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Blacephalon, a Fire and Ghost type Pokémon, official artwork

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Blacephalon: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Blacephalon is a fast, hard-hitting attacker, led by its Sp. Atk (151) and Attack (127), with a base stat total of 570.

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What is Blacephalon weak to?

How much damage Blacephalon takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toDarkGhostGroundRockWater
0.5×ResistsFairyFireGrassIcePoisonSteel
0.25×ResistsBug
0×Immune toFightingNormal

Blacephalon takes super-effective damage from Dark, Ghost, Ground, Rock, Water. It resists Fairy, Fire, Grass, Ice, Poison, Steel, Bug and is immune to Fighting, Normal.

Best moveset for Blacephalon

Blacephalon has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • ExplosionNormal250
  • Mind BlownFire150
  • Solar BeamGrass120
  • Foul PlayDark95

Best nature for Blacephalon

Timid. Blacephalon is a special attacker (151 Sp. Atk) with usable 107 Speed, so Timid (+Speed, −Attack) is the standard pick.

Abilities

  • Beast BoostThis Pokemon's highest stat is raised by 1 if it attacks and KOes another Pokemon.
Full learnset (66 moves; tap to expand)

Blacephalon is not obtainable in Scarlet/Violet, so this is its National Dex movepool.

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
ExplosionNormal250100%Physical
Self-DestructNormal200100%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Mind BlownFire150100%Special
Last ResortNormal140100%Physical
OverheatFire13090%Special
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
Heat WaveFire9590%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
PsychicPsychic90100%Special
UproarNormal90100%Special
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
Expanding ForcePsychic80100%Special
PsyshockPsychic80100%Special
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Mystical FireFire75100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Flame BurstFire70100%Special
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
IncinerateFire60100%Special
RoundNormal60100%Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Flame ChargeFire50100%Physical
PaybackDark50100%Physical
Smack DownRock50100%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
EmberFire40100%Special
Fire SpinFire3585%Special
AstonishGhost30100%Physical
Rock BlastRock2590%Physical
Stored PowerPsychic20100%Special
FlingDark?100%Physical
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Night ShadeGhost?100%Special
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
After YouNormal--Status
Calm MindPsychic--Status
ConfideNormal--Status
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EncoreNormal-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
HypnosisPsychic-60%Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
Magic CoatPsychic--Status
Pain SplitNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
QuashDark-100%Status
RecycleNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
TauntDark-100%Status
TormentDark-100%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
TrickPsychic-100%Status
Will-O-WispFire-85%Status