Competitive Information for Emolga [Black/White]
Electric / Flying
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Motor Drive ability are immune to Electric attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Emolga? 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.
Emolga is a wonderful Electric and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's a frequent sight to see Emolga out in the 5th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Emolga's only type-related weaknesses are Ice and Rock.
Item: Life Orb / Magnet
Ability: Motor Drive
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Wild Charge / Spark
- Frustration / Return
- Acrobatics
- U-turn
Physical Sweeper Emolga (Motor Drive)
Emolga is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Emolga from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Emolga's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Motor Drive, Emolga's speed is raised 1 stage if hit by an electric move; electric immunity.
♦ Spark is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ 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).
♦ Acrobatics is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Emolga has no held item).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Emolga switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Magnet
Ability: Motor Drive
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Air Slash
- Signal Beam
- Round / Snore
Special Sweeper Emolga (Motor Drive)
Emolga is popular Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Emolga from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Emolga's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Motor Drive, Emolga's speed is raised 1 stage if hit by an electric move; electric immunity.
♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Emolga must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Emolga? 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 / Magnet
Ability: Motor Drive
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 Atk / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Wild Charge / Spark
- Frustration / Return
- Acrobatics
- U-turn
Doubles Physical Sweeper Emolga (Motor Drive)
Emolga is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Emolga from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Emolga's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Motor Drive, Emolga's speed is raised 1 stage if hit by an electric move; electric immunity.
♦ Spark is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ 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).
♦ Acrobatics is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Emolga has no held item).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Emolga switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Magnet
Ability: Motor Drive
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Discharge / Thunderbolt
- Air Slash
- Signal Beam
- Round / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Emolga (Motor Drive)
Emolga is a spectacular Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Emolga from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Emolga's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Motor Drive, Emolga's speed is raised 1 stage if hit by an electric move; electric immunity.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Emolga must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Emolga 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 Emolga 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 Emolga
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Tailwind + Electro ball
- 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: Quick Attack, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Emolga's stats
- Agility
- Charge
- Charge Beam
Most notable and possible best moves for Emolga
- Baton Pass
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Emolga in Black and White
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