Competitive Information for Gabite [Black/White]
Dragon / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Gabite? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Gabite is a spectacular Dragon and Ground-typed Pokemon. Gabite is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Gabite's only type-related weaknesses are Dragon and Ice.
Item: Life Orb / Dragon Fang
Ability: Rough Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Double-Edge / Return
- Iron Head / Metal Claw
Physical Sweeper Gabite (Rough Skin)
Gabite is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Gabite from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Gabite's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rough Skin, pokemon making contact with Gabite lose 1/8 of their max hp.
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Metal Claw is a physical 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Gabite's attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Eviolite
Ability: Rough Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 27 Hp / 244 Atk / 239 Spe
Moveset:
- Stealth Rock
- Shadow Claw
- Outrage
- Roar
Gabite Physical Sweeper (Worse Than His Bite)
Gabite is a decent Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Gabite is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until equipping Eviolite became the goto option. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Rough Skin, pokemon making contact with Gabite lose 1/8 of their max hp.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Outrage is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Gabite afterwards).
♦ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Gabite? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Rough Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Frustration
Doubles Physical Sweeper Gabite (Rough Skin)
Gabite is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Gabite from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Gabite's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rough Skin, pokemon making contact with Gabite lose 1/8 of their max hp.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Outrage is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Gabite afterwards).
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Gabite learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Gabite can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Gabite
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Gabite's stats
- Hone Claws
- Metal Claw
Most notable and possible best moves for Gabite
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Gabite in Black and White
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