Competitive Information for Lombre [Black/White]
Water / Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Lombre? 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.
Lombre is popular Water and Grass-typed Pokemon. Lombre is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Lombre is weak to Bug, Flying, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 136 Hp / 252 Atk / 76 Def / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb / Razor Leaf
- Waterfall
- Ice Punch / Double-Edge
- Brick Break / Drain Punch
Physical Sweeper Lombre (Swift Swim)
Lombre is a notable Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Lombre is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was equipped. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Lombre from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Lombre's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Lombre's speed is doubled. Ice Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Razor Leaf is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Lombre recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 136 Hp / 76 Def / 252 SpA / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Hyper Voice / Round
Special Sweeper Lombre (Swift Swim)
Lombre is a marvelous Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Lombre is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was equipped. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Lombre from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Lombre's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Lombre's speed is doubled.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target).
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Lombre recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Lombre? 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: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 136 Hp / 252 Atk / 76 Def / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Seed Bomb
- Waterfall
- Ice Punch / Double-Edge
- Brick Break / Drain Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Lombre (Swift Swim)
Lombre is a decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Lombre is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until equipping Eviolite became the goto option. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Lombre from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Lombre's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Lombre's speed is doubled. Ice Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Lombre recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 136 Hp / 76 Def / 252 SpA / 44 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Lombre (Swift Swim)
Lombre is an astounding Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Lombre is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite makes it possibly stronger than it's final form. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Lombre from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Lombre's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, if rain dance is active Lombre's speed is doubled.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Lombre recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Lombre learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Lombre 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 Lombre
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Fake Out
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Lombre's stats
- Hone Claws
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Lombre
- Fake Out
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Lombre in Black and White
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