Competitive Information for Golbat [Black/White]
Poison / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Golbat? 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.
Golbat is a phenomenal Poison and Flying-typed Pokemon. Golbat is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Golbat is weak to Electric, Ice, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Pluck
- U-turn / Bite
- Poison Fang
- Zen Headbutt
Physical Sweeper Golbat (Infiltrator)
Golbat is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Golbat is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite makes it possibly stronger than it's final form. 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%. Focus Sash helps protect Golbat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Golbat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, Golbat's moves ignore the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist. U-turn or Bite are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Pluck is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (Golbat steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Golbat switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Poison Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to badly poison the target).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Air Slash / Air Cutter
- Heat Wave
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
Special Sweeper Golbat (Infiltrator)
Golbat is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Golbat is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until it was realized Eviolite would make it quite viable. 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%. Focus Sash helps protect Golbat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Golbat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, Golbat's moves ignore the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist.
♦ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 100-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
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Item: Eviolite
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
EVs: 44 Hp / 252 Def / 212 SpD
Moveset:
- Roost
- Aerial Ace
- Taunt
- Torment
Golbat Double Wall (Wallbat)
Golbat is popular Double Wall. It's purpose is to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Golbat is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until it was realized Eviolite would make it quite viable. 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 Inner Focus, Golbat cannot be made to flinch. Good support/mixed wall, but it's crappy without Eviolite.
♦ Aerial Ace is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (this move does not check accuracy).
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
♦ Torment is a status move (target can't select the same move twice in a row).
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Item: Flying Gem
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Naughty (+Atk, -SpD)
EVs: 111 Hp / 252 Atk / 144 Spe
Moveset:
- Zen Headbutt
- Brave Bird
- Swagger
- Screech
Golbat Physical Sweeper (Screeching Bat)
Golbat is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Infiltrator, Golbat's moves ignore the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist.
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Swagger is a status move (raises the target's attack by 2 stages and confuses it).
♦ Screech is a status move (lowers the target's defense by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Golbat? 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: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Pluck
- U-turn / Bite
- Poison Fang
- Zen Headbutt
Doubles Physical Sweeper Golbat (Infiltrator)
Golbat is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Golbat is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached. 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%. Focus Sash helps protect Golbat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Golbat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, Golbat's moves ignore the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist. U-turn or Bite are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Pluck is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (Golbat steals and eats the target's berry).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Golbat switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Poison Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to badly poison the target).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Twister
Doubles Special Sweeper Golbat (Infiltrator)
Golbat is popular Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Golbat is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached to it. 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%. Focus Sash helps protect Golbat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Golbat's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Infiltrator, Golbat's moves ignore the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist.
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Golbat learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Golbat 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 Golbat
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Snatch
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Hypnosis
Moves that boost Golbat's stats
- Curse
- Nasty Plot
- Ominous Wind
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Golbat
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Golbat in Black and White
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