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Ampharos's Type

ELECTRIC

Ampharos's Pokédex #s

National #: 181

Ampharos's Base Stats

HP:: 90

Attack:: 75

Defense:: 85

Sp. Atk:: 115

Sp. Def:: 90

Speed:: 55

Total:: 510

Misc. Info

Height:: 4'7" (1.4m)

Weight:: 135.6 lbs. (61.5 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Monster / Field

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,059,680

EV Yield:: 3 Sp. Atk

Base EXP:: 230

Catch Rate:: 45

Base Happiness:: 70

Ampharos's Abilities

Here are what abilities Ampharos can possibly have, along with their effects.

Static: 30% chance of paralyzing the attacker when Ampharos is damaged by a contact move.

Plus: Raises Ampharos's Special Attack by 50% as long as another of your active Pokémon has Plus or Minus.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Ampharos's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: GROUND

½: ELECTRIC

FLYING

STEEL

Ampharos's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Ampharos evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Mareep: starting form

Flaaffy: at level 15

Ampharos: at level 30

Ampharos's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Ampharos can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Ampharos learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
Evo.	Thunder Punch Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	75	100%	15	One Target
1	Thunder Punch Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	75	100%	15	One Target
1	Zap Cannon Has a 100% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	120	50%	5	One Target
1	Magnetic Flux Raises Defense and Special Defense by one stage for any of your Pokémon with Plus or Minus.	ELECTRIC	--	--	20	All Allies
1	Dragon Pulse Damages the target.	DRAGON	85	100%	10	One Target
1	Fire Punch Has a 10% chance to burn the target.	FIRE	75	100%	15	One Target
1	Tackle Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Growl Lowers all nearby enemies' Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	40	Nearby Enemies
1	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
1	Thunder Shock Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	40	100%	30	One Target
4	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
8	Thunder Shock Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	40	100%	30	One Target
11	Cotton Spore Lowers all nearby enemies' Speed by two stages.	GRASS	--	100%	40	Nearby Enemies
16	Charge Raises Ampharos's Special Defense by one stage and doubles the power of its Electric moves next turn.	ELECTRIC	--	--	20	User
20	Take Down Ampharos takes 25% of Take Down's damage as recoil damage.	NORMAL	90	85%	20	One Target
25	Electro Ball Power ranges from 60–150 based on Ampharos's Speed vs. the target's.	ELECTRIC	varies	100%	10	One Target
29	Confuse Ray Confuses the target.	GHOST	--	100%	10	One Target
35	Power Gem Damages the target.	ROCK	80	100%	20	One Target
40	Discharge Has a 30% chance to paralyze all nearby Pokémon.	ELECTRIC	80	100%	15	All But Self
46	Cotton Guard Raises Ampharos's Defense by three stages.	GRASS	--	--	10	User
51	Charge Beam Has a 70% chance to raise Ampharos's Special Attack by one stage.	ELECTRIC	50	90%	10	One Target
57	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
62	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target
65	Dragon Pulse Damages the target.	DRAGON	85	100%	10	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Ampharos can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught once per use of the TM.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM01	Focus Punch Low priority. Charges for the turn. If hit, lose focus and do nothing for the turn.	FIGHTING	150	100%	20	One Target
TM15	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM16	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
TM17	Protect Protects Ampharos from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM18	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM20	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
TM23	Iron Tail 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	100	75%	15	One Target
TM24	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target
TM31	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM32	Double Team Raises Ampharos's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM33	Reflect Reduces damage from Physical-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User's Field
TM34	Shock Wave Doesn't miss the target.	ELECTRIC	60	--	20	One Target
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Ampharos is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM43	Volt Switch Forces Ampharos to switch out after dealing damage.	ELECTRIC	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Ampharos restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM45	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM52	Focus Blast 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	FIGHTING	120	70%	5	One Target
TM56	Fling Throws Ampharos's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM57	Charge Beam Has a 70% chance to raise Ampharos's Special Attack by one stage.	ELECTRIC	50	90%	10	One Target
TM58	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM59	Dragon Pulse Damages the target.	DRAGON	85	100%	10	One Target
TM68	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM70	Flash Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
TM73	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Ampharos's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM83	Bulldoze 100% chance of lowering all nearby Pokémon's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	60	100%	20	All But Self
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Ampharos's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM96	Strength Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	100%	15	One Target
TM98	Rock Smash 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	40	100%	15	One Target
TM100	Rock Climb Has a 20% chance of confusing the target.	NORMAL	90	85%	20	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Ampharos can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Ampharos.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Take Down Ampharos takes 25% of Take Down's damage as recoil damage.	NORMAL	90	85%	20	One Target
EGG	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Screech Lowers the target's Defense by two stages.	NORMAL	--	85%	40	One Target
EGG	Charge Raises Ampharos's Special Defense by one stage and doubles the power of its Electric moves next turn.	ELECTRIC	--	--	20	User
EGG	Flatter Raises the target's Special Attack by one stage and confuses it.	DARK	--	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Sand Attack Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	GROUND	--	100%	15	One Target
EGG	After You If the target hasn't already acted this turn, causes the target to act immediately after Ampharos.	NORMAL	--	--	15	One Target
EGG	Agility Raises Ampharos's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
EGG	Eerie Impulse Lowers the target's Special Attack by two stages.	ELECTRIC	--	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Electric Terrain Activates Electric Terrain for 5 turns, which prevents non-airborne Pokémon from falling asleep and powers up Electric-type moves by 50%.	ELECTRIC	--	--	10	Entire Field

Ampharos's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Ampharos's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Ampharos's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Ampharos is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	290	321	353	384	90
Attack	155	186	218	249	75
Defense	175	206	238	269	85
Sp. Atk	235	266	298	329	115
Sp. Def	185	216	248	279	90
Speed	115	146	178	209	55
Total					510

Where to Find Ampharos in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Location information on where to find Ampharos in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will be coming to the Marriland Pokédex in a future update! Thank you for your patience!

Pokédex Entries for Ampharos

Generation 7 Pokédex Entries

Ultra Sun

The light from its tail can be seen from space. This is why you can always tell exactly where it is, which is why it usually keeps the light off.

Ultra Moon

Its tail shines bright and strong. It has been prized since long ago as a beacon for sailors.

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X Y

The tail's tip shines brightly and can be seen from far away. It acts as a beacon for lost people.

Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire

Ampharos gives off so much light that it can be seen even from space. People in the old days used the light of this Pokémon to send signals back and forth with others far away.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White

The tip of its tail shines brightly. In the olden days, people sent signals using the tail's light.

Black 2 White 2

The tip of its tail shines so brightly it can be used to send sea-navigation beacons to distant foreign shores.

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond Pearl Platinum

The tip of its tail shines brightly. In the olden days, people sent signals using the tail's light.

HeartGold

The tail's tip shines brightly and can be seen from far away. It acts as a beacon for lost people.

SoulSilver

The bright light on its tail can be seen far away. It has been treasured since ancient times as a beacon.

Generation 3 Pokédex Entries

Ruby Sapphire

AMPHAROS gives off so much light that it can be seen even from space. People in the old days used the light of this POKéMON to send signals back and forth with others far away.

Emerald

It gives off so much light that it can be seen even from space. People in the old days used its light to send signals back and forth with others far away.

FireRed

The bright light on its tail can be seen far away. It has been treasured since ancient times as a beacon.

LeafGreen

The tail's tip shines brightly and can be seen from far away. It acts as a beacon for lost people.

Generation 2 Pokédex Entries

Gold

The tail's tip shines brightly and can be seen from far away. It acts as a beacon for lost people.

Silver

The bright light on its tail can be seen far away. It has been treasured since ancient times as a beacon.

Crystal

When it gets dark, the light from its bright, shiny tail can be seen from far away on the ocean's surface.