Competitive Information for Amaura [X/Y]
Rock / Ice
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Amaura? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Amaura is a fabulous Rock and Ice-typed Pokemon. Amaura is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Amaura can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Amaura is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Rock, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Icy Rock / Chople Berry
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 144 Hp / 252 Atk / 108 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Outrage
- Aqua Tail / Iron Head
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Avalanche
Physical Sweeper Amaura (Snow Warning)
Amaura is popular Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Amaura is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all ice attacks while the Hail remains active. Aqua Tail or Iron Head are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Amaura is damaged by the target).
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Item: Icy Rock / Chople Berry
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 144 Hp / 108 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Ice Beam
- Ancient Power
- Earth Power
- Thunderbolt / Flash Cannon
Special Sweeper Amaura (Snow Warning)
Amaura is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Amaura is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all ice attacks while the Hail remains active. Thunderbolt or Flash Cannon are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Ice Beam is a special STAB-boosted 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)).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-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).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-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 Amaura? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Icy Rock / Chople Berry
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 144 Hp / 252 Atk / 108 Def / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Outrage
- Bulldoze / Aqua Tail
- Avalanche
Doubles Physical Sweeper Amaura (Snow Warning)
Amaura is an interesting Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Amaura is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all ice attacks while the Hail remains active. Bulldoze or Aqua Tail are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Amaura afterwards).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Avalanche is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ice-type move (power doubles if Amaura is damaged by the target).
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Item: Icy Rock / Chople Berry
Ability: Snow Warning
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 144 Hp / 108 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Icy Wind
- Earth Power / Hyper Voice
- Discharge / Thunderbolt
- Ancient Power
Doubles Special Sweeper Amaura (Snow Warning)
Amaura is a decent Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Snow Warning changes the weather to Hail when Amaura is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all ice attacks while the Hail remains active. Earth Power was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Icy Wind is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Discharge is a special 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze 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)).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Amaura 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 Amaura can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Amaura
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Psych up + Haze
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Ability: Snow warning + Move: Blizzard
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Amaura's stats
- Ancient Power
- Barrier
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Amaura
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Amaura in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Amaura's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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