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blacephalon
#806

Blacephalon

Fireworks Pokémon

FireGhost

It slithers toward people. Then, without warning, it triggers the explosion of its own head. It’s apparently one kind of Ultra Beast.

Base Stats

HP 53
Attack 127
Defense 53
Sp. Atk 151
Sp. Def 79
Speed 107
Total 570

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Fireworks Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 13.0 kg
Base Exp 257
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 30
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs

Sprites

blacephalon Front Front
blacephalon Back Back
blacephalon Front Shiny Front Shiny
blacephalon Back Shiny Back Shiny
blacephalon Official Art Official Art
blacephalon Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Choice Specs
Moves
Hidden Power Ground / Hidden Power Grass
Item
Choice Specs
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Substitute + Calm Mind
Item
Ghostium Z
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 232
Def 4
SpA 20
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Blacephalon is blessed with an outstanding Special Attack stat, which, coupled with its great offensive typing in Fire / Ghost, turns it into a deadly wallbreaker. Blacephalon sets itself apart from other special wallbreakers thanks to its high Speed stat, which lets it act as a late-game cleaner and revenge killer when equipped with a Choice Scarf and outspeed a fair amount of the metagame without a boosting item. On top of that, Blacephalon's Beast Boost ability can boost its Special Attack by one stage after each KO or can be tuned to boost its Speed, further bolstering its late-game cleaning capabilities. However, Blacephalon has an annoying vulnerability to every entry hazard and a weakness to Stealth Rock. It is also weak to common priority moves like Ash-Greninja's Water Shuriken and Mega Mawile's Sucker Punch, which allows these Pokemon to stop a late-game sweep from it and gain momentum by forcing it out. Finally, the presence of Tyranitar as a top-tier threat in the metagame hurts Blacephalon's viability, since it's unable to 2HKO Tyranitar on the switch without prior damage and falls prey to Pursuit.

Most Used Moves

Trick
55.1%
Calm Mind
23.5%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc