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gulpin
#316

Gulpin

Stomach Pokémon

Poison

Almost all its body is its stomach. Its harsh digestive juices quickly dissolve anything it swallows.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 43
Defense 53
Sp. Atk 43
Sp. Def 53
Speed 40
Total 302

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

swalot Swalot Lv. 26

Moves

Details

Category Stomach Pokémon
Height 0.4 m
Weight 10.3 kg
Base Exp 60
Growth Rate Fast Then Very Slow
Capture Rate 225
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Indeterminate

Sprites

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

Competitive

lc
Stockpile
Moves
Encore / Toxic
Ice Beam / Sludge Bomb
Item
Eviolite
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 116
Def 172
SpA 12
SpD 172

Strategy Overview

Not many things happened for Gulpin in this generation. It still has a similar movepool and the same counters, but it can hold its own. With great HP, high defenses and access to Stockpile to boost them even higher, Gulpin can be a great wall. Along with great defensive stats, Gulpin gets a useful defensive ability, Liquid Ooze. This makes Pokemon take damage from absorbing moves such as Giga Drain or Leech Seed, which is useful against Pokemon such as Ferroseed. With the ability to run a decent amount of sets, it can fit its way into a variety of teams. Gulpin's Poison-type is very beneficial, as absorbing Toxic Spikes works out well in the long run and helps out teammates such as Wynaut and Thick Fat Munchlax, and gives Gulpin weaknesses to only Ground- and Psychic-type attacks. Thankfully, these are easily covered. All in all, it's a sure thing that this little venomous blob will keep marching on, devouring any foes that dare stand in its way.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc