Competitive Information for Medicham [Sun/Moon]
Fighting / Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Medicham? 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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Medicham is a spectacular Fighting and Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's normal to find yourself dealing with Medicham when battling in the 7th generation meta. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Medicham is weak to Fairy, Flying, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Choice Band / Salac Berry
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Reversal
- Zen Headbutt / Psycho Cut
- Ice Punch
- Bullet Punch
Physical Sweeper Medicham (Popular/Trending)
Medicham is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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.
♦ Reversal is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Fighting-type move (more power the less hp your Medicham has left).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Psycho Cut is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Bullet Punch is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Steel-type move (usually goes first).
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Item: Fightinium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Brick Break
- Psycho Cut / Zen Headbutt
- Double-Edge / Return
- Poison Jab
Physical Sweeper Medicham (Pure Power)
Medicham is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Pure Power, Medicham's attack is doubled.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Psycho Cut is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Item: Psychium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball
- Signal Beam
Special Sweeper Medicham
Medicham is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Medicham's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pure Power, Medicham's attack is doubled.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 5 Hp / 252 SpA / 251 Spe
Moveset:
- Psyshock
- Focus Blast
- Calm Mind
- Baton Pass
Medicham Special Sweeper (Breakfast Of Champion)
Medicham is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Medicham last longer regaining it's it's health points every turn. With Pure Power, Medicham's attack is doubled.
♦ Focus Blast is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Fighting-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Medicham's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Baton Pass is a status move (Medicham switches, passing stat changes and more).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Telepathy
Nature: Hardy
EVs: 10 Hp / 250 Atk / 250 SpA
Moveset:
- Energy Ball
- Drain Punch
- Fake Out
- Psychic
Medicham Mixed Sweeper (Mixed Attacking Cham)
Medicham is a remarkable Mixed Sweeper. Life Orb boosts the power of Medicham's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Telepathy, Medicham does not take damage from attacks made by its allies.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (Medicham recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Fake Out is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (hits first. first turn out only. 100% flinch chance).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Medicham? 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: Fightinium Z / Shell Bell
Ability: Pure Power
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- High Jump Kick / Brick Break
- Psycho Cut / Zen Headbutt
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Medicham (Pure Power)
Medicham is a decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Pure Power, Medicham's attack is doubled.
♦ Brick Break is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Psycho Cut is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Psychic-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Psychium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Telepathy
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Energy Ball
- Shadow Ball
- Signal Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Medicham (Telepathy)
Medicham is an awesome Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Medicham's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Telepathy, Medicham does not take damage from attacks made by its allies.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse 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 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 Medicham
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- 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: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Detect, Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Feint, Bullet Punch, Vacuum Wave, Quick Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Medicham's stats
- Acupressure
- Bulk Up
- Calm Mind
- Meditate
- Power-Up Punch
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Medicham
- Baton Pass
- Bulk Up
- Bullet Punch
- Endure
- Fake Out
- High Jump Kick
- Ice Punch
- Light Screen
- Poison Jab
- Protect
- Psycho Cut
- Reflect
- Rest
- Reversal
- Substitute
- Thunder Punch
- Toxic
- Zen Headbutt
Common Effort Values for Medicham in Sun and Moon
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/4/0/0/252/ )
- Optimize Medicham's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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