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gothitelle
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Gothitelle

Astral Body Pokémon

Psychic

Starry skies thousands of light-years away are visible in the space distorted by their intense psychic power.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 55
Defense 95
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 110
Speed 65
Total 490

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

gothorita Gothorita Lv. 32

Moves

Details

Category Astral Body Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 44.0 kg
Base Exp 221
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 50
Base Happiness 70
Gender 25% ♂ / 75% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Humanshape

Sprites

gothitelle Front Front
gothitelle Back Back
gothitelle Front Shiny Front Shiny
gothitelle Back Shiny Back Shiny
gothitelle Official Art Official Art
gothitelle Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Trick Room Trapper
Moves
Psychic / Psyshock
Heal Pulse / Helping Hand
Item
Aguav Berry / Sitrus Berry / Mental Herb
Ability
Shadow Tag
Nature
Sassy
EVs
HP 252
Def 92
SpD 164

Strategy Overview

  • Gothitelle is one of the most dangerous Trick Room setters you can face in VGC 2018 thanks to its above-average bulk and access to the very intimidating Shadow Tag.

  • Shadow Tag allows Gothitelle to not only set up Trick Room but also become one half of the well-known Perish Trap combination alongside Mega Gengar.

  • Gothitelle synergizes well with some of the top Trick Room attackers in the game like Mega Mawile, Azumarill, and Snorlax.

  • A decent movepool gives Gothitelle access to support moves such as Heal Pulse, Taunt, Tickle, Skill Swap, Recycle, and Ally Switch.

  • Its Psychic typing leaves Gothitelle weak to Ghost-, Dark-, and Bug-type attacks. While Gothitelle's bulk is above average, it isn't enough to survive some of the bigger hits Trick Room setters like Cresselia and Porygon2 can take.

  • Gothitelle typically only run one attacking move, which leaves it extremely weak to Taunt and being ignored. Gothitelle will not do much damage to Pokemon that aren't weak to Psychic-type attacks.

Most Used Moves

Protect
95.1%
Psychic
76.1%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc