Competitive Information for Ambipom [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Ambipom? 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.
Ambipom is a wonderful Normal-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to see Ambipom show up as a Black/White opponent. Ambipom is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Ambipom's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Choice Band / Life Orb
Ability: Technician
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- U-turn
- Acrobatics
- Fake Out / Return
- Pursuit / Fling
Physical Sweeper Ambipom (Popular/Trending)
Ambipom is popular Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Ambipom's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Ambipom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Technician, Ambipom's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Acrobatics is a physical 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Ambipom has no held item).
♦ Fake Out is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. first turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Pursuit is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if a foe is switching out).
♦ Fling is a physical 0-base power Dark-type move (flings your Ambipom's item at the target. power varies).
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Item: King's Rock / Razor Fang
Ability: Skill Link / Pickup
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 132 Hp / 252 Atk / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Seed Bomb
- Thunder Punch
- Brick Break
Physical Sweeper Ambipom (Skill Link)
Ambipom is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Ambipom from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Ambipom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Skill Link, Ambipom'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 great amount of damage.
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 132 Hp / 252 Atk / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Revenge / Low Sweep
- Acrobatics
- Seed Bomb
Physical Sweeper Ambipom (Technician)
Ambipom is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Ambipom from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Ambipom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Technician, Ambipom's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Revenge is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Ambipom is damaged by the target).
♦ Low Sweep is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Acrobatics is a physical 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Ambipom has no held item).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 6 Spe
Moveset:
- Retaliate / Acrobatics
- Brick Break
- Fake Out
- Return
Ambipom Physical Tank (Lo Fake Out)
Ambipom is a stupendous Physical Tank. It's goal is to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Ambipom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Technician, Ambipom's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Acrobatics is a physical 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Ambipom has no held item).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Fake Out is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. first turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Technician
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Shadow Claw
- Bounce
- Fake Out
- Return
Ambipom Physical Sweeper (Delicious Shells*)
Ambipom is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Ambipom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Technician, Ambipom's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Bounce is a physical 85-base power Flying-type move (bounces turn 1. hits turn 2. 30% paralyze).
♦ Fake Out is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. first turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Technician
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 34 Def / 224 Spe
Moveset:
- Work Up
- Fake Out
- Baton Pass
- Return
Ambipom Physical Wall (Mucho Ambipomito)
Ambipom is popular Physical Wall. It is primarily designed to take a decent amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Ambipom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Technician, Ambipom's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Fake Out is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. first turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
♦ Baton Pass is a status move (Ambipom switches, passing stat changes and more).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Technician
Nature: Naughty (+Atk, -SpD)
EVs: 224 Hp / 36 Def / 248 Spe
Moveset:
- Low Sweep / Double Hit
- Aerial Ace
- Pursuit
- Fury Swipes / Fake Out
Ambipom Support (Technicality)
Ambipom is popular Support. Life Orb boosts the power of Ambipom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Technician, Ambipom's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Double Hit is a physical STAB-boosted 35-base power Normal-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
♦ Aerial Ace is a physical 60-base power Flying-type move (this move does not check accuracy).
♦ Pursuit is a physical 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if a foe is switching out).
♦ Fury Swipes is a physical STAB-boosted 18-base power Normal-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Fake Out is a physical STAB-boosted priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. first turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ambipom? 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 / Pickup
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 132 Hp / 252 Atk / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Seed Bomb
- Thunder Punch
- Brick Break
Doubles Physical Sweeper Ambipom (Skill Link)
Ambipom is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Ambipom from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Ambipom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Skill Link, Ambipom'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).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 132 Hp / 252 Atk / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Revenge / Low Sweep
- Acrobatics
- Seed Bomb
Doubles Physical Sweeper Ambipom (Technician)
Ambipom is an awesome Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Ambipom from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Ambipom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Technician, Ambipom's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Revenge is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Ambipom is damaged by the target).
♦ Low Sweep is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Acrobatics is a physical 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Ambipom has no held item).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Ambipom 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 Ambipom 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 Ambipom
- 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
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Fury Swipes
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Double Slap
- Moves boosted by Technician: Aerial Ace (BP: 60), Shock Wave (BP: 60), Swift (BP: 60), Acrobatics (BP: 55), Astonish (BP: 30), Covet (BP: 60), Fake Out (BP: 40), Knock Off (BP: 20), Low Sweep (BP: 60), Mud-Slap (BP: 20), Payback (BP: 50), Pursuit (BP: 40), Revenge (BP: 60), Rock Smash (BP: 40), Round (BP: 60), Scratch (BP: 40), Snore (BP: 40), Thief (BP: 40), Water Pulse (BP: 60), Fury Swipes (BP: 18), Double Slap (BP: 15), Double Hit (BP: 35), Cut (BP: 50), Fury Cutter (BP: 20)
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Snatch, Fake Out
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Ambipom's stats
- Agility
- Defense Curl
- Hone Claws
- Nasty Plot
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Ambipom
- Acrobatics
- Baton Pass
- Double Hit
- Fake Out
- Fling
- Knock Off
- Low Kick
- Protect
- Pursuit
- Rest
- Return
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Ambipom in Black and White
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/4/0/252/ )
- Optimize Ambipom's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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