What is a good competitive moveset for Palkia? 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.
Palkia is a pretty decent Water and Dragon-typed Pokemon. Palkia is a normal Pokemon to see in Generation 5. Palkia is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Palkia's only type-related weakness is Dragon.
Palkia is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Palkia's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Draco Meteor). Life Orb boosts the power of Palkia's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Palkia is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Palkia's special attack by 2 stages). ♦ Spacial Rend is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Dragon-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive). ♦ Brine is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (power doubles if the target's hp is 50% or less). ♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target). ♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Palkia? 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.
Palkia is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Palkia's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Draco Meteor). Life Orb boosts the power of Palkia's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Palkia is the target of a foe's move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive). ♦ Brine is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (power doubles if the target's hp is 50% or less). ♦ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Palkia's special attack by 2 stages). ♦ Spacial Rend is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Dragon-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes). ♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Palkia 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Palkia 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 Palkia
Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
Moves: Swagger + Psych up
Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Palkia's stats
Ancient Power
Bulk Up
Hone Claws
Most notable and possible best moves for Palkia
Earthquake
Hydro Pump
Ice Beam
Protect
Rest
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Palkia in Black and White
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