Competitive Information for Rampardos [Diamond/Pearl]
Rock
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Rampardos? 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.
Rampardos is an interesting Rock-typed Pokemon. It's a super common sight to see Rampardos out in the 4th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Rampardos is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Custap Berry
Ability: Mold Breaker
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 248 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Moveset:
- Head Smash / Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch
- Sleep Talk
Physical Tank Rampardos (Popular/Trending)
Rampardos is an awesome Physical Tank. It's designed to take a great amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Mold Breaker, Rampardos's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon.
♦ Stone Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Sleep Talk is a status move (Rampardos must be asleep. uses another known move).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Mold Breaker
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Earthquake / Double-Edge
- Outrage
- Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Rampardos (Mold Breaker)
Rampardos is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Rampardos's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Rampardos's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Mold Breaker, Rampardos's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon. Earthquake was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Rampardos's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Rampardos afterwards).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Rampardos? 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: Mold Breaker
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Double-Edge / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Rampardos (Mold Breaker)
Rampardos is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Rampardos's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Mold Breaker, Rampardos's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Rampardos's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Rampardos's speed by 1 stage).
♦ 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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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Rampardos 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 Rampardos 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 Rampardos
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Rampardos's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Rock Polish
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Rampardos
- Earthquake
- Endure
- Fire Punch
- Head Smash
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Rampardos in Diamond and Pearl
- Adamant Nature ( 248/252/0/0/8/0/ )
- Brave Nature ( 248/252/8/0/0/0/ )
- Optimize Rampardos's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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