizard FireFlying	B
Recommended Build AbilitySolarpower ItemChoice Specs NatureModest Moves Air Slash FlamethrowerSTAB OverheatSTAB Heat Wave Damage vs Pheromosa Air Slash 4x 537-632%KO Flamethrower 2x 322-378%KO Overheat 2x 464-546%KO Heat Wave 2x 340-400%KO View Charizard builds →

Sword & Shield Evolution

You won't breed Pheromosa or evolve it further. This Bug/Fighting type brings 570 total stats right out of the encounter. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

No Evolution

#795PheromosaDoes not evolve

Breeding

Unavailable

Undiscovered egg group

Sword & Shield Pheromosa Best Moveset

Wide Lens and Beastboost form the backbone. Pheromosa invests max Attack and Speed EVs to play its physical attacker role properly, and Adamant nature pushes Attack higher. Tripleaxel handles the heavy lifting on offense. The remaining moves rounds it out.

Best Build

Experimental

Physical Sweeper

Ability

Beast Boost

Item

Wide Lens

Best Nature for Pheromosa

Adamant+ATK

Pheromosa best EVs are Attack and Speed

EVs

Atk

SpD

Spe

Physical Sweeper Moveset

Triple Axel
Triple KickSTAB
Bug BiteSTAB
Drill Run

Recommended Teammates

TornadusGood

MiloticDecent

WhimsicottDecent

Moves

Without TMs, Pheromosa's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get coverage across 8 types on top of High Jump Kick and Close Combat for STAB. The natural kit handles basics, but TMs are doing the real work.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Feint+2

—3010010Normal

Lv 1

Rapid Spin

C5010040Normal

Lv 5

Leer

D—10030Normal

Lv 10

Quick Guard+3

———15Fighting

Lv 15

Bug Bite

A6010020Bug

Lv 20

Low Kick

D—10020Fighting

Lv 25

Double Kick

C3010030Fighting

Lv 30

Triple Kick

A109010Fighting

Lv 35

Stomp

—6510020Normal

Lv 40

Agility

C——30Psychic

Lv 45

Lunge

B8010015Bug

Lv 50

Bounce

C85855Flying

Lv 55

Speed Swap

———10Psychic

Lv 60

Bug Buzz

B9010010Bug

Lv 65

Quiver Dance

C——20Bug

Lv 70

High Jump Kick

B1309010Fighting

TM Moves

TR12

Agility

C——30Psychic

TM58

Assurance

—6010010Dark

TR06

Blizzard

C110705Ice

TM52

Bounce

C85855Flying

TM43

Brick Break

B7510015Fighting

TR61

Bug Buzz

B9010010Bug

TR53

Close Combat

A1201005Fighting

TR87

Drill Run

A809510Ground

TM82

Electroweb

C559515Electric

TR26

Endure+4

C——10Normal

TM39

Facade

C7010020Normal

TM94

False Swipe

D4010040Normal

TM59

Fling

——10010Dark

TR64

Focus Blast

B120705Fighting

TR81

Foul Play

B9510015Dark

TM09

Giga Impact

B150905Normal

TM08

Hyper Beam

B150905Normal

TR05

Ice Beam

B9010010Ice

TM27

Icy Wind

C559515Ice

TR07

Low Kick

D—10020Fighting

TM75

Low Sweep

—6510020Fighting

TR24

Outrage

B12010010Dragon

TR57

Poison Jab

C8010020Poison

TM25

Protect+4

B——10Normal

TM21

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM76

Round

C6010015Normal

TR27

Sleep Talk

C——10Normal

TM24

Snore

—5010015Normal

TM62

Speed Swap

———10Psychic

TR20

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM40

Swift

C60—20Normal

TR37

Taunt

C—10020Dark

TR95

Throat Chop

C8010015Dark

TM56

U-turn

B7010020Bug

Egg Moves

Pheromosa doesn't have any Egg moves

Tutor Moves

Tut

Tutor

Coaching

D——10Fighting

Tutor

Skitter Smack

B709010Bug

Tutor

Triple Axel

S209010Ice

How to Get Pheromosa in Sword & Shield

Pheromosa doesn't appear in Sword & Shield. Transfer it from Moon or Ultra Moon to add it to your collection. Check the source games below for encounter details.

Pheromosa is not available as a wild encounter in this game.

Also found in:

Moon Ultra Moon

Pheromosa Guide

In Sword & Shield, Pheromosa has a 570 base stat total and ranks as B-Tier: a solid option in Sword & Shield for the right team. It works best as a sweeper. Tripleaxel with Wide Lens is the standard set.
In Sword & Shield, watch for Staraptor (Flying), Charizard (Fire), and Starmie (Psychic) when using Pheromosa. They all hit it super-effectively with STAB. Staraptor is the most dangerous since Flying moves deal 4x damage. Fairy-type attackers are also a problem. Pheromosa's base 151 Speed lets it outpace many threats and strike first, which matters more than trying to tank hits.
Beast Boost raises this Pokémon's highest stat by one stage when it faints another Pokémon. That's the one you want on Pheromosa. It's the only ability Pheromosa has.
In Sword & Shield, Pheromosa fills the sweeper role. It's leaning toward the physical side (base 137 Attack). Base 151 Speed lets it outrun most of the field. And it's fragile, can't afford to take many hits.
In Sword & Shield, run Tripleaxel, Triplekick, Bugbite, and Drillrun on Pheromosa. Tripleaxel is the most common pick at 21% usage. This set covers the sweeper role with a mix of damage and utility.

Game Availability

Introduced in Sun & Moon, Pheromosa has appeared in 3 games across 4 generations. Later debuts mean fewer total appearances, but it's been a consistent presence since its introduction.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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