Competitive Information for Chandelure [Black/White]
Ghost / Fire
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Flash Fire ability are immune to Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Chandelure? 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.
Chandelure is a marvelous Ghost and Fire-typed Pokemon. Chandelure is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 5. Chandelure is weak to Dark, Ghost, Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Choice Scarf / Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flamethrower / Fire Blast
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball
- Trick / Psychic
Special Sweeper Chandelure (Popular/Trending)
Chandelure is a fabulous Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Chandelure last longer regaining it's it's health points every turn. Choice Scarf will increase Chandelure's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Flash Fire, Chandelure's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Fire Blast is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn 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).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Trick is a status move (Chandelure switches its held item with the target's).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb / Charcoal
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Shadow Ball / Hex
- Psychic
- Energy Ball / Solar Beam
Special Sweeper Chandelure (Flash Fire)
Chandelure is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Chandelure's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Overheat). Life Orb boosts the power of Chandelure's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Chandelure's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hex is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% 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).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sunny Day
- Flame Charge
- Fire Blast
- Solar Beam / Shadow Ball
Chandelure Special Sweeper (Solar Powered Lantern*)
Chandelure is 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 Chandelure's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Chandelure's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity. With [Sunny Day] Chandelure can get past Politoed and Tyranitar, while providing a sun team with a strong backup sun inducer or help a weatherless team with a way to combat opposing weather.
Fire Blast is Chandelure's main weapon, hitting incredibly hard with boosts from Life Orb and sunlight.
This moveset works better against bulky Water-types than most Chandelure sets due to a strong SolarBeam and weaker Scalds.
Shadow Ball is an option over SolarBeam to hit Latios and Latias, both of which otherwise wall this set when sun isn't in play.
Hidden Power Fighting can be used to hit Heatran and is also a reliable option for hitting Tyranitar on the switch. Although Flame Charge seems also is a nice move to be considered since it can help fix Chandelure's Speed.
Chandelure can run both SolarBeam and Shadow Ball, but should only do so if your team has reliable means of removing or exploiting the opponent's Heatran, such as Dugtrio or Terrakion.
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Chandelure's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Fire Blast is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 216 Hp / 40 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Energy Ball
- Dark Pulse
- Calm Mind
- Heat Wave
Chandelure Special Tank (Eye Chandy*)
Chandelure is a stupendous Special Tank. It was designed to take a considerable amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Chandelure's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack.
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Chandelure's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Heat Wave is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Chandelure? 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 / Charcoal
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Shadow Ball / Hex
- Psychic
- Dark Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Chandelure (Flash Fire)
Chandelure is a marvelous 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 Chandelure's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Chandelure's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Chandelure's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hex is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Chandelure 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 Chandelure 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 Chandelure
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Psych up + Haze
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Inferno
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Chandelure's stats
- Acid Armor
- Calm Mind
- Curse
- Flame Charge
Most notable and possible best moves for Chandelure
- Dark Pulse
- Energy Ball
- Fire Blast
- Flamethrower
- Hidden Power Fighting
- Hidden Power Ice
- Protect
- Psychic
- Rest
- Shadow Ball
- Substitute
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Trick
- Will-O-Wisp
Common Effort Values for Chandelure in Black and White
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Modest Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Chandelure's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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