What is a good competitive moveset for Omanyte? 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.
Omanyte is an interesting Rock and Water-typed Pokemon. Omanyte is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Omanyte can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Omanyte is weak to Electric, Fighting, Grass, and Ground-typed attacks.
Species: Omanyte Item: Rindo Berry / Life Orb Ability: Swift Swim Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 216 Hp / 252 SpA / 40 SpD Moveset: - Surf / Scald - Ice Beam / Aurora Beam - Ancient Power - Earth Power / Mud Shot
Special Sweeper Omanyte (Swift Swim)
Omanyte is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Omanyte's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, Omanyte's speed is doubled during rainy weather.
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive). ♦ 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)). ♦ 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).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Omanyte? 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.
Species: Omanyte Item: Rindo Berry / Life Orb Ability: Swift Swim Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 216 Hp / 252 SpA / 40 SpD Moveset: - Surf / Scald - Icy Wind / Ice Beam - Ancient Power - Earth Power / Mud Shot
Doubles Special Sweeper Omanyte (Swift Swim)
Omanyte is an astounding Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Omanyte's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, Omanyte's speed is doubled during rainy weather.
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive). ♦ 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)). ♦ 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).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Omanyte 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Omanyte 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 Omanyte
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