Garchomp
Mach Pokémon
Garchomp makes its home in volcanic mountains. It flies through the sky as fast as a jet airplane, hunting down as much prey as it can.
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Strategy Overview
Garchomp finds its use on Sticky Web hyper offense teams as a decent Swords Dance sweeper. Its coverage allows it to break through common Defog users like Ho-Oh and Yveltal, making it a valuable teammate to keep entry hazards up for the rest of the team. With Rough Skin and solid natural bulk, Garchomp gets opportunities to set up on defensive Pokemon like Necrozma-DM and Tyranitar, letting it wallbreak with its strong STAB moves, incredibly high Attack, Swords Dance, and Life Orb. Garchomp does sometimes find it hard to set up against faster teams with Pokemon like Choice Scarf Yveltal, Eternatus, and Calyrex-S, and its reliance on taking a turn to set up means that checks such as Lunala, Tangrowth, and Buzzwole can switch in and stonewall it usually, leaving it an inconsistent but powerful wallbreaker.
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