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Empoleon

176 appearances (Regulation M-A)
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Unranked
Empoleon
Water Steel
HP 84
Atk 86
Def 88
Sp.Atk 111
Sp.Def 101
Speed 60
Total 530
Weight 186.3 lbs.
Torrent
Boosts the power of the Pokémon’s Water-type moves by 50% when its HP drops to 1/3 or less of its max.
Competitive
When the Pokémon has any of its stats lowered by an opponent, its Sp. Atk stat is boosted by 2 stages.

Type effectiveness

Weakness · 2×
Electric Fighting Ground
Resistance · ½×
Normal Water Flying Psychic Bug Rock Dragon Fairy
Resistance · ¼×
Ice Steel
Immunity · 0×
Poison

Meta Builds

Meta Popular

Builds ranked by competitive performance — higher placement at larger events scores more.

#1
Competitive Leftovers
100.0 41.5% WR · 26 teams
Flash Cannon Protect Roar Water Pulse
Team
Empoleon
Empoleon
Competitive · Leftovers
100%
Froslass
Froslass
Snow Cloak · Froslassite
100%
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · White Herb
100%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate · Sitrus Berry
96%
Frost Rotom
Frost Rotom
Levitate · Choice Scarf
88%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant · Focus Sash
88%
Weekly | Liberation Crusade #1 | $100 |Volticons · Ogbot5000 (#11) · 5–3
Froslass
Froslass
Snow Cloak Froslassite
Blizzard Shadow Ball Aurora Veil Protect
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin White Herb
Dragon Claw Earthquake Rock Slide Protect
Frost Rotom
Frost Rotom
Levitate Choice Scarf
Thunderbolt Blizzard Electroweb Volt Switch
Empoleon
Empoleon
Competitive Leftovers
Water Pulse Flash Cannon Roar Protect
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate Sitrus Berry
Flare Blitz Fake Out Darkest Lariat Parting Shot
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant Focus Sash
Iron Head Low Kick Sucker Punch Protect
#2
Competitive Leftovers
95.5 50.0% WR · 4 teams
Flash Cannon Hydro Pump Protect Vacuum Wave
Team
Empoleon
Empoleon
Competitive · Leftovers
100%
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Choice Scarf
100%
Charizard
Charizard
Solar Power · Charizardite Y
75%
Venusaur
Venusaur
Chlorophyll · Focus Sash
75%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate · Sitrus Berry
75%
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil · Floettite
75%
Pokepal Smackdown #145 (Champions) (Reg M-A) · Codename_Unown (#4) · 4–1
Empoleon
Empoleon
Competitive Leftovers
Protect Flash Cannon Vacuum Wave Hydro Pump
Venusaur
Venusaur
Chlorophyll Focus Sash
Protect Solar Beam Earth Power Sleep Powder
Charizard
Charizard
Solar Power Charizardite Y
Heat Wave Protect Ancient Power Air Slash
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin Choice Scarf
Rock Slide Iron Head Dragon Claw Bulldoze
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate Sitrus Berry
Fake Out Darkest Lariat Parting Shot Flare Blitz
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil Floettite
Protect Moonblast Draining Kiss Calm Mind
#3
Competitive Shuca Berry
89.5 41.4% WR · 13 teams
Hydro Pump Ice Beam Protect Surf
Team
Empoleon
Empoleon
Competitive · Shuca Berry
100%
Golurk
Golurk
No Guard · Golurkite
100%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality · Focus Sash
100%
Farigiraf
Farigiraf
Armor Tail · Sitrus Berry
100%
Sneasler
Sneasler
Unburden · White Herb
100%
Arcanine [Hisuian Form]
Arcanine [Hisuian Form]
Rock Head · Choice Scarf
54%
Unova Champions League #4 / POKÉMON CHAMPIONS · Smogolem (#7) · 4–3
Golurk
Golurk
No Guard Golurkite
Poltergeist Headlong Rush Ice Punch Protect
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality Focus Sash
Rage Powder Trick Room Shadow Ball Matcha Gotcha
Farigiraf
Farigiraf
Armor Tail Sitrus Berry
Trick Room Twin Beam Hyper Voice Protect
Empoleon
Empoleon
Competitive Shuca Berry
Surf Protect Ice Beam Hydro Pump
Sneasler
Sneasler
Unburden White Herb
Dire Claw Close Combat Fake Out Coaching
Hydreigon
Hydreigon
Levitate Choice Scarf
Draco Meteor Dark Pulse Snarl Heat Wave
#4
Competitive Chople Berry
86.1 39.7% WR · 11 teams
Flash Cannon Hydro Pump Ice Beam Protect
Team
Empoleon
Empoleon
Competitive · Chople Berry
100%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate · Sitrus Berry
55%
Noivern
Noivern
Infiltrator · Focus Sash
36%
Meganium
Meganium
Leaf Guard · Meganiumite
36%
Mamoswine
Mamoswine
Oblivious · Choice Scarf
36%
Cofagrigus
Cofagrigus
Mummy · Colbur Berry
36%
*Sitrus-Series*|Champions|$100 to 1st · rinnraga (#45) · 4–4
Noivern
Noivern
Infiltrator Focus Sash
Draco Meteor Air Slash Tailwind Protect
Meganium
Meganium
Leaf Guard Meganiumite
Solar Beam Dazzling Gleam Weather Ball Protect
Empoleon
Empoleon
Competitive Chople Berry
Hydro Pump Flash Cannon Ice Beam Protect
Mamoswine
Mamoswine
Oblivious Choice Scarf
Icicle Crash High Horsepower Earthquake Rock Slide
Cofagrigus
Cofagrigus
Mummy Colbur Berry
Body Press Disable Shadow Claw Trick Room
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate Sitrus Berry
Parting Shot Fake Out Flare Blitz Throat Chop
#5
Competitive Leftovers
61.4 31.2% WR · 13 teams
Flash Cannon Hydro Pump Ice Beam Protect
Team
Empoleon
Empoleon
Competitive · Leftovers
100%
Vivillon
Vivillon
Compound Eyes · Focus Sash
31%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate · Sitrus Berry
31%
Aggron
Aggron
Heavy Metal · Aggronite
23%
Charizard
Charizard
Tough Claws · Charizardite X
23%
Gengar
Gengar
Cursed Body · Choice Scarf
23%
The Grand Champions Festival · JustANormalGuy (#1888) · 4–3
Tyranitar
Tyranitar
Sand Stream Tyranitarite
Rock Slide Knock Off Protect Low Kick
Excadrill
Excadrill
Sand Rush Focus Sash
Earthquake Iron Head Protect Rock Slide
Archaludon
Archaludon
Stamina Chople Berry
Thunderbolt Aura Sphere Flash Cannon Protect
Empoleon
Empoleon
Competitive Leftovers
Ice Beam Flash Cannon Hydro Pump Protect
Gliscor
Gliscor
Hyper Cutter Passho Berry
Dual Wingbeat High Horsepower Protect Swords Dance
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Prankster Occa Berry
Trick Room Moonblast Tailwind Encore

Tournament Stats

Submissions that don't match in-game data (typos, renamed moves or abilities) are discarded during import, so the counts here can differ from the total appearance count above.

Most Common Teammates

Garchomp
Garchomp
Dragon Ground
37.5% usage · WR 42.6%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Fire Dark
33.0% usage · WR 42.7%
Sneasler
Sneasler
Fighting Poison
29.5% usage · WR 40.8%
Froslass
Froslass
Ice Ghost
29.0% usage · WR 41.0%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Grass Ghost
29.0% usage · WR 39.2%
Farigiraf
Farigiraf
Normal Psychic
23.9% usage · WR 37.3%
Frost Rotom
Frost Rotom
Electric Ice
17.6% usage · WR 44.1%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Dark Steel
17.6% usage · WR 42.9%

Most Common Moves

Protect
155 (88.1%)
Flash Cannon
137 (77.8%)
Hydro Pump
90 (51.1%)
Ice Beam
82 (46.6%)
Surf
58 (33.0%)
Water Pulse
35 (19.9%)
Roar
33 (18.8%)
Vacuum Wave
20 (11.4%)
Icy Wind
18 (10.2%)
Weather Ball
10 (5.7%)

Most Common Items

Leftovers Leftovers
68 (38.6%)
Chople Berry Chople Berry
31 (17.6%)
Sitrus Berry Sitrus Berry
20 (11.4%)
Mystic Water Mystic Water
19 (10.8%)
Shuca Berry Shuca Berry
17 (9.7%)
Metal Coat Metal Coat
6 (3.4%)
Mental Herb Mental Herb
4 (2.3%)
Choice Scarf Choice Scarf
3 (1.7%)
Focus Sash Focus Sash
3 (1.7%)
Quick Claw Quick Claw
2 (1.1%)

Most Common Abilities

Competitive
171 (97.7%)
Torrent
4 (2.3%)

Learnable Moves

Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 101 20
Agility Psychic Status - 101 20
Air Cutter Flying Special 60 95 20
Air Slash Flying Special 75 95 16
Aqua Jet Water Physical 40 100 20
Aqua Ring Water Status - 101 20
Attract Normal Status - 100 16
Avalanche Ice Physical 60 100 12
Blizzard Ice Special 110 70 8
Body Slam Normal Physical 85 100 16
Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 16
Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100 20
Charm Fairy Status - 100 20
Chilling Water Water Special 50 100 20
Dig Ground Physical 80 100 12
Dive Water Physical 80 100 12
Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100 16
Drill Peck Flying Physical 80 100 20
Dual Wingbeat Flying Physical 40 90 12
Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 12
Endure Normal Status - 101 12
Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
Feather Dance Flying Status - 100 16
Flash Cannon Steel Special 80 100 12
Fling Dark Physical 1 100 12
Flip Turn Water Physical 60 100 20
Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90 8
Grass Knot Grass Special 1 100 20
Haze Ice Status - 101 20
Helping Hand Normal Status - 101 20
Hydro Cannon Water Special 150 90 8
Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80 8
Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90 8
Ice Beam Ice Special 90 100 12
Ice Spinner Ice Physical 80 100 16
Icy Wind Ice Special 55 95 16
Iron Defense Steel Status - 101 16
Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 20
Lash Out Dark Physical 75 100 8
Liquidation Water Physical 85 100 12
Metal Sound Steel Status - 85 20
Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100 12
Power Trip Dark Physical 20 100 12
Protect Normal Status - 101 8
Psych Up Normal Status - 101 12
Rain Dance Water Status - 101 8
Rest Psychic Status - 101 8
Roar Normal Status - 101 20
Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 12
Rock Tomb Rock Physical 60 95 16
Roost Flying Status - 101 8
Round Normal Special 60 100 16
Scary Face Normal Status - 100 12
Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 70 100 16
Sleep Talk Normal Status - 101 12
Snore Normal Special 50 100 16
Snowscape Ice Status - 101 8
Stealth Rock Rock Status - 101 20
Steel Beam Steel Special 140 95 8
Steel Wing Steel Physical 70 90 20
Substitute Normal Status - 101 12
Surf Water Special 90 100 16
Swagger Normal Status - 85 16
Swords Dance Normal Status - 101 20
Throat Chop Dark Physical 80 100 16
Triple Axel Ice Physical 20 90 12
Uproar Normal Special 90 100 12
Vacuum Wave Fighting Special 40 100 20
Water Pulse Water Special 60 100 20
Waterfall Water Physical 80 100 16
Wave Crash Water Physical 120 100 12
Weather Ball Normal Special 50 100 12
Whirlpool Water Special 35 85 16
Yawn Normal Status - 101 12

Notable Placements

Place Player Tournament Record
#11 Ogbot5000 Weekly | Liberation Crusade #1 | $100 |Volticons 5-3-0
#15 oppePoiZ VGCA Battle Hall #25 5-3-0