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gorebyss
#368

Gorebyss

South Sea Pokémon

Water

It lives at the bottom of the sea. In the springtime, its pink body turns more vivid for some reason.

Base Stats

HP 55
Attack 84
Defense 105
Sp. Atk 114
Sp. Def 75
Speed 52
Total 485

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category South Sea Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 22.6 kg
Base Exp 170
Growth Rate Slow Then Very Fast
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water1

Sprites

gorebyss Front Front
gorebyss Back Back
gorebyss Front Shiny Front Shiny
gorebyss Back Shiny Back Shiny
gorebyss Official Art Official Art
gorebyss Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Shell Smash
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Gorebyss is actually a pretty good Pokemon in RU; good Special Attack stat and decent bulk when coupled with Shell Smash, one of the best set up moves in the game is very threatening. Unfortunately it is almost completely outclassed by Omastar, a Pokemon with higher Special Attack, Speed, and bulk. The reduced Speed is especially significant, because even at +2, Gorebyss is outsped by Choice Scarf Rotom-C by one point. Gorebyss does have a few tricks up its sleeve to give it a slight niche over Omastar as a Shell Smash sweeper, including its sole Water-typing, which allows it to set up on certain Pokemon that Omastar cannot, and a wider movepool that give it some good coverage options. It is, however, very important to consider if Gorebyss is actually the right fit for your team, as more often than not you should just use Omastar.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc