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golurk
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Golurk

Automaton Pokémon

GroundGhost

It is said that Golurk were ordered to protect people and Pokémon by the ancient people who made them.

Base Stats

HP 89
Attack 124
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 55
Sp. Def 80
Speed 55
Total 483

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

golurk Golurk Lv. 43

Moves

Details

Category Automaton Pokémon
Height 2.8 m
Weight 330.0 kg
Base Exp 169
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups Mineral

Sprites

golurk Front Front
golurk Back Back
golurk Front Shiny Front Shiny
golurk Back Shiny Back Shiny
golurk Official Art Official Art
golurk Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 5.7%
Stealth Rock
Moves
Ice Punch / Shadow Punch
Dynamic Punch / Ice Punch
Item
Colbur Berry
Ability
No Guard / Iron Fist
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Wallbreaker
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Golurk has a unique typing with immunities to Normal, Fighting, and Electric, which allows it to block Rapid Spin and Volt Switch while being one of the few physical attackers in the tier unfazed by Fighting-type attacks. It boasts an extremely high Attack stat with a potent STAB combination as well as solid coverage, making it very tricky to wall. Golurk even has decent bulk for an offensive Pokemon, and it has usable abilities in the form of Iron Fist and No Guard; the former boosts the power of Golurk's various punching moves, while the latter ensures none of Golurk's (or its foe's) attacks miss. Unfortunately, Golurk often fails to fire off as many attacks as it would like, given that is very slow for an offensive Pokemon and carries numerous weaknesses to common attacking types such as Water, Grass, Ice, and Dark, the latter entailing a Pursuit weakness. This hinders its effectiveness as a spinblocker.

Most Used Moves

Ice Punch
49.1%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc