Frosmoth Movesets & Competitive Sets

Quiver Dance Frosmoth is an incredibly threatening setup sweeper thanks to its ability to do massive damage in matchups that Bug struggles with such as Flying and Dragon as well as find opportunities to set up on numerous special attackers like Choice Specs Iron Valiant and Spectrier thanks to Ice Scales. Substitute allows Frosmoth to take advantage of special attackers like those aforementioned as well as dodge status from Pokemon such as Galarian Weezing that cannot break Frosmoth's Substitute. Giga Drain allows Frosmoth to hit troublesome Water-types like Empoleon that can otherwise take it on while allowing it to run away with the Ground matchup by annihilating Quagsire and Mamoswine after a Quiver Dance boost. Ice Beam easily muscles past Ground-, Flying-, and Dragon-types like Gliscor, Dragonite, and Raging Bolt that otherwise pose problems for Bug teams. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Frosmoth to avoid its debilitating Stealth Rock weakness while giving it more opportunities to set up thanks to avoiding Toxic Spikes. Kleavor is a great teammate for Frosmoth, as it takes care of Fire-types that trouble Frosmoth like Ogerpon-H, Skeledirge, and Gouging Fire as well as setting up entry hazards through Stone Axe to soften defensive checks to Frosmoth such as Heatran. In return, it appreciates Frosmoth taking advantage of revenge killing attempts from the likes of Choice Scarf Latias and Choice Scarf Iron Valiant to set up. Scizor ravages Rock- and Fairy-types that Frosmoth does not appreciate, like Garganacl, Iron Boulder, Flutter Mane, and Choice Band Iron Valiant, with its strong Bullet Punch. In return, it appreciates Frosmoth freezing checks to it like Quagsire and Skarmory. Volcarona melts Steel-types like Gholdengo and Corviknight that trouble Frosmoth, while Slither Wing takes out Heatran and Blissey, making both good teammates. Araquanid provides a pseudo-Fire resistance with Water Bubble and can deal with Fire-types like Heatran, Gouging Fire, and Volcarona. Forretress is a decent teammate, acting as a physically defensive sponge with a good typing as well as a great option in the hazard war, removing hazards with Rapid Spin while setting its own up with Spikes.

Frosmoth is a dangerous setup sweeper on Ice teams when given snow and Aurora Veil support. Quiver Dance allows Frosmoth to be a dangerous wincon when given free turns against passive walls like Amoonguss. Hurricane allows Frosmoth to sweep through Fighting teams after two Quiver Dance boosts while allowing it threaten Fire-types such as Volcarona. Substitute can be used instead to avoid status conditions and easily set up against more passive walls such as Amoonguss and Rotom-W. Giga Drain provides Frosmoth with longevity in sweeping, deals with bulky Water-types like Primarina and Gastrodon, and threatens troublesome Rock teams. Frosmoth's ability to deal large amounts of damage to physical walls like Garganacl and Skarmory is very important to ease the job of other setup sweepers like Weavile and Cloyster. A Timid nature is preferred, as it allows Frosmoth to outspeed threats such as Cinderace, Ogerpon formes, and Iron Valiant after a Quiver Dance. A Modest nature can be used to break past threats such as Empoleon and Alolan Muk Frosmoth needs snow and Aurora Veil support in order to easily set up on threats like Primarina and Archaludon. Therefore, Alolan Ninetales makes an excellent teammate. Alolan Ninetales can also use Encore to provide Frosmoth with free switch-in opportunities. Frosmoth tends to be slow even after a Quiver Dance boost due to its low initial Speed stat. At +1, it is easily revenge killed by Choice Scarf Iron Boulder, Choice Scarf Roaring Moon, and Choice Scarf Sneasler, so switch-ins to these threats such as Avalugg and Mamoswine are appreciated. Speed control options such as Slush Rush Alolan Sandslash and Thunder Wave Froslass support Frosmoth excellently. Froslass provides Spikes support to chip down checks such as Hisuian Goodra and Galarian Slowking. Sandslash can deal with Hatterene and Articuno for Frosmoth while clearing entry hazards with Rapid Spin, should Frosmoth's Heavy-Duty Boots get Knocked Off. Frosmoth can struggle to break through Haze Toxapex and Articuno, so Kyurem and Weavile make excellent teammates. Frosmoth and Kyurem can work together to overwhelm their shared checks such as Corviknight and Galarian Slowking. Weavile is able to pressure the Fire-types Frosmoth can't break past such as Rotom-H and Heatran with Knock Off and Mamoswine's Stealth Rock support. Cloyster is also a great ally, as it can shred through Fire teams with Rock Blast after a Shell Smash, notably dealing with Ceruledge, which otherwise is extremely difficult to face.