Competitive Information for Omastar [Sword/Shield]
Rock / Water
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Omastar? 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.
Omastar is a phenomenal Rock and Water-typed Pokemon. Omastar is a normal Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Omastar is weak to Electric, Fighting, Grass, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Weakness Policy
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Meteor Beam
- Earth Power
- Muddy Water / Surf
- Protect
Special Sweeper Omastar (Popular/Trending)
Omastar is an extraordinary Special Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Weakness Policy activates if Omastar is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. Life Orb boosts the power of Omastar's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, Omastar's speed is doubled during rainy weather.
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Muddy Water is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (30% chance to lower the foes accuracy by 1 stage).
◆ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. Double damage on dive).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Omastar this turn).
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Item: Rindo Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 188 Hp / 252 SpA / 64 SpD / 4 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Ice Beam / Aurora Beam
- Ancient Power / Meteor Beam
- Earth Power / Mud Shot
Special Sweeper Omastar (Swift Swim)
Omastar is a remarkable Special Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Omastar's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, Omastar's speed is doubled during rainy weather. With a Rindo Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective grass-type attack then the Rindo Berry gets consumed.
◆ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Aurora Beam is a special 65-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
◆ Meteor Beam is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Rock-type move (raises Omastar's special attack by 1 stage on turn 1. Hits turn 2).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Mud Shot is a special 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Omastar? 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.
Item: Rindo Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 188 Hp / 252 SpA / 64 SpD / 4 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Ancient Power / Meteor Beam
- Earth Power / Mud Shot
Doubles Special Sweeper Omastar (Swift Swim)
Omastar is a pretty decent Special Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Omastar's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, Omastar's speed is doubled during rainy weather. With a Rindo Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective grass-type attack then the Rindo Berry gets consumed.
◆ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
◆ Meteor Beam is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Rock-type move (raises Omastar's special attack by 1 stage on turn 1. Hits turn 2).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Mud Shot is a special 55-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Omastar learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Omastar 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 Omastar
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Weak armor + Item: White herb
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Meteor Beam + Item: Power Herb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Omastar's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Iron Defense
- Meteor Beam
- Rock Polish
- Shell Smash
- Skull Bash
- Withdraw
Most notable and possible best moves for Omastar
- Earth Power
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Meteor Beam
- Muddy Water
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Scald
- Stealth Rock
- Surf
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Omastar in Sword and Shield
- Modest Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252 )
- Optimize Omastar's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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