Malamar in Pokémon Sword & Shield
Galar Pokédex #291 • Overturning Pokémon
Malamar in the National Pokédex
Pokédex entries
Sword
Gazing at its luminescent spots will quickly induce a hypnotic state, putting the observer under Malamar’s control.
Shield
It’s said that Malamar’s hypnotic powers played a role in certain history-changing events.
Pokémon details
Types
Category
Height
Weight
National Pokédex
Pokédex
Malamar in Other Games
National Dex pageMin
Max
HP
86
282
376
Attack
92
170
311
Defense
88
162
302
Sp. Atk
68
126
258
Sp. Def
75
139
273
Speed
73
135
269
Total
482
Ranges are for Level 100. Max assumes a beneficial nature, 252 EVs, and 31 IVs; min assumes a hindering nature, 0 EVs, and 0 IVs.
| Pokédexes | Galar #291Isle of Armor #109 |
|---|---|
| EV yield | 2 Atk |
| Catch rate | 80 |
| Base Exp. | 169 |
| Pokémon | Requires | Evolution |
|---|---|---|
 Inkay Galar #290 | Level 30, turn device upside down |  Malamar Galar #291 |
| Class | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Tackle A physical attack in which the user charges and slams into the target with its whole body. |  |  | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| Start | Wrap A long body, vines, or the like are used to wrap and squeeze the target for four to five turns. | | | 15 | 90 | 20 |
| Start | Peck The target is jabbed with a sharply pointed beak or horn. |  | | 35 | 100 | 35 |
| Start | Hypnosis The user employs hypnotic suggestion to make the target fall into a deep sleep. | |  | - | 60 | 20 |
| Start | Reversal An all-out attack that becomes more powerful the less HP the user has. |  | | - | 100 | 15 |
| 9 | Payback The user stores power, then attacks. If the user moves after the target, this attack’s power will be doubled. | | | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 12 | Pluck The user pecks the target. If the target is holding a Berry, the user eats it and gains its effect. | | | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 15 | Psybeam The target is attacked with a peculiar ray. This may also leave the target confused. | |  | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 18 | Swagger The user enrages and confuses the target. However, this also sharply raises the target’s Attack stat. | | | - | 85 | 15 |
| 21 | Slash The target is attacked with a slash of claws or blades. Critical hits land more easily. | | | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 24 | Night Slash The user slashes the target the instant an opportunity arises. Critical hits land more easily. | | | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 27 | Psycho Cut The user tears at the target with blades formed by psychic power. Critical hits land more easily. | | | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 33 | Switcheroo The user trades held items with the target faster than the eye can follow. | | | - | 100 | 10 |
| 37 | Foul Play The user turns the target’s power against it. The higher the target’s Attack stat, the greater the damage it deals. | | | 95 | 100 | 15 |
| 42 | Topsy-Turvy All stat changes affecting the target turn topsy-turvy and become the opposite of what they were. | | | - | - | 20 |
| 47 | Superpower The user attacks the target with great power. However, this also lowers the user’s Attack and Defense stats. | | | 120 | 100 | 5 |
| Class | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM08 | Hyper Beam The target is attacked with a powerful beam. The user can’t move on the next turn. | | | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM09 | Giga Impact The user charges at the target using every bit of its power. The user can’t move on the next turn. | | | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM17 | Light Screen A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from special attacks for five turns. | | | - | - | 30 |
| TM18 | Reflect A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from physical attacks for five turns. | | | - | - | 20 |
| TM21 | Rest The user goes to sleep for two turns. This fully restores the user’s HP and heals any status conditions. | | | - | - | 10 |
| TM22 | Rock Slide Large boulders are hurled at opposing Pokémon to inflict damage. This may also make the opposing Pokémon flinch. |  | | 75 | 90 | 10 |
| TM23 | Thief The user attacks and steals the target’s held item simultaneously. The user can’t steal anything if it already holds an item. | | | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| TM24 | Snore This attack can be used only if the user is asleep. The harsh noise may also make the target flinch. | | | 50 | 100 | 15 |
| TM25 | Protect This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. | | | - | - | 10 |
| TM26 | Scary Face The user frightens the target with a scary face to harshly lower its Speed stat. | | | - | 100 | 10 |
| TM31 | Attract If it is the opposite gender of the user, the target becomes infatuated and less likely to attack. | | | - | 100 | 15 |
| TM33 | Rain Dance The user summons a heavy rain that falls for five turns, powering up Water-type moves. It lowers the power of Fire-type moves. |  | | - | - | 5 |
| TM34 | Sunny Day The user intensifies the sun for five turns, powering up Fire-type moves. It lowers the power of Water-type moves. |  | | - | - | 5 |
| TM39 | Facade This attack move doubles its power if the user is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed. | | | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM47 | Fake Tears The user feigns crying to fluster the target, harshly lowering its Sp. Def stat. | | | - | 100 | 20 |
| TM57 | Payback The user stores power, then attacks. If the user moves after the target, this attack’s power will be doubled. | | | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| TM59 | Fling The user flings its held item at the target to attack. This move’s power and effects depend on the item. | | | - | 100 | 10 |
| TM61 | Guard Swap The user employs its psychic power to switch changes to its Defense and Sp. Def stats with the target. | | | - | - | 10 |
| TM69 | Psycho Cut The user tears at the target with blades formed by psychic power. Critical hits land more easily. | | | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM70 | Trick Room The user creates a bizarre area in which slower Pokémon get to move first for five turns. | | | - | - | 5 |
| TM76 | Round The user attacks the target with a song. Others can join in the Round to increase the power of the attack. | | | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| TM79 | Retaliate The user gets revenge for a fainted ally. If an ally fainted in the previous turn, this move’s power is increased. | | | 70 | 100 | 5 |
| TM97 | Brutal Swing The user swings its body around violently to inflict damage on everything in its vicinity. | | | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| TR02 | Flamethrower The target is scorched with an intense blast of fire. This may also leave the target with a burn. | | | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| TR08 | Thunderbolt A strong electric blast crashes down on the target. This may also leave the target with paralysis. |  | | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| TR11 | Psychic The target is hit by a strong telekinetic force. This may also lower the target’s Sp. Def stat. | | | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| TR20 | Substitute The user creates a substitute for itself using some of its HP. The substitute serves as the user’s decoy. | | | - | - | 10 |
| TR21 | Reversal An all-out attack that becomes more powerful the less HP the user has. | | | - | 100 | 15 |
| TR25 | Psyshock The user materializes an odd psychic wave to attack the target. This attack does physical damage. | | | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| TR26 | Endure The user endures any attack with at least 1 HP. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. | | | - | - | 10 |
| TR27 | Sleep Talk While it is asleep, the user randomly uses one of the moves it knows. | | | - | - | 10 |
| TR29 | Baton Pass The user switches places with a party Pokémon in waiting and passes along any stat changes. | | | - | - | 40 |
| TR34 | Future Sight Two turns after this move is used, a hunk of psychic energy attacks the target. | | | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| TR37 | Taunt The target is taunted into a rage that allows it to use only attack moves for three turns. | | | - | 100 | 20 |
| TR39 | Superpower The user attacks the target with great power. However, this also lowers the user’s Attack and Defense stats. | | | 120 | 100 | 5 |
| TR49 | Calm Mind The user quietly focuses its mind and calms its spirit to raise its Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats. | | | - | - | 20 |
| TR58 | Dark Pulse The user releases a horrible aura imbued with dark thoughts. This may also make the target flinch. | | | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| TR68 | Nasty Plot The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. This sharply raises the user’s Sp. Atk stat. | | | - | - | 20 |
| TR81 | Foul Play The user turns the target’s power against it. The higher the target’s Attack stat, the greater the damage it deals. | | | 95 | 100 | 15 |
| TR82 | Stored Power The user attacks the target with stored power. The more the user’s stats are raised, the greater the move’s power. | | | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| TR83 | Ally Switch The user teleports using a strange power and switches places with one of its allies. | | | - | - | 15 |
| TR95 | Throat Chop The user attacks the target’s throat, and the resultant suffering prevents the target from using moves that emit sound for two turns. | | | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| TR98 | Liquidation The user slams into the target using a full-force blast of water. This may also lower the target’s Defense stat. | | | 85 | 100 | 10 |
| Class | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expanding Force The user attacks the target with its psychic power. This move’s power goes up and damages all opposing Pokémon on Psychic Terrain. | | | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| Lash Out The user lashes out to vent its frustration toward the target. If the user’s stats were lowered during this turn, the power of this move is doubled. | | | 75 | 100 | 5 |
| Class | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acupressure The user applies pressure to stress points, sharply boosting one of its or its allies’ stats. Nursery sharing: leave two Pokémon of the same species together, with an empty move slot on the recipient. | | | - | - | 30 |
| Acupressure The user applies pressure to stress points, sharply boosting one of its or its allies’ stats. Learn as Inkay, then retain through evolution. | | | - | - | 30 |
| Aerial Ace The user confounds the target with speed, then slashes. This attack never misses. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. | | | 60 | - | 20 |
| Bind Things such as long bodies or tentacles are used to bind and squeeze the target for four to five turns. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. | | | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| Block The user blocks the target’s way with arms spread wide to prevent escape. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. | | | - | - | 5 |
| Confide The user tells the target a secret, and the target loses its ability to concentrate. This lowers the target’s Sp. Atk stat. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. | | | - | - | 20 |
| Cut The target is cut with a scythe or claw. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. | | | 50 | 95 | 30 |
| Destiny Bond After using this move, if the user faints, the Pokémon that landed the knockout hit also faints. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. |  | | - | - | 5 |
| Destiny Bond After using this move, if the user faints, the Pokémon that landed the knockout hit also faints. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. Nursery sharing: leave two Pokémon of the same species together, with an empty move slot on the recipient. | | | - | - | 5 |
| Destiny Bond After using this move, if the user faints, the Pokémon that landed the knockout hit also faints. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. Learn as Inkay, then retain through evolution. | | | - | - | 5 |
| Disable For four turns, this move prevents the target from using the move it last used. Nursery sharing: leave two Pokémon of the same species together, with an empty move slot on the recipient. | | | - | 100 | 20 |
| Disable For four turns, this move prevents the target from using the move it last used. Learn as Inkay, then retain through evolution. | | | - | 100 | 20 |
| Double Team By moving rapidly, the user makes illusory copies of itself to raise its evasiveness. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. | | | - | - | 15 |
| Flatter Flattery is used to confuse the target. However, this also raises the target’s Sp. Atk stat. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. | | | - | 100 | 15 |
| Happy Hour Using Happy Hour doubles the amount of prize money received after battle. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. | | | - | - | 30 |
| Knock Off The user slaps down the target’s held item, and that item can’t be used in that battle. The move does more damage if the target has a held item. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. | | | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| Power Split The user employs its psychic power to average its Attack and Sp. Atk stats with those of the target. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. | | | - | - | 10 |
| Psych Up The user hypnotizes itself into copying any stat change made by the target. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. | | | - | - | 10 |
| Role Play The user mimics the target completely, copying the target’s Ability. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. | | | - | - | 10 |
| Simple Beam The user’s mysterious psychic wave changes the target’s Ability to Simple. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. | | | - | 100 | 15 |
| Spite The user unleashes its grudge on the move last used by the target by cutting 4 PP from it. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. | | | - | 100 | 10 |
| Torment The user torments and enrages the target, making it incapable of using the same move twice in a row. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. | | | - | 100 | 15 |
| Toxic A move that leaves the target badly poisoned. Its poison damage worsens every turn. Import from an eligible earlier game through Pokémon HOME; Bank/Transporter where required. The Battle Ready symbol removes these imported moves. Later games use separate HOME movesets. |  | | - | 90 | 10 |
Contrary
Ability Slot 1
Makes stat changes have an opposite effect.
Inverts stat changes.
Suction Cups
Ability Slot 2
This Pokémon uses suction cups to stay in one spot to negate all moves and items that force switching out.
Prevents being forced out of battle by other Pokémon's moves.
Infiltrator(Hidden Ability)
Passes through the opposing Pokémon’s barrier, substitute, and the like and strikes.
Bypasses opposing screens, Safeguard, Mist and Substitute.
