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Lampent
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Lampent

GhostFire

Best attacking moveset: Ember and Flame Burst, worth 7.9 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Lampent can learn 6 combinations. Ember with Flame Burst does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
AstonishGhost71.0s+13
EmberFire101.0s+10
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Energy BallGrass904.0s-50
Flame BurstFire702.5s-50
Heat WaveFire953.0s-100

Best moveset against each type

Lampent does not have one best moveset, it has 3. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Bug, Steel, Grass.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
BugEmber + Flame Burst12.7
SteelEmber + Flame Burst12.7
GrassEmber + Flame Burst12.7
IceEmber + Flame Burst12.7
GroundAstonish + Energy Ball9.5
RockAstonish + Energy Ball9.5
WaterAstonish + Energy Ball9.5
GhostAstonish + Flame Burst9.0
PsychicAstonish + Flame Burst9.0
NormalEmber + Flame Burst7.9
FightingEmber + Flame Burst7.9
FlyingEmber + Flame Burst7.9
PoisonEmber + Flame Burst7.9
ElectricEmber + Flame Burst7.9
DarkEmber + Flame Burst7.9
FairyEmber + Flame Burst7.9
FireAstonish + Flame Burst5.9
DragonAstonish + Flame Burst5.9

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Lampent is actually for.

Counters: what beats Lampent

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
BlacephalonFireGhostAstonishShadow Ball45.2
DarkraiDarkSnarlFoul Play42.6
InteleonWaterWater GunHydro CannonLegacy40.9
KyogreWaterWaterfallOrigin PulseLegacy40.8
ChandelureGhostFireHexShadow Ball40.3

Ranked by damage per second against Lampent's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family. Twelve deep, with what Lampent is weak to.

Type matchups

Weak toGroundRockGhostWaterDark
ResistsPoisonSteelFireGrassIceFairy
Strongly resistsNormalFightingBug

Shiny

Lampent
Normal
Shiny Lampent
Shiny

Yes. Shiny Lampent has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, evolution, photobomb.

Evolution family

Numbers

Max CP1,931 at level 50, 1,708 at level 40
Raid catch976 CP at level 20, or 1,220 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch917 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats169 attack · 115 defense · 155 stamina

What it costs

Candy to evolve25 Candy
Second charged move75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy
Buddy distance5 km per Candy
Purify a Shadow one5,000 Stardust and 5 Candy
Size0.6 m and 13 kg