Competitive Information for Azelf [Black/White]
Psychic
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Levitate ability are immune to Ground attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Azelf? 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.
Azelf is a wonderful Psychic-typed Pokemon. Azelf is a common Pokemon to see in Generation 5. Azelf is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Azelf is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Light Clay
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Naive (+Spe, -SpD)
EVs: 64 Atk / 192 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Fire Blast
- Light Screen / Reflect
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
Mixed Sweeper Azelf (Popular/Trending)
Azelf is a legendary Mixed Sweeper. Focus Sash helps protect Azelf from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Levitate, Azelf is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Light Screen is a status move (for 5 turns, special damage to allies is halved).
♦ Reflect is a status move (for 5 turns, physical damage to allies is halved).
♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness).
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
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Item: Focus Sash / Light Clay
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Fire Blast
- Light Screen / Light Screen
- Stealth Rock / Stealth Rock
- Taunt / Taunt
Support Azelf (Popular/Trending)
Azelf is a legendary Support. Focus Sash helps protect Azelf from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Levitate, Azelf is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Light Screen is a status move (for 5 turns, special damage to allies is halved).
♦ Light Screen is a status move (for 5 turns, special damage to allies is halved).
♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness).
♦ Stealth Rock is a status move (hurts foes on switch-in. factors rock weakness).
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
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Item: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 132 Hp / 252 Atk / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Zen Headbutt
- Frustration / Return
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
Physical Sweeper Azelf (Levitate)
Azelf is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Azelf from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Azelf's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Azelf is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 132 Hp / 252 SpA / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt
- Energy Ball
Special Sweeper Azelf (Levitate)
Azelf is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Azelf from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Azelf's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Azelf is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Extrasensory is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 8 Hp / 250 SpA / 250 SpD
Moveset:
- Charge Beam
- Trick Room
- Energy Ball
- Toxic
Azelf Special Tank (Special Lead)
Azelf is a legendary Special Tank. This moveset is designed to take a mighty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Focus Sash helps protect Azelf from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Levitate, Azelf is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Azelf? 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: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 132 Hp / 252 Atk / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Zen Headbutt
- Frustration / Return
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Azelf (Levitate)
Azelf is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Azelf from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Azelf's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Azelf is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Twisted Spoon
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 132 Hp / 252 SpA / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt
- Energy Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Azelf (Levitate)
Azelf is a legendary Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Azelf from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Azelf's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Azelf is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Extrasensory is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Azelf 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 Azelf 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 Azelf
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- 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
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Azelf's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Nasty Plot
Most notable and possible best moves for Azelf
- Explosion
- Fire Blast
- Hidden Power Ice
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Azelf in Black and White
- Naive Nature ( 0/64/0/192/0/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 252/0/4/0/0/252/ )
- Optimize Azelf's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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