Competitive Information for Camerupt [Ruby/Sapphire]
Fire / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Camerupt? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Camerupt is a remarkable Fire and Ground-typed Pokemon. It's common to find yourself dealing with Camerupt when battling in the 3rd generation meta. Camerupt is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Camerupt's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Water.
Item: Soft Sand
Ability: Magma Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Dig
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Rock Slide / Rollout
- Rock Smash
Physical Sweeper Camerupt (Magma Armor)
Camerupt is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the old days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Magma Armor, Camerupt cannot be frozen. gaining this ability while frozen cures it.
♦ Dig is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. repeats for 5 turns).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 20-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Charcoal
Ability: Magma Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Eruption / Overheat
- Defense Curl
- Toxic
- Roar
Special Sweeper Camerupt (Magma Armor)
Camerupt is popular Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Magma Armor, Camerupt cannot be frozen. gaining this ability while frozen cures it.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Camerupt's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Defense Curl is a status move (raises your Camerupt's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
♦ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Camerupt? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Item: Soft Sand
Ability: Magma Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Dig
- Rock Slide / Rollout
- Double-Edge / Frustration
- Rock Smash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Camerupt (Magma Armor)
Camerupt is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the dark days before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Magma Armor, Camerupt cannot be frozen. gaining this ability while frozen cures it.
♦ Dig is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rollout is a physical 30-base power Rock-type move (power doubles with each hit. repeats for 5 turns).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Rock Smash is a physical 20-base power Fighting-type move (50% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Charcoal
Ability: Magma Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Eruption / Overheat
- Defense Curl
- Toxic
- Roar
Doubles Special Sweeper Camerupt (Magma Armor)
Camerupt is an outstanding Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Magma Armor, Camerupt cannot be frozen. gaining this ability while frozen cures it.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Camerupt's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Defense Curl is a status move (raises your Camerupt's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
♦ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Camerupt 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 Camerupt can perform in Ruby/Sapphire. 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 RS Move and Ability Combos for Camerupt
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- 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 inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Camerupt's stats
- Amnesia
- Defense Curl
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Camerupt
- Earthquake
- Eruption
- Explosion
- Fire Blast
- Hidden Power Grass
- Hidden Power Ice
- Howl
- Other
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Camerupt in Ruby and Sapphire
- Hasty Nature ( 12/0/0/244/0/252/ )
- Quiet Nature ( 248/0/0/140/120/0/ )
- Optimize Camerupt's EV spread for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
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