Malamar

#687 · Overturning Pokémon

Malamar

darkpsychic

It’s said that Malamar’s hypnotic powers played a role in certain history-changing events.

Malamar

Malamar

darkpsychic

Base stats

HP86
Attack92
Defense88
Sp. Atk68
Sp. Def75
Speed73
Total482

Abilities

  • Contrary

    If this Pokemon has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead, and vice versa.

  • Suction Cups

    This Pokemon cannot be forced to switch out by another Pokemon's attack or item.

  • Infiltrator Hidden

    Moves ignore substitutes and foe's Reflect/Light Screen/Safeguard/Mist/Aurora Veil.

Defensive matchups

4x bug
2x fairy
Immune psychic
Mega Malamar

Mega Malamar

darkpsychic
Malamarite

Base stats

HP86
Attack102
Defense88
Sp. Atk98
Sp. Def120
Speed88
Total582

Abilities

  • Contrary

    If this Pokemon has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead, and vice versa.

Defensive matchups

4x bug
2x fairy
Immune psychic

Learnable moves 68

MoveTypeClassPowerAccPPForms
Acupressure Raises one of a friendly Pokémon’s stats at random by two stages.normalstatus——30All
Aerial Ace Never misses.flyingphysical60—20All
Baton Pass Allows the trainer to switch out the user and pass effects along to its replacement.normalstatus——40All
Brutal Swing Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.darkphysical60100%20All
Calm Mind Raises the user's Sp. Atk by 1 stage. Raises the user's Sp. Def by 1 stage.psychicstatus——20All
Dark Pulse 20% chance to make the target flinch.darkspecial80100%15All
Destiny Bond If the user faints this turn, the target automatically will, too.ghoststatus——5All
Disable Disables the target's last move.normalstatus—100%20All
Double Hit Hits 2 times.normalphysical3590%10All
Double Team Raises the user's evasion by 1 stage.normalstatus——15All
Endure Priority +4: usually moves first.normalstatus——10All
Expanding Force If Psychic Terrain is active and the user is grounded, this move hits all opposing Pokemon and has its power incrased by 50%.psychicspecial80100%10All
Facade Power doubles if user is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned.normalphysical70100%20All
Fake Tears Lowers the target's Sp. Def by 2 stages.darkstatus—100%20All
Flamethrower 10% chance to burn the target.firespecial90100%15All
Fling Throws held item at the target; power depends on the item.darkphysical—100%10All
Foul Play Calculates damage with the target’s attacking stat.darkphysical95100%15All
Future Sight Hits the target two turns later.psychicspecial120100%10All
Giga Impact User foregoes its next turn to recharge.normalphysical15090%5All
Gravity Disables moves and immunities that involve flying or levitating for five turns.psychicstatus——5All
Guard Swap User swaps Defense and Special Defense changes with the target.psychicstatus——10All
Helping Hand Priority +5: usually moves first.normalstatus——20All
Hyper Beam User foregoes its next turn to recharge.normalspecial15090%5All
Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep for 2 to 4 turns.psychicstatus—60%20All
Knock Off Target drops its held item.darkphysical65100%20All
Lash Out Power doubles if the user had a stat stage lowered this turn.darkphysical75100%5All
Light Screen Reduces damage from special attacks by 50% for five turns.psychicstatus——30All
Liquidation 20% chance to lower the target's Defense by 1 stage.waterphysical85100%10All
Lunge Lowers the target's Attack by 1 stage.bugphysical80100%15All
Nasty Plot Raises the user's Sp. Atk by 2 stages.darkstatus——20All
Night Slash Critical hit ratio raised by 1.darkphysical70100%15All
Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn.darkphysical50100%10All
Pluck If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry.flyingphysical60100%20All
Poison Jab 30% chance to poison the target.poisonphysical80100%20All
Protect Inflicts protect on the user. Priority +4: usually moves first.normalstatus——10All
Psych Up Discards the user’s stat changes and copies the target’s.normalstatus——10All
Psychic 10% chance to lower the target's Sp. Def by 1 stage.psychicspecial90100%10All
Psychic Noisepsychicspecial75100%10All
Psycho Cut Critical hit ratio raised by 1.psychicphysical70100%20All
Psyshock Inflicts damage based on the target’s Defense, not Special Defense.psychicspecial80100%10All
Rain Dance Changes the weather to rain for five turns.waterstatus——5All
Reflect Reduces damage from physical attacks by half.psychicstatus——20All
Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself.psychicstatus——5All
Reversal Inflicts more damage when the user has less HP remaining, with a maximum of 200 power.fightingphysical—100%15All
Rock Slide 30% chance to make opposing Pokémon flinch.rockphysical7590%10All
Round Has double power if it’s used more than once per turn.normalspecial60100%15All
Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by 2 stages.normalstatus—100%10All
Skill Swap User and target swap abilities.psychicstatus——10All
Sleep Talk Randomly uses one of the user’s other three moves. Only works if the user is sleeping.normalstatus——10All
Snore 30% chance to make the target flinch.normalspecial50100%15All
Spite Lowers the PP of the target’s last used move by 4.ghoststatus—100%10All
Stored Power Power is higher the more the user’s stats have been raised, to a maximum of 31×.psychicspecial20100%10All
Substitute Transfers 1/4 of the user’s max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks.normalstatus——10All
Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for five turns.firestatus——5All
Superpower Lowers the user's Attack by 1 stage. Lowers the user's Defense by 1 stage.fightingphysical120100%5All
Swagger Confuses the target for 2 to 5 turns. Raises the target's Attack by 2 stages.normalstatus—85%15All
Switcheroo User and target swap items.darkstatus—100%10All
Taunt For the next few turns, the target can only use damaging moves.darkstatus—100%20All
Thief Takes the target’s item.darkphysical60100%25All
Throat Chop Silences the target.darkphysical80100%15All
Thunderbolt 10% chance to paralyze the target.electricspecial90100%15All
Topsy-Turvy Inverts the target’s stat modifiers.darkstatus——20All
Torment Torments the target.darkstatus—100%15All
Trailblazegrassphysical50100%20All
Trick User and target swap items.psychicstatus—100%10All
Trick Room Priority -7: usually moves last.psychicstatus——5All
Wrap Traps the target for 2 to 4 turns.normalphysical1590%20All
Zen Headbutt 20% chance to make the target flinch.psychicphysical8090%15All