#423

Gastrodon

Sea Slug Pokémon

WaterGround

Long ago, its entire back was shielded with a sturdy shell. There are traces of it left in its cells.

Base Stats

HP 111

Attack 83

Defense 68

Sp. Atk 92

Sp. Def 82

Speed 39

Total 475

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

grass 4x

Resistant to

poison ½x rock ½x steel ½x fire ½x

Immune to

electric 0x

Abilities

Sticky Hold Storm Drain Sand Force (Hidden)

Evolution Chain

Shellos

→

Gastrodon Lv. 30

Moves

Details

Category Sea Slug Pokémon

Height 0.9 m

Weight 29.9 kg

Base Exp 166

Growth Rate Medium

Capture Rate 75

Base Happiness 70

Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀

Habitat —

Egg Groups Water1 ,Indeterminate

Sprites

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ubers Usage: 0.9%

MONOTYPE VGC2012 UBERS OU DOUBLESOU

Tank

Moves

Scald

Recover

Toxic

Mirror Coat / Earth Power / Clear Smog

Item

Leftovers

Ability

Storm Drain

Nature

Calm

EVs

HP 252

SpD 248

Spe 8

Strategy Overview

Gastrodon can do one thing and one thing alone in Ubers: wall the most popular Pokemon in the metagame, Kyogre. With access to Recover, Toxic, Mirror Coat, Yawn, and other annoying moves, Gastrodon can come in for free on Kyogre and provide team support, spread status, or just be annoying in general. Whilst Gastrodon faces competition from Shedinja and Quagsire in the Kyogre-annoyer field, it requires less team support than Shedinja to be successful, and has far superior special bulk to Quagsire, arguably making it the best option. Not only that, but Gastrodon can also hit surprisingly hard if it manages to get a Storm Drain boost, meaning it isn't complete Taunt bait.