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Empoleon

Water / steel type · strong stats (BST 530, top 41% of the Champions roster) · builds into a special attacker.

Build a team with Empoleon

Empoleon

water steel · BST 530 · special attacker

Base stats

HP84
Attack86
Defense88
Sp. Atk111
Sp. Def101
Speed60

Defensive profile

How incoming damage multiplies for this form.

×2 Electric ×2 Fighting ×2 Ground ×0.5 Normal ×0.5 Water ×0.25 Ice ×0.5 Flying ×0.5 Psychic ×0.5 Bug ×0.5 Rock ×0.5 Dragon ×0.25 Steel ×0.5 Fairy

Abilities

Selectable in Champions (400 VP to change).

  • Torrent
  • Competitive

How to use Empoleon in Champions

Empoleon fills a special attacker niche on Champions ranked teams. With a 66-stat-point budget (max 32 per stat), most builds pour 32 into Sp. Attack and HP, then fine-tune Speed in steps of 2 to sit just above or below the metagame's common numbers.

Defensively it is hurt hardest by Electric, Fighting, Ground, while resisting Normal, Water, Ice, Flying. Check the Water page for the full matchup math behind those numbers.

Movepool highlights

Empoleon can learn 72 moves in Champions. Coverage by type: dark fairy fighting flying ghost ground ice normal psychic rock steel water. Pick four that patch your team's coverage gaps — the team builder flags what's missing automatically.

Full move list
MoveTypeClassPowerAcc
Aerial AceflyingPhysical60101
AgilitypsychicStatus—101
Air CutterflyingSpecial6095
Air SlashflyingSpecial7595
Aqua JetwaterPhysical40100
Aqua RingwaterStatus—101
AttractnormalStatus—100
AvalancheicePhysical60100
BlizzardiceSpecial11070
Body SlamnormalPhysical85100
Brick BreakfightingPhysical75100
BulldozegroundPhysical60100
CharmfairyStatus—100
Chilling WaterwaterSpecial50100
DiggroundPhysical80100
DivewaterPhysical80100
Double-EdgenormalPhysical120100
Drill PeckflyingPhysical80100
Dual WingbeatflyingPhysical4090
EarthquakegroundPhysical100100
EndurenormalStatus—101
FacadenormalPhysical70100
Feather DanceflyingStatus—100
Flash CannonsteelSpecial80100
Flip TurnwaterPhysical60100
Giga ImpactnormalPhysical15090
HazeiceStatus—101
Helping HandnormalStatus—101
Hydro CannonwaterSpecial15090
Hydro PumpwaterSpecial11080
Hyper BeamnormalSpecial15090
Ice BeamiceSpecial90100
Ice SpinnericePhysical80100
Icy WindiceSpecial5595
Iron DefensesteelStatus—101
Knock OffdarkPhysical65100
Lash OutdarkPhysical75100
LiquidationwaterPhysical85100
Metal SoundsteelStatus—85
Mud-SlapgroundSpecial20100
Power TripdarkPhysical20100
ProtectnormalStatus—101
Psych UpnormalStatus—101
Rain DancewaterStatus—101
RestpsychicStatus—101
RoarnormalStatus—101
Rock SliderockPhysical7590
Rock TombrockPhysical6095
RoostflyingStatus—101
RoundnormalSpecial60100
Scary FacenormalStatus—100
Shadow ClawghostPhysical70100
Sleep TalknormalStatus—101
SnorenormalSpecial50100
SnowscapeiceStatus—101
Stealth RockrockStatus—101
Steel BeamsteelSpecial14095
Steel WingsteelPhysical7090
SubstitutenormalStatus—101
SurfwaterSpecial90100
SwaggernormalStatus—85
Swords DancenormalStatus—101
Throat ChopdarkPhysical80100
Triple AxelicePhysical2090
UproarnormalSpecial90100
Vacuum WavefightingSpecial40100
Water PulsewaterSpecial60100
WaterfallwaterPhysical80100
Wave CrashwaterPhysical120100
Weather BallnormalSpecial50100
WhirlpoolwaterSpecial3585
YawnnormalStatus—101

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