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lampent
#608

Lampent

Lamp Pokémon

GhostFire

This ominous Pokémon is feared. Through cities it wanders, searching for the spirits of the fallen.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 40
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 60
Speed 55
Total 370

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Lamp Pokémon
Height 0.6 m
Weight 13.0 kg
Base Exp 130
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Indeterminate

Sprites

lampent Front Front
lampent Back Back
lampent Front Shiny Front Shiny
lampent Back Shiny Back Shiny
lampent Official Art Official Art
lampent Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu
Trick Room
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Flash Fire / Flame Body
Nature
Quiet
EVs
HP 248
Def 8
SpA 252

Strategy Overview

Lampent struggles to find much use, but it has a specific niche. Lampent can set and utilize Trick Room with an offensive set better than the majority of other Trick Room setters. It has a good offensive typing and coverage, alongside several useful resistances that let it set up Trick Room despite its relatively poor bulk. It also has access to two good abilities in Flash Fire and Flame Body. Flash Fire powers up its own Fire-type moves whenever Lampent is hit by one, and Flame Body can be useful for getting a surprise burn on an opponent. However, Lampent's typing also gives it some common weaknesses, including weaknesses to Rock-, Dark-, and Water-type attacks, which opens it up to a lot of damage from several moves, notably Stealth Rock, Pursuit, and Sucker Punch. Charizard gives Lampent a lot of competition as an offensive Fire-type, and Misdreavus similarly gives it competition as a Ghost-type. Trick Room in general isn't a very good strategy, but it is the main thing that makes Lampent worth using.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc