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Analysis - Ambipom Type: Normal Ability: Pickup / Technician Height: 4'11" / 1.2 m Weight: 44.8 lb. / 20.3 kg Gender: ♂ 50% / ♀ 50%
Defensive CombinationsAmbipom is a pure Normal type, which is a more of curse than a blessing due to Ambipom’s dismal defensive stats. Being Normal gives Ambipom immunity to Ghost-type attacks but a weakness to Fighting-type attacks and no resists, although it should not be taking hits anyway. Pairing a Normal type with a Ghost type will give decent coverage for both types as both cover each others weaknesses. Dusknoir is a good choice when it comes to a defensive Ghost and it has a high Attack stat.A Psychic Pokemon will also benefit Ambipom as it will cover Ambipom’s Fighting weak and Ambipom will cover the Psychic’s Ghost weak. Cresselia, Uxie, Mesprit, Gallade, and Gardevior are some good Psychic-types. Cresselia, Uxie, and Mesprit are walls while Gallade and Gardevior are bulky attackers. General CountersPutting It All TogetherLO/CB Ambipom + ScarfCross + LO/ScarfTran. This trio is purely offensive and almost all of the Pokemons’ weaknesses are covered (Ambipom’s Fighting weak covered by Heracross, Heracross’s Flying and Fire weak covered by Heatran, Heatran’s Ground weak covered by Heracross). The only exception is Heatran’s Water weak. So it’ll be a good idea to bring in something that resists water. I would suggest one of the Dragons. Ambipom will be the lead and weaken whatever it faces and U-Turn into one of the two Pokemon. Heracross will be for those that have weak Defense and Heatran will take care of those that have weak Special Defense. Heatran benefits from Heracross’s Fire weak and that’ll aid for some Heatran wreckage. After these two powerhouses wear down the opponent, Ambipom can come in and revenge kill if one of them is taken out.Nasty Plot Passing Ambipom + Azelf + Infernape. A Special Attack offensive trio. Almost all weaknesses are covered. Ambipom covers Azelf’s Ghost weak, Azelf covers Infernape’s Ground weak and Ambipom’s Fighting weak, and Infernape covers Azelf’s Dark and Bug weak. The exception to this combination is Infernape’s Water and Flying weak. That can be remedied by a Steel, Dragon, and/or Water type. Passing Nasty Plot frees up moveslots for both Azelf and Infernape so they be overwhelming the opponent with some heavy Special attackers. Infernape doesn’t have to go purely Special, it can carry Close Combat so Blissey won’t wall as easily. LO/CB Ambipom + MixMence + Bronzong (Heatproof). All weaknesses are covered here. Bronzong can play mind games as most people will think it is Levitate Bronzong but Salamence will cover that weakness anyway. Bronzong covers Salamence’s Rock and Ice weak and Salamence covers Ambipom’s Fighting weak. Ambipom doesn’t benefit the other two with its typing but it will be Salamence’s friend. Bronzong’s role will be to lay down Stealth Rock and either Hypnosis something, get rid of the faster Pokemon with Gyro Ball, or set up Reflect or Light Screen for Salamence. Salamence will then proceed to destroy anything it can and Ambipom will come in and play the ‘Janitor’ role. Adding some more firepower will make Ambipom’s job easier along with Salamence’s. Pokemon such as BandCross and Breloom will work perfectly because they hit hard. Agility Passing Ambipom + Metagross + SD Garchomp. Weaknesses are not really covered but the purpose is to pass Agility. Adding Cresselia wil cover all other weaknesses that are not covered. Passing on Agility to Metagross is quite fearsome. Spamming Meteor Mash for those occasional Attack boosts and then using Explosion when Metagross is almost dead will clear the way for Garchomp. Agility can be Baton Passed to Garchomp if needed. Adding Hippowdon or Tyranitar to set up Sandstorm will make things more difficult for the opponent. Tyraniboah also provides the BoltBeam that this combination lacks. Nasty Plot Passing Ambipom + LO Gengar + Forretress. Normal and Ghost both cover each other well. Adding Forretress (or some other Steel) adds some resistances. Forretress was chosen because of Stealth Rock / Spikes / Toxic Spikes, Rapid Spin, and a more powerful Gyro Ball (in some cases) compared to Bronzong's Gyro Ball. An unboosted Gengar already hurts like crazy and Nasty Plot will only make matters worse. With the addition of Salac Berry, Gengar can run through teams. Nothing covers Forretress's Fire-type weakness but adding Swampert will take care of that. Set - LO Ambipom
[ Information | Other Options | Offensive Combos | Strategic Combos | Set Counters ] With Technician, Fake Out becomes 90 BP and Double Hit becomes 78.75 BP per hit. Double Hit can break through Substitutes if the first hit does enough damage to bring it down. This set is meant to be used as a lead as that is where this set will shine the best. U-Turn is for scouting and is an all-around great move because Ambipom can switch out on a threat while damaging them and switch in something that resists. For the last slot, Brick Break covers Rock, Steel, Ice, and other Normals while Payback covers Psychic and Ghost. Payback will become 75 BP with the Technician boost. 29 HP IVs is to give Ambipom 11 chances to attack with Life Orb instead of 10. Other OptionsDouble Hit can be replaced with Return because of better accuracy. Fury Swipes can be used also. If Fury Swipes can get 5 hits, it will total to 202 BP but it is very unreliable. Ambipom can also learn the elemental punches. Fire Punch is a good choice as Forretress tends to wall this set. Double Hit does more damage to Gyarados than Thunder Punch would anyway. Shadow Claw can be used for the last slot to hit Ghost for Super Effective. Aerial Ace is also an option for the last slot but mainly to counter Heracross. Offensive CombinationsMetagross, Bronzong, Gengar, and Dusknoir will take minimal to no damage meaning Amipom will have trouble dealing with them. Azelf can take care of them easily with Shadow Ball and Flamethrower. Infernape and MixMence do a pretty decent job, too. Strategic CombinationsThis set is the perfect revenge killing set. Surrounding Ambipom with hard hitters will make Ambipom very busy. A Rapid Spinner will help keep Ambipom from taking damage from field hazards as Life Orb already limits Ambipom. Set CountersGengar pretty much walls this set completely when using Brick Break as it resists Bug and is immune to Normal and Fighting. Ghost types in general will wall this set. Set - CBAmbipom
[ Information | Other Options | Offensive Combos | Strategic Combos | Set Counters ] Choice Band gives Ambipom a bit more fire power than Life Orb. Return will be Ambipom's main form of attacking unless the Pokemon it is facing can be hit Super Effective with another move. Shadow Claw and Pursuit is to hit Ghost. Brick Break is for type coverage when paired with Shadow Claw or Pursuit as it will hit most Pokemon for at least neutral. U-Turn is used to scout so that a proper counter can be brought in. Technician doesn’t shine as much here but Choice Band makes up for it. Other OptionsAerial Ace can be used to hit Heracross harder and Focus Punch can be replaced with Brick Break. Fake Out can be used but because of Choice Band Ambipom will be required to switch. Double Hit has slightly more BP than Return and is something that should be considered. Double-Edge can be used in the first slot as it hits a lot harder than Return or Double Hit but the recoil damage is something to reconsider. The elemental punches can also be used as a substitute. Offensive CombinationsAgain, Azelf can be used with this set as it will get rid of most of the things that will counter Ambipom with Shadow Ball (or Psychic) and Flamthrower. Metagross, Tyranitar, Garchomp, Heracross, Gengar, Salamence, and all the other hard hitters can come in and clean up. Strategic CombinationsStealth Rock support will help with those OHKOs and 2HKOs. Ambipom doesn’t like paralysis so an Aromatherapy user would be nice. Set CountersSkarmory, Metagross, and Bronzong will wall this set like no other. Skarmory can take down Ambipom due to its abysmal defenses, Metagross hits very hard and poses the threat of setting up, and Bronzong has a STABed Gyro Ball which will do major damage thanks to Ambipom's high speed and Stealth Rock. Set - Nasty Plot Passer
[ Information | Other Options | Offensive Combos | Strategic Combos | Set Counters ] Ambipom is one of the few Pokemon that can Baton Pass Nasty Plot. It also has the Speed to set up a Substitute for optimal passing and activating that pinch berry. Swift gets a boost from Technician so it is a viable option. The item slot comes down to preference. Salac Berry to give a Speed boost or Petaya Berry to add more to that Special Attack stat. Other OptionsThunderbolt, Shadow Ball, and Water Pulse can replace Swift and/or Substitute. Hidden Power (60) still gets the Technician boost so it can be considered as an option. Hidden Power [Fighting] and Shadow Ball or Hidden Power [Ice] and Thunderbolt provide type coverage hitting most Pokemon for at least neutral damage. Thunder can also be used if more BP is preferred. Offensive CombinationsPhazers are a general problem with this set, Suicune, Skarmory, Donphan, Hippowdon, and Weezing to mention a few. Azelf can take care of all those mentioned and others with Flamethrower, Grass Knot, and Psychic. Salamence can rid of some of the Pokemon mentioned but fails to get rid of Suicune effectively. Strategic CombinationsAzelf seems to enjoy Ambipom’s company. Azelf with one Nasty Plot Baton Passed to it and either a Speed boost or another Special Attack boost has the potential to sweep. Not only that, Azelf does not have to use a moveslot to set up by itself which in turn gives an open moveslot for more Offensive power. Pokemon that can make use of Nasty Plot are options. When using Petaya Berry, Salamence would be a good to use. Salamence has two chances to use Draco Meteor without any ‘drawbacks’ meaning the first Draco Meteor will bring Salamence to a SpecsMence-like state without being limited to only one move. A Rapid Spinner would be nice to get rid of Toxic Spikes as that will hinder Ambipom and the Pokemon it is passing to. Set CountersGhost-types such as Gengar and Dusknoir will wall this set when using Swift. Blissey walls this set and so does Calm Cresselia because of their high Special Defense. Set - Agility Passer
[ Information | Other Options | Offensive Combos | Strategic Combos | Set Counters ] A Baton Passing set with different intentions. This set utilizes Agility. Double Hit will break through Substitutes and Return is more accurate either can be used. With the use of a Pinch Berry, Substitute should be used until it activates to pass it along with Agility. Liechi Berry will help the Physical attacker while Petaya Berry will help the Special attacker. Pick the appropriate berry according to the sweeper of the team. Other OptionsIf Substitute is considered obsolete, Brick Break, Aerial Ace, or Payback should be used in place of it. Using Brick Break will make this set get completely walled by Ghost-types though. Focus Punch can also be used behind the Substitute but it has the risk of losing a Substitute to pass along with Agility. Life Orb can be used over the Pinch Berries if sweeping is more appropriate than passing on extra stat boosts. Offensive CombinationsAzelf will be able to take of things that threaten Ambipom such as Heracross and Infernape with Psychic. Azelf also will be able to take care of Phazers such as Suicune and Skarmory with Flamethrower and Grass Knot. On the other note, Metagross can be used here. Agility Baton Passed to Metagross is quite intimidating. Strategic CombinationsAgain, a Rapid Spinner will be useful for the team; Toxic Spike and Stealth Rock will limit sweepers to do their allocated jobs. Set CountersGhost-type Pokemon will wall this when using either a Normal-type or Fighting-type attack. Taunt will destroy any possibility of Baton Passing so beware of Gyarados and the like. Lucario can come in and set up so watch out for that. Set - Last Resort
[ Information | Other Options | Offensive Combos | Strategic Combos | Set Counters ] Two moves can be deceiving but this set has a lot of potential. Its main purpose is to utilize Last Resort and spam it. Fake Out will activate Last Resort and now Ambipom have a 190 BP attack at its disposal. Last Resort will the main form of attack and the only thing in the way are Ghost-types and Steel-types. The 29 IVs in HP will give Ambipom optimal Life Orb usage, in turn Ambipom has 11 chances to attack instead of 10. Other OptionsIf two moves cannot be used or wasting moveslots is not prefered, Substitute and Thunder Wave can be put in the last slots. Substitute and Thunderwave assures that Ambipom is safe and faster than the opposing Pokemon. It is possible to use Focus Punch along with Substitute, too. Shadow Claw can be used to hit Ghost, that would normally wall this set. Keep in mind though that this is only if it is not possible to allocate two moves or wasting moveslots is not prefered, this set sole purpose is to abuse Last Resort as fast as possible. A different item can be used with this set especially if Substitute is used. Just don't forget to use 31 HP IVs. Items that are strongly suggested are Salac Berry, Leichi Berry, Leftovers, and Focus Sash. Offensive CombinationsGhost-type Pokemon will get in the way of this set and so will Steel-types. Azelf will be able to take care of them with Shadow Ball and Flamethrower. Salamence, Garchomp, and Dragonite have the power to take them out, too, with either Draco Meteor or Fire Blast. Strategic CombinationsToxic Spikes would be a good to have along with the other Field Hazard. Some hard hitters or cripplers should keep Ambipom company so Ambipom or another sweeper can clean up when the opponent is battle weary. Set CountersGhost-types will wall this set completely and most of them can do some decent damage to Ambipom, for example Gengar and Dusknoir. Set - Counter Ambipom
[ Information | Other Options | Offensive Combos | Strategic Combos | Set Counters ] This is more of a novelty set but it has its uses. Fake Out on the first turn and if a Physical attack is coming then use Counter. Double Hit is just filler but the last slot is pretty useful. U-Turn will enable scouting for appropriate counters and Thief will hit Ghost-types and will disable the opposing Pokemon's item. Other OptionsToxic or Thunder Wave can be used in the last slot or both can be used in the last two slots. The elemental punches are options for the last slot also. Fire Punch will hit Forretress and Steel-types harder. Offensive CombinationsAzelf will be able to take care of the Ghost-types and Steel-types that wall this set with Flamethrower and Shadow Ball. Blissey and Cresselia will wall this set as they're usually Special Attackers and not Physical Attackers. Infernape can take care of them fairly well along with Breloom as it can SubSeed Blissey and Cresselia to death and deal with Blissey quicker with Focus Punch. Strategic CombinationsA Rapid Spinner is much needed for this set. Ambipom cannot switch in and take damage which will make Focus Sash completely useless. Set CountersGhost-types will wall this set if Theif is not used. Gengar in particular will wall completely if U-Turn is used. |
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