Competitive Information for Yamper [Sword/Shield]
Electric
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Yamper? 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.
Yamper is an astounding Electric-typed Pokemon. Yamper is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Yamper can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Yamper's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Rattled
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 160 Hp / 252 Atk / 48 Def / 48 SpD
Moveset:
- Wild Charge / Spark
- Double-Edge / Facade
- Play Rough
- Crunch / Bite
Physical Sweeper Yamper (Rattled)
Yamper is a marvelous Physical Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Yamper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Yamper recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge and Wild Charge. With Rattled, speed is raised 1 stage if hit by a bug- dark- or ghost-type attack or intimidated. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Spark is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Yamper is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Rattled
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 160 Hp / 48 Def / 252 SpA / 48 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Round / Snore
- Snarl
- Thunder Wave
Special Sweeper Yamper (Rattled)
Yamper is an outstanding Special Sweeper for single battles. It's primary 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 Round or Snore) and raises Yamper's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Yamper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rattled, speed is raised 1 stage if hit by a bug- dark- or ghost-type attack or intimidated.
◆ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
◆ 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 (Yamper must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Yamper? 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: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Rattled
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 160 Hp / 252 Atk / 48 Def / 48 SpD
Moveset:
- Wild Charge / Spark
- Double-Edge / Facade
- Play Rough
- Crunch / Bite
Doubles Physical Sweeper Yamper (Rattled)
Yamper is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Yamper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Yamper recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge and Wild Charge. With Rattled, speed is raised 1 stage if hit by a bug- dark- or ghost-type attack or intimidated. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction.
◆ Spark is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Yamper is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Play Rough is a physical 90-base power Fairy-type move (10% chance to lower the target's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Rattled
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 160 Hp / 48 Def / 252 SpA / 48 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Discharge / Thunderbolt
- Snarl
- Round / Snore
- Thunder Wave
Doubles Special Sweeper Yamper (Rattled)
Yamper is an interesting 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 Snarl or Round) and increases Yamper's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Yamper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rattled, speed is raised 1 stage if hit by a bug- dark- or ghost-type attack or intimidated.
◆ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ 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 (Yamper must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Yamper 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 Yamper 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 Yamper
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave
Moves that boost Yamper's stats
- Charge
- Flame Charge
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Yamper
- Howl
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Yamper in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Yamper's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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