Competitive Information for Blacephalon [Sun/Moon]
Fire / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Blacephalon? 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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Blacephalon is a fabulous Fire and Ghost-typed Pokemon. It's a common sight to see Blacephalon out in the 7th generation battlefield. Blacephalon can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Blacephalon is weak to Dark, Ghost, Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Ghostium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flamethrower / Mind Blown
- Shadow Ball
- Calm Mind
- Trick / Psychic
Special Sweeper Blacephalon (Popular/Trending)
Blacephalon is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Blacephalon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Beast Boost, Blacephalon's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Mind Blown is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Fire-type move (Blacephalon loses 50% max hp. hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Blacephalon's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Trick is a status move (Blacephalon switches its held item with the target's).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Firium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Hp / 16 Def / 252 SpA / 188 Spe
Moveset:
- Mind Blown / Overheat
- Shadow Ball / Night Shade
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Dark Pulse
Special Sweeper Blacephalon (Beast Boost)
Blacephalon is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Blacephalon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Beast Boost, Blacephalon's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Blacephalon's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Night Shade is a special STAB-boosted 0-base power Ghost-type move (does damage equal to your Blacephalon's level).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Blacephalon? 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: Firium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Hp / 16 Def / 252 SpA / 188 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Mind Blown
- Shadow Ball / Night Shade
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Dark Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Blacephalon (Beast Boost)
Blacephalon is a notable Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Blacephalon from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Beast Boost, Blacephalon's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
♦ Mind Blown is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Fire-type move (Blacephalon loses 50% max hp. hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Night Shade is a special STAB-boosted 0-base power Ghost-type move (does damage equal to your Blacephalon's level).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Blacephalon 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 Blacephalon 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 Blacephalon
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Blacephalon's stats
- Calm Mind
- Flame Charge
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Blacephalon
- Calm Mind
- Fire Blast
- Flame Charge
- Flamethrower
- Hidden Power
- Hidden Power Grass
- Hidden Power Ground
- Hidden Power Ice
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Mind Blown
- Protect
- Psychic
- Psyshock
- Rest
- Shadow Ball
- Stored Power
- Substitute
- Taunt
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Trick
Common Effort Values for Blacephalon in Sun and Moon
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Blacephalon's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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