Competitive Information for Medicham [Ruby/Sapphire]
Fighting / Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Medicham? 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.
Medicham is a notable Fighting and Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's common to find yourself dealing with Medicham when battling in the 3rd generation meta. Medicham's only type-related weaknesses are Flying and Ghost.
Item: Lum Berry / Choice Band
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Focus Punch / High Jump Kick
- Double-Edge / Substitute
- Shadow Ball
- Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Medicham (Popular/Trending)
Medicham is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. In the dark days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. Choice Band will increase the damage of Medicham's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Pure Power, Medicham's attack is doubled.
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fighting-type move (if miss, Medicham takes 1/2 damage it would've dealt).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Medicham takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Item: Silk Scarf
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- High Jump Kick / Brick Break
- Shadow Ball
- Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Medicham (Pure Power)
Medicham is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's meant 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 Pure Power, Medicham's attack is doubled.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 85-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).
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Confusion
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
- Thunder Punch
Special Sweeper Medicham
Medicham is a marvelous Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Remember prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. 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).
♦ Fire Punch is a special 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a special 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a special 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Medicham? 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: Hard Stone
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Return
- High Jump Kick / Brick Break
- Shadow Ball
Doubles Physical Sweeper Medicham (Pure Power)
Medicham is popular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Don't forget back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Pure Power, Medicham's attack is doubled.
♦ 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).
♦ High Jump Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 85-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).
♦ Shadow Ball is a physical 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Sitrus Berry
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Confusion
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
- Thunder Punch
Doubles Special Sweeper Medicham
Medicham is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. In the dark days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. 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).
♦ Fire Punch is a special 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a special 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a special 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze 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.
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 Medicham 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 Medicham
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Fake Out
- 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
- Brick Break
- Double-Edge
- Fake Out
- Focus Punch
- High Jump Kick
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Shadow Ball
- Substitute
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Medicham in Ruby and Sapphire
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/4/0/252/ )
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