Blacephalon
Fireworks Pokémon
A UB that appeared from an Ultra Wormhole, it causes explosions, then takes advantage of opponents’ surprise to rob them of their vitality.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Calm Mind
National Dex UUSource: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows
Where to find Blacephalon
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Blacephalon can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Fire Spin Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Fire | Special | 35 | 85 | 15 |
| 5 | Light Screen Reduces damage from special attacks by 50% for five turns. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 10 | Ember Has a chance to burn the target. | Fire | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 |
| 13 | Stored Power Power is higher the more the user’s stats have been raised, to a maximum of 31×. | Psychic | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| 15 | Night Shade Inflicts damage equal to the user’s level. | Ghost | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 17 | Flame Burst Deals splash damage to Pokémon next to the target. | Fire | Special | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 20 | Confuse Ray Confuses the target. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 25 | Magic Coat Reflects back the first effect move used on the user this turn. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 30 | Incinerate Destroys the target’s held berry. | Fire | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| 35 | Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep. | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 40 | Mystical Fire Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Attack by one stage. | Fire | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| 45 | Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 50 | Calm Mind Raises the user’s Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 55 | Will-O-Wisp Burns the target. | Fire | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| 60 | Trick User and target swap items. | Psychic | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 65 | Fire Blast Has a chance to burn the target. | Fire | Special | 110 | 85 | 5 |
| 70 | Mind Blown Inflicts damage, and the user takes damage equal to half of its max HP, rounded up. | Fire | Special | 150 | 100 | 5 |
Sprites & renders
10 sprites & renders for Blacephalon.






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Cite this page
“Blacephalon”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/blacephalon.
Species data from PokéAPI.