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golbat
#042

Golbat

Bat Pokémon

PoisonFlying

Its sharp fangs puncture the toughest of hides and have small holes for greedily sucking blood.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 80
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 75
Speed 90
Total 455

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

golbat Golbat Lv. 22
crobat Crobat Happiness 160

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Bat Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 55.0 kg
Base Exp 159
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Cave
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

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

Competitive

nu Usage: 3.0%
Physically Defensive
Moves
Toxic / Super Fang
Item
Eviolite
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 248
Def 228
Spe 32

Strategy Overview

Golbat has a lot of great qualities that make it a unique defensive threat in NU. First off, it has great bulk with Eviolite and awesome Speed for a defensive Pokemon, something few other defensive Pokemon in the tier can claim. Golbat also has a fantastic defensive typing, granting it a 4x resistance to both Fighting- and Bug-type attacks, as well as immunities to Ground-type attacks and the common Toxic. On top of that, Roost gives Golbat a form of reliable recovery to compensate for its lack of Leftovers. Unfortunately, Golbat's weaknesses to common Psychic- and Electric-type attacks are rather exploitable, and a weakness to Stealth Rock further hampers its ability to switch into attacks repeatedly. It also faces competition from Mandibuzz, as while their bulk may be comparable, Mandibuzz's immunity to Psychic-type attacks sometimes outshines Golbat's immunity to Toxic and resistance to Fighting-type attacks.

Most Used Moves

Brave Bird
100.0%
Roost
100.0%
Taunt
100.0%
Toxic
100.0%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc