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gothitelle
#576

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

Literally Satan... Again (Calm Mind)
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Shadow Tag
Nature
Sassy / Calm
EVs
HP 252
SpA 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Gothitelle is the most vile answer to support Arceus formes and Defoggers in the tier. The centralization of the metagame around a great number of threats such as Primal Groudon, Mega Salamence, Ho-Oh, and Xerneas has made role compression unavoidable, resulting in teams that rely on Pokemon such as Klefki, support Arceus formes, Latias, and Latios to glue builds together. Gothitelle is capable of trapping all of these Pokemon with Calm Mind alongside its expansive support movepool that allows it to specify its trapping pool or broaden its utility with moves such as Thunder Wave, Tickle, and Heal Bell. In fact, it's not much of a stretch to say that it turns what would otherwise be a valuable asset to your opponent's team into a liability.

However, the physically offensive metagame especially prevents Gothitelle from excelling in the Uber tier, while its already existent flaws such as average stats, aversion to Dark-types, and little utility against offensive teams are more noticeable than ever. In comparison to other Shadow Tag users, it can be somewhat difficult to justify using, as Wobbuffet has superior bulk and more general utility with Encore, while Mega Gengar possesses an array of options that make it consistent across all matchups with Speed and power to boot. However, Gothitelle's unique trapping pool consisting of dominant threats such as Klefki and support Arceus formes and its ability to eliminate these threats with minimal risk while not taking up a Mega slot give this evil mistress the title of the best breaker of balance and stall in the metagame.

Most Used Moves

Taunt
76.0%
Psyshock
73.7%
Calm Mind
47.6%
Rest
26.7%
Charm
25.7%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
64.6%
Lum Berry
28.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc