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gorebyss
#368

Gorebyss

South Sea Pokémon

Water

It lives at the bottom of the sea. In the springtime, its pink body turns more vivid for some reason.

Base Stats

HP 55
Attack 84
Defense 105
Sp. Atk 114
Sp. Def 75
Speed 52
Total 485

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category South Sea Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 22.6 kg
Base Exp 170
Growth Rate Slow Then Very Fast
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water1

Sprites

gorebyss Front Front
gorebyss Back Back
gorebyss Front Shiny Front Shiny
gorebyss Back Shiny Back Shiny
gorebyss Official Art Official Art
gorebyss Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 3.5%
Shell Smash
Item
White Herb / Life Orb
Nature
Modest
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Gorebyss is one of the best sweepers in the tier thanks in part to having a great boosting move in Shell Smash, which also lets it become a potent wallbreaker, as well as a good Pokemon for rain teams thanks to a solid ability in Swift Swim, which makes up for its low Speed. However, it faces competition from Huntail as a Shell Smash sweeper, which has access to Sucker Punch to deal with faster Pokemon, and from Pokemon such as Golduck as a rain sweeper. Gorebyss's low Speed without a Shell Smash boost makes it easily taken out by naturally faster Pokemon such as Zebstrika and Simisage. Its below average Special Defense limits setup opportunities as well. On top of this, even with a Shell Smash boost, it can be easily revenge killed by Choice Scarf Pokemon such as Rotom-F and can be picked off by priority moves if in a weakened state.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
93.9%
Psychic
42.9%
Surf
40.3%
Scald
31.7%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc