Competitive Information for Ho-oh [Black/White]
Fire / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Ho-oh? 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.
Ho is a notable Fire and Flying-typed Pokemon. Ho are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. Ho is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Ho is weak to Electric, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Sharp Beak
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Sacred Fire / Flame Charge
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
Physical Sweeper Ho-Oh (Pressure)
Ho is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Ho's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Ho is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Sacred Fire is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fire-type move (50% chance to burn the target. thaws Ho).
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Ho's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ 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).
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Item: Life Orb / Charcoal
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Earth Power
Special Sweeper Ho-Oh (Pressure)
Ho is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Ho's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Overheat). Life Orb boosts the power of Ho's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Ho is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 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).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Ho-oh? 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 / Sharp Beak
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Sacred Fire / Flame Charge
- Double-Edge / Frustration
Doubles Physical Sweeper Ho-Oh (Pressure)
Ho is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Ho's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Ho is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ 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).
♦ Sacred Fire is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fire-type move (50% chance to burn the target. thaws Ho).
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Ho's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
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Item: Life Orb / Charcoal
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Hyper Voice
- Air Cutter
- Thunderbolt
Doubles Special Sweeper Ho-Oh (Pressure)
Ho is a stupendous Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Ho's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Ho is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Ho's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Ho-oh 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 Ho-oh 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 Ho-oh
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Swagger + Punishment
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Ho-oh's stats
- Ancient Power
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Flame Charge
- Ominous Wind
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Ho-oh
- Earthquake
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Ho-oh in Black and White
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