Ambipom (Pokémon)

Total: 2
Ambipom
0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	2 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

Shape

Footprint

Pokédex color

Purple

Base friendship

100

External Links

On Smogon Pokédex:
Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

It evolves from Aipom when leveled up while knowing Double Hit.

Biology

Ambipom is a purple, simian Pokémon with two tails, each with a large, rounded hand with three red-tipped fingers. The tails also have a cuff of a rounded frill on the wrists. The bases of Ambipom's tails also have a similar frill. It has round ears with red insides. Ambipom has an arrangement of a split hair sticking out from the top of its head. These strands of hair are longer on a female. It has a purple, triangular nose and wide eyes.

Ambipom can leap from tree to tree with brilliant speed. To eat, it deftly shucks nuts with its two tails. As it has two hands on its tails, it rarely uses its arms. Ambipom works in large colonies in heavily wooded areas and makes rings by linking tails with another Ambipom, apparently in friendship. It also shows affection by using both of its tails to wrap and squeeze people. It lives along with its young, Aipom. It lives high in the treetops of tropical, temperate, and even boreal forests, using its tails for balance as it swings from branch to branch. In the Alola region, while searching for comfortable trees, Ambipom tend to get into territorial disputes with Passimian, in which they win half the time.

In the anime

Ambipom in the anime

Dawn's Ambipom

Ambipom debuted in Journey to the Unown!, where Dawn's Aipom, formerly owned by Ash, evolved. Upon evolving, she matured greatly and became one of Dawn's most talented Pokémon, being used in many of her Contests. In To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!, she was given to O in order to train and become a ping-pong champion at his training center in Vermilion City.

Minor appearances

In Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, three Trainers' Ambipom were living at the Azoth Kingdom.

Pokédex entries

Episode	Pokémon	Source	Entry
DP060	Ambipom	Ash's Pokédex	Ambipom, the Long Tail Pokémon. It uses its two tails to shell nuts, and then it links them together in a ring as a sign of friendship.

In the manga

Ambipom in Pokémon Adventures

Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl

Main article: Dawn's Ambipom

Dawn's Ambipom first appeared in PDP28.

Pokémon Adventures

Main article: Aibo

Gold's Aipom, Aibo, evolved into an Ambipom prior to his battle with Arceus. However, he debuted in Pleased as Punch With Parasect. This event, however, distressed Togebo, being the only Pokémon on his team that was in his basic stage.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

A Trainer used an Ambipom against Hareta in Clash! Hareta vs. Koya.

In the TCG

Main article: Ambipom (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.

Generation IV

Sinnoh
#064

Johto
#124

Diamond	To eat, it deftly shucks nuts with its two tails. It rarely uses its arms now.
Pearl	They work in large colonies and make rings by linking their tails, apparently in friendship.
Platinum	Split into two, the tails are so adept at handling and doing things, Ambipom rarely uses its hands.
HeartGold	They live on large trees. They are said to communicate by connecting their tails to those of others.
SoulSilver	It is very difficult to dodge the consecutive strikes of its two tails.

Generation V

Unova
#—

White
Black	Split into two, the tails are so adept at handling and doing things, Ambipom rarely uses its hands.
Black 2	Split into two, the tails are so adept at handling and doing things, Ambipom rarely uses its hands.
White 2

Generation VI

Kalos
#—

Hoenn
#—

X	They work in large colonies and make rings by linking their tails, apparently in friendship.
Y	To eat, it deftly shucks nuts with its two tails. It rarely uses its arms now.
Omega Ruby	They work in large colonies and make rings by linking their tails, apparently in friendship.
Alpha Sapphire	To eat, it deftly shucks nuts with its two tails. It rarely uses its arms now.

Generation VII

Alola
USUM: #369

Kanto
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Sun, Moon, Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!‎.
Ultra Sun	In their search for comfortable trees, they get into territorial disputes with groups of Passimian. They win about half the time.
Ultra Moon	It uses its tails for everything. If it wraps both of its tails around you and gives you a squeeze, that's proof it really likes you.

Generation VIII

Galar
#—

Sinnoh
#064

Hisui
#079

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Sword and Shield.
Brilliant Diamond	To eat, it deftly shucks nuts with its two tails. It rarely uses its arms now.
Shining Pearl	They work in large colonies and make rings by linking their tails, apparently in friendship.
Legends: Arceus	To affirm their kinship, members of this species will form a ring by linking their newly doubled tails together. On rare occasions, humans have been accepted into such rings.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.

Generation IV

Generation V

Trade Excadrill in Accumula Town

Generation VI

Generation VII

Poni Plains (SOS Battle)

Let's Go Pikachu

Let's Go Eevee

Unobtainable

Generation VIII

Unobtainable

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.

Generation IV

MD Time

MD Darkness

Marine Resort (10F-19F), Sky Stairway (1F-30F)

MD Sky

Marine Resort (10F-19F), Sky Stairway (1F-30F)

Meadow Zone, Haunted Zone

Ranger: GS

Daybreak Ruins, Ice Temple

Generation V

Rumble Blast

Treetops: Shimmering Lake (Post-ending)

Rumble U

Magical Lake: Dual Launchers

Generation VI

Battle Trozei

Colossal Forest: Stage 4

Shuffle

Event: Pokémon Safari (11th release)

Rumble World

Pearl Marsh: Colossal Tree (All Areas), Distortion Land: Vast Ocean (Back Boss)

Generation VII

Rumble Rush

Aegislash Sea, Arceus Sea, Garchomp Sea^Final

In-game trades

Game		Held Item(s)
Black 2	White 2	Sitrus Berry (100%)

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 75		135 - 182	260 - 354
Attack: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Defense: 66		63 - 129	123 - 254
Sp. Atk: 60		58 - 123	112 - 240
Sp. Def: 66		63 - 129	123 - 254
Speed: 115		108 - 183	211 - 361
Total: 482	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed
3/4	★★★☆

Power
2/4	★★☆☆

Skill
5/5	★★★★★

Stamina
3/4	★★★☆

Jump
3/4	★★★☆

Total
16/21	★★★☆

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is:

Damaged
normally by:

Normal

1×

Flying

1×

Poison

1×

Ground

1×

Rock

1×

Bug

1×

Steel

1×

Fire

1×

Water

1×

Grass

1×

Electric

1×

Psychic

1×

Ice

1×

Dragon

1×

Dark

1×

Fairy

1×

Weak to:

Fighting

2×

Immune to:

Ghost

0×

Resistant to:

None

Notes:

If this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of Ghost-type moves is 1×.

Learnset

Ambipom is available in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

By leveling up

BDSP

Generation VIII

Other generations:
IV - V - VI - VII

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
011	Dual Chop	Dragon	Physical	04040	09090%	15
011	Scratch	Normal	Physical	04040	100100%	35
011	Tail Whip	Normal	Status	0000—	100100%	30
011	Sand Attack	Ground	Status	0000—	100100%	15
011	Astonish	Ghost	Physical	03030	100100%	15
044	Sand Attack	Ground	Status	0000—	100100%	15
088	Astonish	Ghost	Physical	03030	100100%	15
1111	Baton Pass	Normal	Status	0000—	——%	40
1515	Tickle	Normal	Status	0000—	100100%	20
1818	Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	01818	08080%	15
2222	Swift	Normal	Special	06060	——%	20
2525	Screech	Normal	Status	0000—	08585%	40
2929	Agility	Psychic	Status	0000—	——%	30
3232	Double Hit	Normal	Physical	03535	09090%	10
3636	Fling	Dark	Physical	0000—	100100%	10
3939	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	0000—	——%	20
4343	Last Resort	Normal	Physical	140140	100100%	5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Ambipom
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Ambipom
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

LA

Generation VIII

Other generations:
IV - V - VI - VII

Learn	Mastery	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
1	10	Quick Attack	Normal	Physical	40	100%	20
6	15	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	—%	20
11	20	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—%	20
18	28	Mud Bomb	Ground	Special	65	85%	15
25	35	Double Hit	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
34	45	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	5
43	54	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	100	100%	5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Ambipom
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Ambipom
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM

Generation VIII

Other generations:
IV - V - VI - VII

	TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM01	TM01	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150150	100}}100%	20
TM03	TM03	Water Pulse	Water	Special	06060	100}}100%	20
TM10	TM10	Work Up	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
TM11	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
TM12	TM12	Taunt	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
TM15	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	090}}90%	5
TM17	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM18	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
TM22	TM22	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
TM23	TM23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100100	075}}75%	15
TM24	TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	09090	100}}100%	15
TM25	TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	110110	070}}70%	10
TM27	TM27	Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	06565	100}}100%	20
TM28	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	08080	100}}100%	10
TM30	TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TM31	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	07575	100}}100%	15
TM32	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
TM34	TM34	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	06060	—}}—%	20
TM40	TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	06060	—}}—%	20
TM42	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM44	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM45	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
TM46	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	06060	100}}100%	25
TM56	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	10
TM58	TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM63	TM63	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
TM65	TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	07070	100}}100%	15
TM66	TM66	Payback	Dark	Physical	05050	100}}100%	10
TM68	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
TM73	TM73	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	0000—	090}}90%	20
TM82	TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM85	TM85	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100100	100}}100%	15
TM86	TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	0000—	100}}100%	20
TM87	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	085}}85%	15
TM89	TM89	U-turn	Bug	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM90	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM93	TM93	Cut	Normal	Physical	05050	095}}95%	30
TM96	TM96	Strength	Normal	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
TM98	TM98	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	04040	100}}100%	15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Ambipom
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Ambipom
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VIII

Other generations:
IV - V - VI - VII

Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
Beat Up	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
Bounce	Flying	Physical	85	85%	5
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
Covet	Normal	Physical	60	100%	25
Fake Out	Normal	Physical	40	100%	10
Quick Guard	Fighting	Status	—	—%	15
Revenge	Fighting	Physical	60	100%	10
Screech	Normal	Status	—	85%	40
Slam	Normal	Physical	80	75%	20
Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10
Switcheroo	Dark	Status	—	100%	10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Ambipom in Generation VIII
Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Ambipom in that game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Ambipom
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Ambipom
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

BDSP

Generation VIII

Other generations:
IV - V - VI - VII

Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Ambipom
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Ambipom
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

LA

Generation VIII

Other generations:
IV - V - VI - VII

Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	20
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—%	20
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—%	20
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100%	15
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	5
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	—%	20
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	120	90%	5
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	120	90%	5
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	80	100%	10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Ambipom
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Ambipom
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

Generation VIII

Other generations:
IV - V - VI - VII

Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior evolutions.

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Ambipom
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Ambipom
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Side game data

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky

	Body size: 1
	Recruit rate: 8.2%
	IQ group: F

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

Group:

Normal

Poké Assist:

Normal

Field move:

(Crush ×2)

Browser entry R-109

It hurls rocks and stones with its tails to attack.

Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs

Group:

Normal

Poké Assist:
(present)

Rock

Field move:
(present)

(Crush ×2)

Poké Assist:
(past)

Normal

Field move:
(past)

(Crush ×1)

Browser entry R-089/N-027

It throws stones to attack.

Pokémon Rumble

Attack	●●●●
Defense	●●●
Speed	●●●●

Pokémon Rumble Blast

Attack	●●●●
Defense	●●●
Speed	●●●●

Pokémon Rumble Rush

	Walking Speed: 1.75 seconds	Base HP: 54
	Base Attack: 78	Base Defense: 52	Base Speed: 70

PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure

	PokéPark Pad entry:
	Ambipom came to the PokéPark to visit Aipom. She enjoys Venusaur's Vine Swing and Tangrowth's Swing Along more than any other Attraction!

Pokémon Battle Trozei

Normal

Attack Power:

★★★★★

Pokémon Shuffle

Normal

Attack Power: 60 - 105

5

#610

Shock Attack

Leaves the foe paralyzed for a longer period of time.

Pokémon GO

Base Stamina: 181	Base Attack: 205	Base Defense: 143
Egg Distance: N/A	Buddy Distance: 1 km	Evolution Requirement: N/A
Fast Attacks: Scratch, Astonish
Charged Attacks: Low Sweep, Hyper Beam, Aerial Ace

Evolution

Unevolved

Aipom
Normal

Level up
knowing Double Hit
→

First evolution

Ambipom
Normal

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.

Generation IV

Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver




Front	Back	Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation V

Black	White	Black 2	White 2




Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VI

X	Y	Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire




Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VII

Sun	Moon	Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon




Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VIII

HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Ambipom images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Despite it learning Dual Chop via level-up starting in Generation VII, it can't learn it via Move Tutor in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Origin

Ambipom appears to be based on a New World monkey and the exaggerated concept of their prehensile tail. Ambipom also shares its large smile with a cymbal-banging monkey toy. It may vaguely reference the ahuizotl, a creature of Aztec mythology with monkey hands and a fifth human hand on its tail.

Name origin

Ambipom is a combination of the prefix ambi- (from the Latin for both), referring to ambidexterity, and a corruption of palm.

Eteboth may be a combination of 猿公 etekō (monkey), 得手 ete, meaning strong point, and both, possibly referring to the ambidextrous nature of the hands on its tail.

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Japanese	エテボース Eteboth	From 猿公 etekō (monkey), 得手 ete (strong point), and both
French	Capidextre	From Capucin and ambidextre
Spanish	Ambipom	Same as English name
German	Ambidiffel	From ambidexter and Griffel
Italian	Ambipom	Same as English name
Korean	겟핸보숭 Gethanbosung	From get, hand, both, and 원숭이 weonsungi
Cantonese Chinese
Mandarin Chinese	雙尾怪手 / 双尾怪手 Shuāngwěiguàishǒu	Literally "Double tail, strange hand", references 長尾怪手 Chángwěiguàishǒu

More languages
Hindi	अम्बिपोम Ambipom	Transliteration of English name
Russian	Эмбипом Embipom	Transcription of English name
Thai	เอเทโบธ Ethebot	Transcription of Japanese name

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Ambipom (Pokémon)

Biology

In the anime

Dawn's Ambipom

Minor appearances

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

In the TCG

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In-game trades

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

By breeding

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Evolution

Sprites

Trivia

Origin

Name origin

In other languages

Related articles

External links