Competitive Information for Medicham [Diamond/Pearl]
Fighting / Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Medicham? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Medicham is a notable Fighting and Psychic-typed Pokemon. Medicham are common Pokemon to see in the DP metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Medicham's only type-related weaknesses are Flying and Ghost.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psycho Cut / Zen Headbutt
- High Jump Kick / Brick Break
- Double-Edge / Return
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Medicham (Pure Power)
Medicham is popular Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Medicham's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pure Power, Medicham's attack is doubled.
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (if miss, Medicham takes 1/2 damage it would've dealt).
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Confusion
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball
- Signal Beam
Special Sweeper Medicham
Medicham is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Medicham's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Medicham's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pure Power, Medicham's attack is doubled.
♦ Confusion is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% 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).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Medicham? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psycho Cut / Zen Headbutt
- High Jump Kick / Brick Break
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Medicham (Pure Power)
Medicham is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Medicham's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pure Power, Medicham's attack is doubled.
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Fighting-type move (if miss, Medicham takes 1/2 damage it would've dealt).
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Confusion
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball
- Signal Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Medicham
Medicham is an awesome Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Medicham's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Medicham's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pure Power, Medicham's attack is doubled.
♦ Confusion is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% 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).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Medicham 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 Medicham can perform in Diamond/Pearl. 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 DP Move and Ability Combos for Medicham
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- 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: Bide, Detect, Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Feint, Bullet Punch, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Medicham's stats
- Bulk Up
- Calm Mind
- Meditate
Most notable and possible best moves for Medicham
- Baton Pass
- Fake Out
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Medicham in Diamond and Pearl
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