Competitive Information for Drampa [Sword/Shield]
Normal / Dragon
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Sap Sipper ability are immune to Grass attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Drampa? 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.
IncineroarTapu KokoTapu FiniCelesteelaMudsdaleRhyperiorAmoongussDusknoirOctilleryDusclops
Drampa is a phenomenal Normal and Dragon-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty regular sight to see Drampa out in the 8th generation battlefield. Drampa is weak to Dragon, Fairy, Fighting, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Sitrus Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 244 Hp / 148 Def / 116 SpA
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Flamethrower
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Helping Hand
- Protect
Physical Wall Drampa (Popular/Trending)
Drampa is a marvelous Physical Wall for single battles. It was designed to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. The Sitrus Berry will restore 1/4th of Drampa's max HP when it reaches below half health and gets consumed. Life Orb boosts the power of Drampa's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cloud Nine, while Drampa is active the effects of weather conditions are disabled.
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Drampa cannot move next turn).
◆ Helping Hand is a status move (one adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Drampa this turn).
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Item: Throat Spray / Eject Pack
Ability: Sap Sipper
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Energy Ball
- Thunderbolt
Special Sweeper Drampa (Sap Sipper)
Drampa is a decent Special Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice) and raises Drampa's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Sap Sipper, Drampa's attack is raised 1 stage if hit by a grass move; grass immunity. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Drampa's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
◆ Hyper Voice is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Drampa cannot move next turn).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Drampa? 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.
IncineroarTapu KokoTapu FiniCelesteelaMudsdaleRhyperiorAmoongussDusknoirOctilleryDusclops
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 108 Hp / 252 SpA / 148 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Beam
- Snarl
- Helping Hand
- Heat Wave
Doubles Special Sweeper Drampa (Popular VGC)
Drampa is a sensational Special Sweeper for double battles. This particular build was popular during recent competitions. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Drampa's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cloud Nine, while Drampa is active the effects of weather conditions are disabled.
◆ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Helping Hand is a status move (one adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn).
◆ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
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Item: Throat Spray / Eject Pack
Ability: Sap Sipper
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Heat Wave
- Surf
Doubles Special Sweeper Drampa (Sap Sipper)
Drampa is an outstanding Special Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice) and boosts Drampa's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Sap Sipper, Drampa's attack is raised 1 stage if hit by a grass move; grass immunity. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Drampa's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Drampa cannot move next turn).
◆ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Drampa's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
◆ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Drampa 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 Drampa 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 Drampa
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Ability: Berserk + Item: Sitrus berry
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Glare, Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Drampa's stats
- Amnesia
- Calm Mind
- Dragon Dance
- Scale Shot
- Steel Wing
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Drampa
- Draco Meteor
- Earthquake
- Energy Ball
- Flamethrower
- Heat Wave
- Helping Hand
- Hydro Pump
- Hyper Beam
- Hyper Voice
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Snarl
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Drampa in Sword and Shield
- Relaxed Nature ( 244/0/148/116/0/0 )
- Quiet Nature ( 252/0/0/252/4/0 )
- Optimize Drampa's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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