What is a good moveset for Blaziken?

Question

If you have a good competitive moveset for Blaziken, post an answer below and upvote the best ones. Movesets for any of its pre-evolutions can also be shared on this thread.

Be sure to include full set details in your post, e.g. items, abilities, natures and EVs. Some detail, including the intended game mode for your set, is also appreciated. Access the full list of guidelines here.

Blazkien Pokédex and learnset for reference.

Answer 1

Blaziken @ Air Balloon / Focus Sash / Leftovers
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP
Adamant Nature
- Hone Claws
- Blaze Kick
- Hi Jump Kick
- Stone Edge / Earthquake

• Hone Claws - Stats, and goes amazingly with this set
• Blaze Kick - Not perfect accuracy, but has good power and a chance to flinch
• Hi Jump Kick - Awesome power, but lacks accuracy, that is fixed by Hone Claws
• Stone Edge / Earthquake - More Hone Claws abuse, or good coverage

Role: Physical Sweeper

Comments

This is my set :)

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Can life orb go with this moveset?

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I don't see why it wouldn't, I suppose

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Blaze Kick doesn't have a chance to flinch. It has a chance to crit and/or burn.

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yep 10% chance to burn and higher odds to crits

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Thanks for posting a answer for this, this is going into my champion team (because idk just wanted to make a champion team) with a Blazikenite in case i need to Mega-Evolve blaziken

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subti move for hi jump kick??

Answer 2

Blaziken @ Leftovers
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature

• Protect
• Swords Dance
• High Jump Kick / Baton Pass
• Stone Edge / Brave Bird / Shadow Claw

Protect is a speed boost. Swords Dance brings up Atk to insane levels if your opponent can't take him down fast enough. High Jump Kick / Baton Pass will give STAB, or a +6 Spe / Atk ExtremeKiller. Shudders Stone Edge / Brave Bird / Shadow Claw all provide coverage, go BB if you use Baton Pass.

Comments

This answer....is epic!

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inb4gothitelle :P

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Baton Pass can't be used with Speed Boost, I believe.

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Not that it's banned, it's an Egg Move that only Aipom and Ambipom can give you, and you can't have it with Blaziken's DW Ability. Or is that just for Combusken..?

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It can.

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Oh, it can? Ah well. Curse you, Combusken. ><

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Actually it can't.

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why jolly? Since Blaziken is already getting enough speed from speed boost each time it hits, Jolly nature would be pointless. Should focus on more attack and go with Adamant Nature.

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WHAT THE FLIP ARE LEFTIES

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PokeGamerZMan Lefties is a short term for Leftovers

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Don't necropost please

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What do you mean Leafyblade

Answer 3

Here is my personal Blaziken Set, I also made it interactive.

Blaziken @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature

• Blaze Kick
• Close Combat
• Protect
• Thunder Punch

Life Orb- To utilize Blaziken's good Attack stat.
Adamant Nature- We could go for speed with Jolly, but this set is for OHKO's.
Blaze Kick- This is a solid and reliable STAB move, no drawbacks like recoil or stat lowering.
Close Combat- The goal with this move is OHKO, otherwise you get hit and you're screwed.
Protect- Use this move first to let Speed Boost do its thing.
Thunder Punch- For coverage against Water and Flying types, don't use this unless of an emergency (e.g. Blaziken is your last Pokemon left to fight against a Water or Flying) or you are positive you can OHKO.

Comments

Close Combat is good against Psychic-types as most have terrible Defence so a STAB and put a dire hit some Attack EV training maybe, Protect for Speed Boost, Bulk Up and your unstoppable

Answer 4

Blaziken (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature

• Protect
• Swords Dance
• Hi Jump Kick
• Flare Blitz / Shadow Claw

Protect is used to get the Speed Boost, reliably.
Swords Dance can be used to set up, but it needs a pretty good chance to do it.
Hi Jump Kick is good STAB move.
Flare Blitz can be paired with Groudon for very good power and is STAB. Shadow Claw is used to get perfect neutral coverage alongside Hi Jump Kick while also hurting Giratina, Flare Blitz is usually the better option though.

Comments

It's a decent build,but you are gonna need a fire STAB move anyway.So Shadow Claw should replace another move or not be on the moveset altogether.

Answer 5

Why no one mentioned the counter Blaziken?

Blaziken @ Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature / Jolly Nature

• Blaze Kick
• Counter
• Protect
• Shadow Claw / Night Slash

Strategy: Well, due to Blaziken's small defenses, he'll survive the first hit hanging on his Focus Sash. Generally with 80 Speed it attacks 2nd, so it will unleash a powerful Counter. Speed Boost raises his Speed, so on the next turn he'll be faster than the opponent Pokemon and re-use Counter and faint it. Protect is here if the opponent throws out a Pokemon which has much higher speed than Blaziken, like Deoxys etc. It will survive this turn, raise its Speed and at the next turn where he is faster, he will attack. Blaze Kick is here for another STAB and Shadow Claw / Night Slash for coverage.

Comments

You do realize Counter has negative priority right? (Yes, I know I'm commenting on a 2 year old post)

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Using counter on 1 HP is a bad choice. First time, counter. Second time, Blaze Kick or Shadow Claw/Night Slash.

Answer 6

DW Blaziken

Blaziken @ Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 6 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly / Adamant Nature
- Hone Claws / Swords Dance
- Blaze Kick / Fire Punch
- High Jump Kick / Brick Break
- Baton Pass

• Hone Claws / Swords Dance: The talons of a chicken (O.O)
• Blaze Kick / Fire Punch: STAB
• High Jump Kick / Brick Break: STAB
• Baton Pass: Great with Speed Boost, enables it to sweep or pass great Attack and Speed

Answer 7

Combusken (M) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
Naive Nature

• Protect
• Overheat
• Brick Break
• Shadow Claw

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Standard set for NU - RU, not MC.

Protect gets this guy's speed up a notch, and he still has his Focus Sash to fall back on, although I would consider him to be a better lead-killer.
Overheat knocks out a lot of opponents for the OHKO there, not a lot in the lower tiers that can take it neutral. Brick Break takes down dual screeners and such, with some nice Physical Fighting type STAB might I add. And Shadow Claw makes for some neat coverage, mostly for taking out Psychics, and Ghosts after 1 Overheat.

Comments

Yes, I know this was 9 years ago, but running Speed Boost and 252 SpA evs while you only have 1 special move which you can only use once before having to switch if you want to use it again (therefore removing the speed boosts gained from speed boost) is pretty bad. Also, why even have speed boost if you give it no speed EVs. If you run a mixed set go with 0/128/0/128/0/252 instead of the spread you use

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128 spread wastes 4 EVs that you could put into another stat and is pretty suboptimal anyway
you don't necessarily need speed EVs when you can make up for it in one or two speed boosts

Answer 8

Blaziken @ Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP
Adamant Nature

• Hone Claws
• High Jump Kick
• Blaze Kick
• Earthquake / Stone Edge / Poison Jab

Blaziken holding a Focus Sash allows him to get off Hone Claws and a Speed Boost. With Blaziken getting this Hone Claws boost he raises his Attack and his accuracy, making High Jump Kick/Stone Edge/Blaze Kick hit every time. With this boost, High Jump Kick is the obvious choice over Sky Uppercut because of the raw power. Blaze Kick is for STAB and beats Fire Punch because of the power and the new accuracy, and it has that nice higher chance of a critical hit. Now the final choice really depends on your preference. Earthquake is powerful and has good coverage, but cannot hit Flying types or Pokemon with Levitate. Stone Edge is also powerful and has good coverage, plus it can hit those pesky Flying types. Now Poison Jab seems weird, but with this new generation (Gen 6), the introduction of Fairy types may pose a problem for your team. This move helps cover those Fairy types which would normally kill your Dragon/Fighting/Dark types.

Comments

I wish I had the privilege to up-vote this. :(

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blaziken is neutral to fairy because fire is resistant but fighting is not so it cancels out, plus it does not help against psychic with poison jab, no offense

Answer 9

F for this fallen titan

Blaziken @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
Adamant / Jolly Nature
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP

• Flare Blitz
• Close Combat
• U-Turn
• Earthquake / Stone Edge / Brave Bird

Flare Blitz is powerful STAB. Close Combat is a new addition from Sword and Shield that is more reliable thab High Jump Kick and stronger than Sky Uppercut. U-Turn is a great move overall. Earthquake, Stone Edge, or Brave Bird are coverage.

As for why Blaziken dropped to UU after spending 3 generations straight in Ubers

Speed tiers aren't the same anymore, with Dragapult, Zeraora, and others, who outspeed it after a boost. Blaziken struggles setting up Swords Dance, and it also struggles breaking past defensive teams.

Answer 10

Weakness Policy Blaziken?

Blaziken @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Speed Boost
Jolly Nature
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 6 HP
- Endure
- Reversal
- Blaze Kick / Fire Punch
- Rock Slide / Stone Edge

• Endure (leaves you with 1 hp and helps Weakness Policy)
• Reversal (STAB, and it's perfect with Weakness Policy and Endure combo)
• Blaze Kick / Fire Punch (STAB. Flare Blitz will kill you so nope)
• Rock Slide / Stone Edge (Coverage. Rock Slide can flinch the opponent and give you an advantage when you encounter bulky physical walls, or Stone Edge for damage)output

Just stay away from Pokemon with priority moves.

Answer 11

This is a doubles set

Blaziken @ Leftovers
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Blaze Kick
- Brick Break / High Jump Kick / Close Combat
- Protect / Thunder Punch

This moveset is going to synergize well with a sun setter, basically when the sun setter sets up a sun, you can use swords dance to boost attack, water type moves will not do much damage because of the sun, and then use protect to get 2x speed, then you just sweep. It is your choice is you want to play it risky with Close combat/High jump kick, or play it safe with brick break, I recommend thunder punch over protect because it covers flying and water types but protect also works well.

Answer 12

Blaziken @ Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
IVs: 0 Def / 0 SpD / 0 HP
- Protect
- Swords Dance
- Reversal
- Shadow Claw

This my set for reversal abuse. You use protect to get speed boosts and swords dance the turn you get taken down to your sash. fighting tera is to give reversal more power. shadow claw is ghost type cover just in case there's a ghost type which blocks reversal. The ivs are optional, but better for getting blaziken down to its sash. A good teammate would be a psychic terrain setter, which blocks priority. E.g. tapu lele:

Tapu Lele @ Terrain Extender
Ability: Psychic Surge
Tera Type: Psychic
EVs: 252 Def / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Aromatherapy
- Moonblast
- Psychic
- Safeguard
This serves as a status clearer as well as a safeguard setter to prevent toxic on blaziken.

Comments

Why does Blaziken have 4 SpA evs and a Hasty nature if no Special attacks are used?

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To maximise the opponent's damage on blaziken. The 4 ev is not that important

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blaziken is already frail, you should probably use something like jolly or adamant to make up for its somewhat lacking attack

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thats what swords dance is for

Answer 13

Torchic @ Focus Sash
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Fire Blast
- Protect
- Baton Pass
- Counter

Protect stacks up your Speed Boost. Fire Blast with maxed Special Attack and STAB does high damage. Counter works wonders with Focus Sash, then Baton Pass that stacked Speed.

I've used this even on legendaries and evolved Pokemon, He can take at least 2 Pokemon out, and if at a type advantage, even more and also serves as a great ally with Baton Pass.

Comments

I'd swap protect, as you can still boost while attacking or using a boost move.

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Hmm Suppose so, what move though

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Swords dance or curse. If he got work up, it would be better, but he doesn't unfortunately.

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Cheers bud

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Ur welcome.

Answer 14

This is the best moveset ever:
Blaziken (M) @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Speed Boost
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- High Jump Kick
- Fire Punch
- Endure
- Knock Off
Endure at first and hope for a super effective move to hit you. At the end of the turn, you will have your Speed raised, and probably your Attack and Special Attack raised sharply. The only weaknesses for this set are priority moves.

Second set:
Blaziken (M) @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Speed Boost
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Bulk Up
- High Jump Kick
- Fire Punch
- Poison Jab
Bulk Up first turn so you'll have 3 stats raised, Poison Jab is for Mega Altaria.

Comments

Mega Altaria ain’t in UBERS

Answer 15

Blaziken @ Blazikenite / Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Blaze Kick
- Brave Bird
- Brick Break
- Shadow Claw

Blaze Kick- Blaziken's signature move + STAB. good power +Blazikenite :P
Brave bird- no STAB, but a high base power + stat boosts of Blazikenite once again..
Brick Break- Stab, I choose this over High Jump Kick because it will break barriers and High Jump Kick doesn't have good accuracy. +blazikenite LOL
Shadow Claw- coverage for Psychic types, those are common so this will be quite handy. +blazikenite..

I didn't add Protect because if the other team is setting up and you Mega Evolve you get a speed boost I believe so then you can start your rampage. Also on 1st turn you get speed boost too.

Answer 16

Here is a nifty set that throws people off guard and once you do that setup and sweep in Ubers! What's so nifty about him is that he can destroy nearly all walls in Ubers with just 1 turn! So here it is.

Blaziken @ Blazikenite
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP
Jolly / Adamant Nature
IVs: 0 SpA
- Swords Dance
- Brick Break
- Fire Punch / Flare Blitz
- Dual Chop

• Swords Dance (on the turn you use this Speed Boost also works, so after 1 turn, Blaziken is pretty much unstoppable)
• Brick Break (not Superpower because that reduces your Attack)
• Fire Punch / Flare Blitz (if you want to play it safe or just demolish and then get demolished).
• Dual Chop (this is the move that lets him slay all the Dragon types in the tier, as Giratina can't wall him and the rest just break after getting hit +2 super effective move)

This set uses Brick Break and Fire Punch to play it safe so that he gets to fight Giratina and slay him! Hope I helped :)

Answer 17

Blaziken @ Expert Belt
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 HP
Naive Nature
- Bulk Up
- Flare Blitz / Blaze Kick
- Thunder Punch
- High Jump Kick

• Bulk Up: Setting up Defence and Attack
• Flare Blitz / Blaze Kick: STAB
• Thunder Punch: Coverage for Water and Flying types
• High Jump Kick: STAB (go for it if you're feeling lucky)

ITS RISKY BUT WORTH IT!!!

Answer 18

Well this is just the setup that I run.

Blaziken @ Blazikenite
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Flame Charge
- Solar Beam
- Sunny Day
- Sky Uppercut

• Flame Charge (STAB, it raises Blaziken's already decent Speed)
• Solar Beam (Amazing coverage, as well as a boost in Sunny Day)
• Sunny Day (This boosts 2 of these strong moves)
• Sky Uppercut (STAB)

Comments

2 of your attacking moves are physical but you use a nature that takes away attack? Why?

Flame Charge is bad because you have speed boost, why do you need a weak move like flame charge? If you really want a move that isn't Flare Blitz, Blaze Kick is a thing.

Solar Beam goes off Blaziken's lower Special Attack stat, and if you don't have the opportunity to set up Sunny Day first, also worthless.

Sunny Day requires either lots of bulk or be a suicide lead to pull off. Blaziken has neither of these. You're better of just using Sword's Dance.

High Jump Kick, although riskier, is still preferred because of it's ability to damage incredibly bulky threats better than semi-power moves like Sky Uppercut.

Answer 19

Blaziken @ Blazikenite
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz / Fire Punch
- Baton Pass
- Thunder Punch / Night Slash
- High Jump Kick

Flare Blitz and High Jump Kick are powerful STAB moves, although Flare Blitz causes recoil (as does High Jump Kick if it misses). A safer alternative to Flare Blitz would be Fire Punch, but Mega Blaziken is all about outspeeding its opponent and dealing massive damage. Thunder Punch offers coverage against Water- and Flying types, and Night Slash is for Psychic-types. Baton Pass allows Mega Blaziken to switch out, passing the increases in its Speed (because of its ability, Speed Boost) onto whoever replaces it.

Answer 20

This is a fun and strange set:

Blaziken @ Blazikenite
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Focus Energy
- Blaze Kick
- High Jump Kick
- Stone Edge

• Focus Energy: Boosts Stone Edge and Blaze Kick crit chance.
• Blaze Kick: High crit chance. Almost 100% thanks to Focus Energy.
• High Jump Kick: STAB
• Stone Edge: High crit chance. Almost 100% thanks to Focus Energy, and for the Flying/Dragon types.