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gastrodon
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Gastrodon

Sea Slug Pokémon

WaterGround

It has a pliable body without any bones. If any part of its body is torn off, it grows right back.

Base Stats

HP 111
Attack 83
Defense 68
Sp. Atk 92
Sp. Def 82
Speed 39
Total 475

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

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

gastrodon Front Front
gastrodon Back Back
gastrodon Front Shiny Front Shiny
gastrodon Back Shiny Back Shiny
gastrodon Official Art Official Art
gastrodon Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 0.1%
Tank
Moves
Ice Beam / Earth Power
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 212
Def 252
SpD 44
Curse
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
Def 56
SpD 200
Trapper
Item
Rindo Berry / Lum Berry
Nature
Careful / Calm
EVs
HP 252
Def 212
SpD 44

Strategy Overview

Like most of its fellow Water-types, Gastrodon has a good movepool and fairly decent stats in general. It also has a great defensive typing that leaves it with only one weakness--Grass-type moves--that can be easily played around with through proper team support. While powerful physical attacks may hurt Gastrodon, its resistances to Rock and Fire and immunity to Electric grant it plenty of opportunities to switch in. Resistance to Stealth Rock and access to Recover make that task of switching in all the more easier in the long run. This, in addition to its decent attacking stats, allow Gastrodon to play a couple of roles effectively. All in all, despite not having a great ability, such as Water Absorb or Marvel Scale, Gastrodon's unique assets allow it to function exceptionally well in UU.

Most Used Moves

Recover
100.0%
Toxic
95.4%
Surf
76.7%
Ice Beam
69.6%
Protect
23.3%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
99.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc