Blizzard or Ice Beam for Swampert?

Question

I know a lot of questions have been asked similar to this, but it looks like all of those are Ice beam and Avalanche, not Ice Beam and Blizzard. I don't want to have to breed this far in game, and I need an Ice move to cover the x4 grass weakness Swampert has, which one should I pick? I'm at the Lilycove Store right now, on Blizzard, and I'm wondering if I should buy it, or wait to find Ice Beam in the sunken ship?

Comments

Or, apparently Ice Punch as well is good... should I get that?

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Nevermind, I just realized that I think that's breeding too, so not that one.

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If useful, I'm playing ORAS

Answer 1

Ice Punch is much better than Blizzard despite its lower BP because Swampert has a higher Attack stat, meaning Ice Punch will generally do more damage.

Unfortunately, Ice Punch is a postgame move at the Battle Resort. Therefore, between Ice Beam and Blizzard, Ice Beam is better because it has higher accuracy and more PP.

Hope I helped!

Comments

I'll go with Ice Beam

Answer 2

There certainly are better moves, but going between Ice Beam or Blizzard use Ice Beam in singles and Blizzard in doubles.

Comments

okay, thanks