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garchomp
#445

Garchomp

Mach Pokémon

DragonGround

It is said that when one runs at high speed, its wings create blades of wind that can fell nearby trees.

Base Stats

HP 108
Attack 130
Defense 95
Sp. Atk 80
Sp. Def 85
Speed 102
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

gabite Gabite Lv. 24
garchomp Garchomp Lv. 48

Moves

Details

Category Mach Pokémon
Height 1.9 m
Weight 95.0 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Monster ,Dragon

Sprites

garchomp Front Front
garchomp Back Back
garchomp Front Shiny Front Shiny
garchomp Back Shiny Back Shiny
garchomp Front ♀ Front ♀
garchomp Back ♀ Back ♀
garchomp Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
garchomp Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
garchomp Official Art Official Art
garchomp Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Substitute + Swords Dance
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Choice
Moves
Fire Blast / Fire Fang / Aqua Tail
Dual Chop / Dragon Claw
Item
Choice Scarf / Choice Band
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Offensive Swords Dance
Moves
Outrage / Dragon Claw
Fire Fang / Aqua Tail
Item
Life Orb / Yache Berry / Lum Berry
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Garchomp is arguably the best Dragon-type available in Dream World OU; its only drawbacks are a lack of Dragon Dance and ability to go mixed. Its STAB coverage is absolutely superb: not only does it get neutral coverage on all but a handful of Pokemon, but Garchomp also has powerful STAB moves and a high Attack stat to back it up. All of Garchomp's stats, sans Special Attack, are great. Its Speed tier isn't the highest, but it's still quite good, and allows Garchomp to occupy a relatively high Speed tier amongst Choice Scarf users when it dons said item. Garchomp's bulk, Speed, offenses, and neutrality to Stealth Rock all make it a terrifying sweeper to face. It is especially threatening when used on sand teams, as sand allows Garchomp to utilize its trademark ability: Sand Veil. Garchomp does have its issues, such as being outsped by a good portion of the offensive metagame and having a 4x weakness to Ice-type moves, but Garchomp is still a superb Pokemon, and it isn't difficult to see why it was banned from OU in DPP.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc