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gastrodon
#423

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

Defensive
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Storm Drain
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 56
Atk 16
Def 252
SpD 184

Strategy Overview

With its decent defensive typing, good mixed bulk, and access to Recover, Gastrodon is a good defensive Pokemon that can check some of RU's most prominent offensive threats such as Zygarde-10%, Mega Blastoise, Metagross, and Noivern. Gastrodon's Storm Drain ability also gives it even more defensive presence, allowing it to come in against Water-type moves like Scald and check offensive Water-types like Barbaracle. While Gastrodon's defensive typing leaves it with only one weakness, Grass is an omnipresent offensive type in RU, meaning Pokemon like Virizion, Roserade, and Shaymin can easily take it out. Its inability to deal with status conditions and vulnerability to all forms of entry hazards mean that Gastrodon can be easily overwhelmed. In fact, most of the Water-types Gastrodon would like to check like Milotic and Slowbro often carry Toxic to cripple it. Gastrodon is also rather passive, since it usually relies on Toxic for most of its damage output, meaning common wallbreakers like Machamp and Escavalier can easily threaten it out of battle. Its main competition comes from Slowbro, which is less passive, has a Fighting resistance, and has arguably a better defensive ability in Regenerator.

Most Used Moves

Recover
100.0%
Scald
64.4%
Curse
53.4%
Toxic
45.5%
Ice Beam
35.7%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc