Ampharos
#181 in the Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Pokédex • Light Pokémon
Brilliant Diamond
The tip of its tail shines brightly. In the olden days, people sent signals using the tail’s light.
Shining Pearl
The tip of its tail shines brightly. In the olden days, people sent signals using the tail’s light.
Pokédexes
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Egg Group
MonsterField
Steps to Hatch
5,120
Effort Values Yielded
3 SpA
Gender Ratio
50% male / 50% female
Capture Rate
45
Base Experience
230
| Pokémon | Requires | Evolution |
|---|---|---|
 Mareep #179 | Level 15 |  Flaaffy #180 |
Flaaffy #180 | Level 30 |  Ampharos #181 |
| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Thunder Punch |  |  Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | |
| Start | Fire Punch |  | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | |
| Start | Thunder Punch | | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | |
| Start | Tackle |  | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 | |
| Start | Growl | |  Status | - | 100 | 40 | |
| Start | Thunder Shock | |  Special | 40 | 100 | 30 | |
| Start | Thunder Wave | | Status | - | 90 | 20 | |
| Start | Zap Cannon | | Special | 120 | 50 | 5 | |
| Start | Dragon Pulse |  | Special | 85 | 100 | 10 | |
| Start | Magnetic Flux | | Status | - | - | 20 | |
| 4 | Thunder Wave | | Status | - | 90 | 20 | |
| 8 | Thunder Shock | | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 | |
| 11 | Cotton Spore |  | Status | - | 100 | 40 | |
| 16 | Charge | | Status | - | - | 20 | |
| 20 | Take Down | | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 | |
| 25 | Electro Ball | | Special | - | 100 | 10 | |
| 29 | Confuse Ray |  | Status | - | 100 | 10 | |
| 35 | Power Gem |  | Special | 80 | 100 | 20 | |
| 40 | Discharge | | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 | |
| 46 | Cotton Guard | | Status | - | - | 10 | |
| 51 | Charge Beam | | Special | 50 | 90 | 10 | |
| 57 | Light Screen |  | Status | - | - | 30 | |
| 62 | Thunder | | Special | 110 | 70 | 10 | |
| 65 | Dragon Pulse | | Special | 85 | 100 | 10 |
| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Attract | | Status | - | 100 | 15 | |
| - | Brick Break |  | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | |
| - | Charge Beam | | Special | 50 | 90 | 10 | |
| - | Double Team | | Status | - | - | 15 | |
| - | Dragon Pulse | | Special | 85 | 100 | 10 | |
| - | Endure | | Status | - | - | 10 | |
| - | Facade | | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | |
| - | Flash | | Status | - | 100 | 20 | |
| - | Fling |  | Physical | - | 100 | 10 | |
| - | Focus Blast | | Special | 120 | 70 | 5 | |
| - | Focus Punch | | Physical | 150 | 100 | 20 | |
| - | Giga Impact | | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 | |
| - | Hyper Beam | | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 | |
| - | Iron Tail |  | Physical | 100 | 75 | 15 | |
| - | Light Screen | | Status | - | - | 30 | |
| - | Protect | | Status | - | - | 10 | |
| - | Rain Dance |  | Status | - | - | 5 | |
| - | Reflect | | Status | - | - | 20 | |
| - | Rest | | Status | - | - | 5 | |
| - | Safeguard | | Status | - | - | 25 | |
| - | Shock Wave | | Special | 60 | - | 20 | |
| - | Sleep Talk | | Status | - | - | 10 | |
| - | Substitute | | Status | - | - | 10 | |
| - | Swagger | | Status | - | 85 | 15 | |
| - | Thunder | | Special | 110 | 70 | 10 | |
| - | Thunder Wave | | Status | - | 90 | 20 | |
| - | Thunderbolt | | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 | |
| HM04 | Strength | | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | |
| HM06 | Rock Smash | | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 | |
| HM08 | Rock Climb | | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 | |
| TM43 | Volt Switch | | Special | 70 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM83 | Bulldoze |  | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
Static
Ability Slot 1
Has a 30% chance of paralyzing attacking Pokémon on contact.
Plus
Hidden Ability
Increases Special Attack to 1.5× when a friendly Pokémon has Plus or Minus.