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golurk
#623

Golurk

Automaton Pokémon

GroundGhost

It flies across the sky at Mach speeds. Removing the seal on its chest makes its internal energy go out of control.

Base Stats

HP 89
Attack 124
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 55
Sp. Def 80
Speed 55
Total 483

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

golurk Golurk Lv. 43

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Automaton Pokémon
Height 2.8 m
Weight 330.0 kg
Base Exp 169
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups Mineral

Sprites

golurk Front Front
golurk Back Back
golurk Front Shiny Front Shiny
golurk Back Shiny Back Shiny
golurk Official Art Official Art
golurk Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 26.4%
Tank
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 156
Atk 252
Spe 100
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 156
Atk 252
Spe 100
Rock Polish
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

One word to describe Golurk would be "interesting." Golurk's solid Attack and respectable defensive stats make it a reasonably powerful and bulky Pokemon, with a movepool allowing it to effectively capitalize on these traits that includes Stealth Rock, Rock Polish, and an assortment of solid attacking options. Its unique Ground / Ghost typing grants Golurk useful immunities to Normal-, Fighting-, and Electric-type attacks, as well as a handful of resistances that give it numerous opportunities to switch in and dish out attacks.

Of course, not all is well for Golurk. Its typing, while granting it some very useful resistances and immunities, does make it vulnerable to several common attacking types, including weaknesses to Pursuit, Aqua Jet, and Sucker Punch, making it somewhat easy to scare out with common Pokemon. To add to this, Golurk has trouble overcoming Cryogonal and Kabutops, the best Rapid Spin users in the tier. Several common Pokemon are immune to Golurk's STAB moves, forcing it to play incredibly careful with its attacks, especially when utilizing Choice Band. Nevertheless, Golurk is a very useful Pokemon in the RU metagame, and with proper support it can prove a deadly threat.

Most Used Moves

Earthquake
100.0%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
60.7%
Leftovers
18.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc