Competitive Information for Archeops [Black/White]
Rock / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Archeops? 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.
StarmieVolcaronaKrookodileEelektrossDarmanitanLeavannyHydreigonTangrowthNinetalesHaxorus
Archeops is a sensational Rock and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's a almost common sight to see Archeops out in the 5th generation battlefield. Archeops is weak to Electric, Ice, Rock, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Flying Gem / Power Herb
Ability: Defeatist
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge / Rock Slide
- U-turn
- Acrobatics / Roost
Physical Sweeper Archeops (Popular/Trending)
Archeops is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Defeatist, while Archeops has 1/2 or less of its max hp its attack and sp. atk are halved.
♦ Stone Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Archeops switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Acrobatics is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Archeops has no held item).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
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Item: Life Orb / Dragon Fang
Ability: Defeatist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage
- Aqua Tail / Return
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Archeops
Archeops is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Archeops from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Archeops's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Defeatist, while Archeops has 1/2 or less of its max hp its attack and sp. atk are halved. Aqua Tail was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Defeatist
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Acrobatics
- Roost / Stone Edge
- Knock Off
- Earthquake / Rock Slide
Archeops Physical Sweeper (Back From The Grave)
Archeops is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Defeatist, while Archeops has 1/2 or less of its max hp its attack and sp. atk are halved.
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Stone Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 20-base power Dark-type move (removes the target's held item).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Archeops? 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.
StarmieVolcaronaKrookodileEelektrossDarmanitanLeavannyHydreigonTangrowthNinetalesHaxorus
Item: Life Orb / Hard Stone
Ability: Defeatist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Outrage
- Aqua Tail / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Archeops
Archeops is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Archeops from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Archeops's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Defeatist, while Archeops has 1/2 or less of its max hp its attack and sp. atk are halved. Aqua Tail was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Archeops afterwards).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Archeops 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.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Archeops 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 Archeops
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Protect, Quick Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Archeops's stats
- Agility
- Ancient Power
- Hone Claws
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Archeops
- Acrobatics
- Crunch
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Head Smash
- Knock Off
- Knock Off
- Outrage
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Roost
- Sky Attack
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Archeops in Black and White
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 4/252/0/0/0/252/ )
- Optimize Archeops's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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