Competitive Information for Blacephalon [Sword/Shield]
Fire / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Blacephalon? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Blacephalon is a sensational Fire and Ghost-typed Pokemon. Blacephalon is a pretty usual Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Blacephalon can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Blacephalon is weak to Dark, Ghost, Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Mind Blown / Heat Wave
- Shadow Ball
- Hypnosis / Expanding Force
- Trick
Special Sweeper Blacephalon (Popular/Trending)
Blacephalon is a fabulous Special Sweeper for single battles. 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. Life Orb boosts the power of Blacephalon's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Beast Boost, Blacephalon's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
◆ Heat Wave is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
◆ 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).
◆ Hypnosis is a status move (causes the target to fall asleep).
◆ Expanding Force is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (Blacephalon on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ Trick is a status move (Blacephalon switches its held item with the target's).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Hp / 16 Def / 252 SpA / 188 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Mind Blown / Overheat
- Shadow Ball / Night Shade
- Foul Play / Dark Pulse
- Psychic / Psyshock
Special Sweeper Blacephalon (Beast Boost)
Blacephalon is an extraordinary Special Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset 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. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Blacephalon's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. 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).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ 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).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Blacephalon? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Beast Boost
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Hp / 16 Def / 252 SpA / 188 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Mind Blown / Heat Wave
- Shadow Ball / Night Shade
- Foul Play / Dark Pulse
- Psychic / Psyshock
Doubles Special Sweeper Blacephalon (Beast Boost)
Blacephalon is an awesome Special Sweeper for double battles. It's 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. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Blacephalon's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Beast Boost, Blacephalon's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and koes another pokemon.
◆ Heat Wave is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
◆ 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).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ 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).
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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 Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Blacephalon
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Hypnosis, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Blacephalon's stats
- Calm Mind
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Blacephalon
- Expanding Force
- Flamethrower
- Heat Wave
- Hypnosis
- Light Screen
- Mind Blown
- Overheat
- Protect
- Psyshock
- Rest
- Shadow Ball
- Shadow Claw
- Solar Beam
- Stored Power
- Taunt
- Trick
Common Effort Values for Blacephalon in Sword and Shield
- Modest Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Blacephalon's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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