Note: Pokemon with the Lightning Rod ability are immune to Electric attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Goldeen? 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.
Goldeen is pretty popular Water-typed Pokemon. Goldeen is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Goldeen can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Goldeen's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.
Species: Goldeen Item: Eviolite / Life Orb Ability: Lightning Rod Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Moveset: - Aqua Tail / Waterfall - Double-Edge / Frustration - Poison Jab - Drill Run
Physical Sweeper Goldeen (Lightning Rod)
Goldeen is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Goldeen is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was equipped. 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 Goldeen from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Goldeen's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Lightning Rod, Goldeen draws electric moves to itself to raise sp. atk by 1; electric immunity.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage. ♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target). ♦ 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). ♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Goldeen? 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.
Species: Goldeen Item: Eviolite / Life Orb Ability: Lightning Rod Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Moveset: - Aqua Tail / Waterfall - Double-Edge / Frustration - Poison Jab - Drill Run
Doubles Physical Sweeper Goldeen (Lightning Rod)
Goldeen is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Goldeen 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 Goldeen from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Goldeen's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Lightning Rod, Goldeen draws electric moves to itself to raise sp. atk by 1; electric immunity.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage. ♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target). ♦ 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). ♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Goldeen 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Goldeen 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 Goldeen
Moves: Endure + Flail
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, Scald
Moves that boost Goldeen's stats
Agility
Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Goldeen
Hydro Pump
Ice Beam
Knock Off
Protect
Rest
Scald
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Goldeen in Black and White
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