What is a good competitive moveset for Ampharos? 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.
Ampharos is a marvelous Electric-typed Pokemon. It's a almost common sight to see Ampharos out in the 5th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Ampharos's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Species: Ampharos Item: Life Orb / Magnet Ability: Static Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Moveset: - Thunderbolt / Discharge - Signal Beam - Power Gem - Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Ampharos (Static)
Ampharos is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Ampharos's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Static, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Ampharos will be paralyzed.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target). ♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon). ♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target). ♦ Power Gem is a special 70-base power Rock-type move that deals damage. ♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Ampharos cannot move next turn). ♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ampharos? 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.
Species: Ampharos Item: Life Orb / Magnet Ability: Plus Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Moveset: - Discharge / Thunderbolt - Signal Beam - Power Gem - Hyper Beam / Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Ampharos (Plus)
Ampharos is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Ampharos's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Plus, if an active ally has this ability or the minus ability Ampharos's sp. atk is 1.5x.
♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon). ♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target). ♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target). ♦ Power Gem is a special 70-base power Rock-type move that deals damage. ♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Ampharos cannot move next turn). ♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Ampharos 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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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Ampharos 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 Ampharos
Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
Moves: Swagger + Flatter
Moves: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
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: Endure, Protect
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Ampharos's stats
Agility
Charge
Charge Beam
Cotton Guard
Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Ampharos
Light Screen
Protect
Reflect
Rest
Toxic
Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Ampharos in Black and White
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