Malamar

How to use Malamar in Champions

Malamar fills a physical attacker niche on Champions ranked teams. With a 66-stat-point budget (max 32 per stat), most builds pour 32 into 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 Bug, Fairy. Check the Dark page for the full matchup math behind those numbers.

Movepool highlights

Malamar can learn 67 moves in Champions. Coverage by type: bug dark electric fighting fire flying ghost grass normal poison psychic rock water. Pick four that patch your team's coverage gaps — the team builder flags what's missing automatically.

Full move list

Move	Type	Class	Power	Acc
Acupressure	normal	Status	—	101
Aerial Ace	flying	Physical	60	101
Baton Pass	normal	Status	—	101
Brutal Swing	dark	Physical	60	100
Calm Mind	psychic	Status	—	101
Dark Pulse	dark	Special	80	100
Destiny Bond	ghost	Status	—	101
Disable	normal	Status	—	100
Double Hit	normal	Physical	35	90
Double Team	normal	Status	—	101
Endure	normal	Status	—	101
Expanding Force	psychic	Special	80	100
Facade	normal	Physical	70	100
Fake Tears	dark	Status	—	100
Flamethrower	fire	Special	90	100
Foul Play	dark	Physical	95	100
Future Sight	psychic	Special	120	100
Giga Impact	normal	Physical	150	90
Gravity	psychic	Status	—	101
Guard Swap	psychic	Status	—	101
Helping Hand	normal	Status	—	101
Hyper Beam	normal	Special	150	90
Hypnosis	psychic	Status	—	60
Knock Off	dark	Physical	65	100
Lash Out	dark	Physical	75	100
Light Screen	psychic	Status	—	101
Liquidation	water	Physical	85	100
Lunge	bug	Physical	80	100
Nasty Plot	dark	Status	—	101
Night Slash	dark	Physical	70	100
Payback	dark	Physical	50	100
Pluck	flying	Physical	60	100
Poison Jab	poison	Physical	80	100
Protect	normal	Status	—	101
Psych Up	normal	Status	—	101
Psychic	psychic	Special	90	100
Psychic Noise	psychic	Special	75	100
Psycho Cut	psychic	Physical	70	100
Psyshock	psychic	Special	80	100
Rain Dance	water	Status	—	101
Reflect	psychic	Status	—	101
Rest	psychic	Status	—	101
Rock Slide	rock	Physical	75	90
Round	normal	Special	60	100
Scary Face	normal	Status	—	100
Skill Swap	psychic	Status	—	101
Slash	normal	Physical	80	100
Sleep Talk	normal	Status	—	101
Snore	normal	Special	50	100
Spite	ghost	Status	—	100
Stored Power	psychic	Special	20	100
Substitute	normal	Status	—	101
Sunny Day	fire	Status	—	101
Superpower	fighting	Physical	120	100
Swagger	normal	Status	—	85
Switcheroo	dark	Status	—	100
Taunt	dark	Status	—	100
Thief	dark	Physical	60	100
Throat Chop	dark	Physical	80	100
Thunderbolt	electric	Special	90	100
Topsy-Turvy	dark	Status	—	101
Torment	dark	Status	—	100
Trailblaze	grass	Physical	50	100
Trick	psychic	Status	—	100
Trick Room	psychic	Status	—	101
Wrap	normal	Physical	15	90
Zen Headbutt	psychic	Physical	80	90

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