Competitive Information for Alakazam [Black/White]
Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Alakazam? 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.
TyranitarFerrothornLandorus-TherianJellicentGarchompSkarmoryTerrakionSalamenceGengarBisharp
Alakazam is a sensational Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's super common to find yourself dealing with Alakazam when battling in the 5th generation meta. Alakazam can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Alakazam is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Life Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Focus Blast
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Shadow Ball
- Signal Beam
Special Sweeper Alakazam (Popular/Trending)
Alakazam is a fabulous Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Alakazam from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Alakazam's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magic Guard, Alakazam can only be damaged by direct attacks.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 68 Hp / 104 Def / 252 SpA / 84 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball / Grass Knot
- Signal Beam
Special Sweeper Alakazam (Magic Guard)
Alakazam is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Alakazam from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Alakazam's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magic Guard, Alakazam can only be damaged by direct attacks.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psyshock / Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Shadow Ball
- Substitute
Alakazam Special Sweeper (Magikazam*)
Alakazam is an astounding Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Alakazam's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magic Guard, Alakazam can only be damaged by direct attacks. Alakazam only needs one set to wreak havoc, and here it is. With high Speed, impeccable coverage, and Special Attack higher than that of Latios, Alakazam is a struggle to face. The choice between Focus Sash and Life Orb is critical; while the combination of Magic Guard and Focus Sash makes Alakazam a premier revenge killer, Life Orb allows Alakazam to hit like a truck without fearing recoil. Focus Sash is particularly useful, as it will always take two separate hits to take him down. It is important that you choose the item that fits your team, as the item chosen determines Alakazam's function.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Focus Blast is a special 120-base power Fighting-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Alakazam takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
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Item: Choice Specs
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Mild (+SpA, -Def)
EVs: 123 Hp / 231 SpA / 156 SpD
Moveset:
- Wonder Room
- Signal Beam
- Shadow Ball
- Toxic
Alakazam Special Tank (Kazam)
Alakazam is a remarkable Special Tank. It's designed to take a nice amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Alakazam's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Magic Guard, Alakazam can only be damaged by direct attacks.
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Focus Blast
- Shadow Ball
- Psychic
- Fire Punch
Magic Guard Alakazam
Alakazam is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Alakazam's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magic Guard, Alakazam can only be damaged by direct attacks.
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Alakazam? 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.
TyranitarFerrothornLandorus-TherianJellicentGarchompSkarmoryTerrakionSalamenceGengarBisharp
Item: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Magic Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 68 Hp / 104 Def / 252 SpA / 84 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball / Grass Knot
- Signal Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Alakazam (Magic Guard)
Alakazam is an astounding Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Alakazam from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Alakazam's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magic Guard, Alakazam can only be damaged by direct attacks.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Alakazam learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Alakazam 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 Alakazam
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Ability: Magic guard + Item: Life orb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Endure, Magic Coat, Protect, Snatch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Alakazam's stats
- Barrier
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
Most notable and possible best moves for Alakazam
- Encore
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power Fire
- Hidden Power Ice
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Psychic
- Psyshock
- Reflect
- Rest
- Shadow Ball
- Signal Beam
- Taunt
- Teleport
- Thunder Wave
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Alakazam in Black and White
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Alakazam's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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