Competitive Information for Alakazam (mega) [Sun/Moon]
Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Alakazam-mega? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Alakazam is a stupendous Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's pretty regular to find yourself dealing with Alakazam when battling in the 7th generation meta. Alakazam can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Alakazam is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Alakazite
Ability: Trace
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Focus Blast
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Shadow Ball
- Recover
Special Sweeper Alakazam-Mega (Popular/Trending)
Alakazam is a decent Special Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Trace, on switch-in or when it can Alakazam copies a random adjacent foe's ability. With a Alakazite equipped to it, if held by an alakazam, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
◆ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Recover is a status move (heals your Alakazam by 50% of its max hp).
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Item: Alakazite
Ability: Trace
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 220 Hp / 36 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Foul Play
- Energy Ball
- Dazzling Gleam
Special Sweeper Alakazam-Mega (Trace)
Alakazam is an astounding Special Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Trace, on switch-in or when it can Alakazam copies a random adjacent foe's ability. With a Alakazite equipped to it, if held by an alakazam, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Dazzling Gleam is a special 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Alakazam-mega? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Item: Alakazite
Ability: Trace
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 220 Hp / 36 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Foul Play
- Energy Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Alakazam-Mega (Trace)
Alakazam is a notable Special Sweeper for double battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Trace, on switch-in or when it can Alakazam copies a random adjacent foe's ability. With a Alakazite equipped to it, if held by an alakazam, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Alakazite
Ability: Trace
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 220 Hp / 36 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Foul Play
- Energy Ball
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Alakazam-Mega (Trace)
Alakazam is pretty popular Offensive Trick Room for single battles. With Trace, on switch-in or when it can Alakazam copies a random adjacent foe's ability. With a Alakazite equipped to it, if held by an alakazam, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Alakazam-mega 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 Alakazam-mega can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Alakazam-mega
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- 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: Zap Cannon
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Snatch, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Alakazam-mega's stats
- Barrier
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Rage
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Alakazam-mega
- Calm Mind
- Dazzling Gleam
- Encore
- Energy Ball
- Focus Blast
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Psychic
- Psyshock
- Recover
- Reflect
- Rest
- Shadow Ball
- Taunt
- Teleport
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Alakazam-mega in Sun and Moon
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/4/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Alakazam-mega's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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