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golduck
#055

Golduck

Duck Pokémon

Water

A Pokémon that lives in lakes. It swims faster than any human swimming champion.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 82
Defense 78
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 80
Speed 85
Total 500

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

golduck Golduck Lv. 33

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Duck Pokémon
Height 1.7 m
Weight 76.6 kg
Base Exp 175
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water1 ,Ground

Sprites

golduck Front Front
golduck Back Back
golduck Front Shiny Front Shiny
golduck Back Shiny Back Shiny
golduck Official Art Official Art
golduck Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 0.2%
Encore Weather Counter
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Cloud Nine
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 32
SpA 252
Spe 224
Calm Mind
Moves
Hydro Pump / Surf
Ice Beam / Psychic
Item
Life Orb / Leftovers
Ability
Cloud Nine
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
All-Out Attacker
Item
Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability
Cloud Nine
Nature
Timid / Mild
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Like many first generation Pokemon, Golduck is blessed with a cool design and a generous movepool, but is held back by a lackluster stat distribution. Golduck's base 95 Special Attack is good, but not great, and the rest of its stats are decidedly average, making it difficult for Golduck to compete with its more specialized rivals. Luckily, Golduck does have a couple of niches in UU that help differentiate it from other Water-types. Cloud Nine is an exclusive ability that turns Golduck into a unique counter to devastating Swift Swim and Chlorophyll sweepers, while Calm Mind makes Golduck one of the few UU Water-types capable of sweeping through boosting its Special Attack. Although it's not the most threatening Pokemon around, Golduck can fill an important role without requiring much support, making it a solid choice for a variety of offensive teams.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
99.2%
Psychic
75.7%
Surf
24.3%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc