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gastrodon
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Gastrodon

Sea Slug Pokémon

WaterGround

It has strong regenerative capabilities. Even if parts of it are bitten off by fish Pokémon, it will return to normal within a few hours.

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

Specially Defensive
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Storm Drain
Nature
Sassy
EVs
HP 248
Def 8
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

By virtue of Gastrodon's modest defenses, solid defensive typing that leaves it with only one weakness, and access to a reliable recovery move, it finds its niche in OU as an answer to special attackers like Heatran, Tapu Koko, Greninja, Magearna, and Mega Diancie. However, some of these Pokemon such as Heatran and Tapu Koko possess ways of getting around Gastrodon. While it being a Ground-type that isn't weak to Hidden Power Ice is already a great boon, Storm Drain only adds to its defensive qualities, making it a great answer to Water-types in general, as well as to rain sweepers like Kingdra and Ash-Greninja. Gastrodon faces competition from Toxapex, which is another bulky Water-type also capable of checking Ash-Greninja and Kingdra and providing Toxic Spikes or Knock Off support. Furthermore, Toxapex also has better overall bulk and access to Regenerator, which makes it less of a momentum drain than Gastrodon. It also struggles with mediocre bulk, especially physically, which makes it difficult for it to take hits from anything besides the special threats it checks.

Most Used Moves

Recover
99.6%
Scald
93.8%
Toxic
55.0%
Protect
16.9%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
95.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc