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Battle Strategy
Gholdengo excels as a versatile offensive pivot or setup sweeper that punishes passive play and hazard removal. It utilizes its signature ability, Good as Gold, to ignore status moves while threatening immense damage with Make It Rain and Shadow Ball.
Best Used In
Dominant in Gen 9 OU and VGC Regulation sets as a top-tier special attacker and utility check. It is essential on hazard-stacking 'Hyper Offense' or 'Balance' teams to prevent opponents from clearing layers of Spikes and Stealth Rock.
Strengths
- ›Immunity to all status-category moves via Good as Gold
- ›Excellent defensive typing with nine resistances and three immunities
- ›High Base 133 Special Attack stat
- ›Prevents the use of Defog, making it the premier hazard stack enforcer
- ›Solid natural bulk for an offensive threat
Weaknesses
- ›Common weaknesses to Ground, Fire, Ghost, and Dark-type attacks
- ›Average Base 84 Speed makes it susceptible to faster physical attackers
- ›Vulnerable to Pursuit-like trapping or being outsped by Choice Scarf users
- ›Make It Rain lowers its Special Attack after every use
Competitive Tips
- ›Use Choice Scarf to surprise faster threats like Dragapult or Iron Valiant with a high-powered Make It Rain.
- ›Run Air Balloon to temporarily negate its Ground-type weakness and safely switch into Great Tusk or Landorus-T.
- ›Utilize Nasty Plot alongside Recover on bulkier sets to break through defensive cores and Stall teams.
- ›Pair with a Hazard setter; Gholdengo prevents the opponent from using Defog, ensuring entry hazards remain on the field.
- ›Tera Fighting or Water can be used to flip matchups against Kingambit or Cinderace.
Recommended Teammates
Great Tusk
Provides Rapid Spin support and handles the Ground and Fire types that threaten Gholdengo.
Ting-Lu
Sets hazards that Gholdengo protects; its immense bulk allows it to soak up Dark and Ghost hits.
Dragonite
Checks Fire and Ground types while Gholdengo resists the Rock, Ice, and Fairy moves aimed at it.
Gliscor
Forms a potent hazard-stacking core and provides a safe switch-in to Ground-type attacks.
Kingambit
Benefits from Gholdengo weakening the opposing team and provides a powerful secondary win condition.
Game History
Introduced in Generation 9 (Pokémon Scarlet and Violet) as the milestone 1000th Pokémon in the National Pokédex. It immediately became a centralizing force in the OU and VGC metagames due to its unique ability to block utility moves like Spore, Thunder Wave, and Defog.
Trivia
- ◆It is known as the 'Coin Entity Pokémon' and is the evolved form of Gimmighoul after collecting 999 Gimmighoul Coins.
- ◆Its body is said to consist of 1,000 gold coins held together by a mysterious energy.
- ◆Despite its metallic body, it is exceptionally agile and is often depicted surfing on a board made of coins.
- ◆Gholdengo's design is heavily inspired by the 'Golden Man' trope and El Dorado legends.
- ◆It is the only Pokémon with the ability Good as Gold, which is considered one of the strongest defensive abilities in series history.
- ◆Its signature move, Make It Rain, actually scatters money on the ground in-game, similar to the move Pay Day.
Moves · 45 total
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Scarlet
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Violet
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