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garchomp
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Garchomp

Mach Pokémon

DragonGround

When it folds up its body and extends its wings, it looks like a jet plane. It flies at sonic speed.

Base Stats

HP 108
Attack 130
Defense 95
Sp. Atk 80
Sp. Def 85
Speed 102
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

gabite Gabite Lv. 24
garchomp Garchomp Lv. 48

Moves

Details

Category Mach Pokémon
Height 1.9 m
Weight 95.0 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Monster ,Dragon

Sprites

garchomp Front Front
garchomp Back Back
garchomp Front Shiny Front Shiny
garchomp Back Shiny Back Shiny
garchomp Front ♀ Front ♀
garchomp Back ♀ Back ♀
garchomp Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
garchomp Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
garchomp Official Art Official Art
garchomp Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Tank Chomp
Item
Rocky Helmet
Ability
Rough Skin
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 252
Def 156
SpD 100
Swords Dance
Moves
Dragon Claw / Outrage
Stealth Rock / Substitute
Item
Lum Berry / Focus Sash / Leftovers
Ability
Rough Skin
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Mixed Attacker
Item
Life Orb / Garchompite
Ability
Rough Skin
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Rough Skin
Nature
Jolly / Naive
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Garchomp is a powerful and versatile threat in the CAP metagame thanks to its potent offensive STAB combination, high Attack, and good Speed. Garchomp is especially notable for its defensive set, which takes advantage of its good physical bulk, access to Stealth Rock, Rough Skin, and Rocky Helmet to heavily punish VoltTurn teams. Garchomp's capabilities extend far beyond this bulky set, however, as its wide offensive movepool and great base stats allow it to run a variety of offensive sets effectively, providing it with a layer of unpredictability. However, Garchomp's 4x weakness to Ice-type attacks and weakness to the common Fairy-type moves are somewhat easy to exploit and can leave it susceptible to revenge killing by numerous strong, fast attackers that run these moves, such as Syclant, Krilowatt, and Mega Diancie.

Most Used Moves

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc