Competitive Information for Hakamo (o) [Sun/Moon]


Dragon / Fighting
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Hakamo-o? 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.
Hakamo is a notable Dragon and Fighting-typed Pokemon. Hakamo is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Hakamo is weak to Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Ice, and Psychic-typed attacks.
Item: Dragonium Z / Expert Belt
Ability: Bulletproof
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Close Combat / Sky Uppercut
- Shadow Claw / X-Scissor
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Hakamo-o (Bulletproof)
Hakamo is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Bulletproof, makes user immune to ballistic moves (shadow ball sludge bomb focus blast etc). Shadow Claw or X-Scissor are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Hakamo's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Sky Uppercut is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fighting-type move (can hit pokemon using bounce, fly, or sky drop).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Dragonium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Bulletproof
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Round / Snore
- Bulk Up
- Toxic
Special Sweeper Hakamo-o (Bulletproof)
Hakamo is a decent Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Hakamo's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Bulletproof, makes user immune to ballistic moves (shadow ball sludge bomb focus blast etc).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Hakamo must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Bulk Up is a status move (raises your Hakamo's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Hakamo-o? 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.
Item: Dragonium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Bulletproof
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Close Combat / Sky Uppercut
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
Doubles Physical Sweeper Hakamo-o (Bulletproof)
Hakamo is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Hakamo's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Bulletproof, makes user immune to ballistic moves (shadow ball sludge bomb focus blast etc).
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Close Combat is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Hakamo's defense and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Sky Uppercut is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fighting-type move (can hit pokemon using bounce, fly, or sky drop).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed 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: Dragonium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Bulletproof
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Round / Snore
- Bulk Up
- Toxic
Doubles Special Sweeper Hakamo-o (Bulletproof)
Hakamo is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Hakamo's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Bulletproof, makes user immune to ballistic moves (shadow ball sludge bomb focus blast etc).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Hakamo must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Bulk Up is a status move (raises your Hakamo's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Hakamo-o 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 Hakamo-o 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 Hakamo-o
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Hakamo-o's stats
- Autotomize
- Bulk Up
- Dragon Dance
- Iron Defense
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Hakamo-o
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Hakamo-o in Sun and Moon
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