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golisopod
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Golisopod

Hard Scale Pokémon

BugWater

With a flashing slash of its giant sharp claws, it cleaves seawater—or even air—right in two.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 125
Defense 140
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 90
Speed 40
Total 530

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Hard Scale Pokémon
Height 2.0 m
Weight 108.0 kg
Base Exp 186
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Bug ,Water3

Sprites

golisopod Front Front
golisopod Back Back
golisopod Front Shiny Front Shiny
golisopod Back Shiny Back Shiny
golisopod Official Art Official Art
golisopod Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

mixandmega Usage: 6.8%
Blue Orb Attacker
Moves
Swords Dance / Drill Run / Toxic
Drill Run / Spikes
Item
Blue Orb
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 252
Atk 252
SpD 4

Strategy Overview

As one of the premier Blue Orb attackers in Mix and Mega, Golisopod is one of the best offensive wallbreakers. Golisopod's Liquidation, backed by a strong base 175 Attack after the Blue Orb boost as well as Primordial Sea, punches holes in many walls in the tier. Furthermore, Aqua Jet allows it to also serve as a revenge killer to pick off faster threats and weakened attackers. A key resistance to Ground-type moves and a Fire immunity as it switches in give it many opportunities to come in against opposing threats. Unfortunately, a poor base 40 Speed stat leaves Golisopod vulnerable to faster attackers. In addition, the one-dimensional nature of Golisopod's attacks can make it predictable and easy to check. Golisopod also fails to 2HKO bulky walls unboosted, limiting its ability as a wallbreaker.

Most Used Moves

Aqua Jet
71.3%
Drill Run
59.5%

Most Used Items

Blue Orb
89.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc