Competitive Information for Aipom [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Aipom? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Aipom is a sensational Normal-typed Pokemon. Aipom is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Aipom can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Aipom's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: King's Rock / Razor Fang
Ability: Skill Link
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Seed Bomb
- Thunder Punch
- Ice Punch
Physical Sweeper Aipom (Skill Link)
Aipom is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Aipom is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Aipom from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Aipom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Skill Link, Aipom's multi-hit attacks always hit the maximum number of times.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Aipom? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: King's Rock / Razor Fang
Ability: Skill Link
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Seed Bomb
- Thunder Punch
- Ice Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Aipom (Skill Link)
Aipom is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Aipom is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite makes it possibly stronger than it's final form. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Aipom from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Aipom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Skill Link, Aipom's multi-hit attacks always hit the maximum number of times.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Aipom learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Aipom can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Aipom
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Skill link + Item: King's rock
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Double Hit + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Double Slap
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Fury Swipes
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Snatch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Aipom's stats
- Agility
- Defense Curl
- Hone Claws
- Nasty Plot
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Aipom
- Baton Pass
- Fake Out
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Aipom in Black and White
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