Competitive Information for Golem [Black/White]
Rock / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Golem? 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.
Golem is an interesting Rock and Ground-typed Pokemon. It's a frequent sight to see Golem out in the 5th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Golem is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Ice, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Rock Head
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Iron Head / Double-Edge
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Golem (Rock Head)
Golem is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Golem's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Golem from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Golem's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rock Head, Golem does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage. Iron Head was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Golem's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Golem's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 6 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Autotomize
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch / Thunder Punch
Golem Physical Sweeper (Quick Rolling Boulder)
Golem is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Golem last longer regaining it's HP every turn. With Sturdy, if Golem is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko. Sturdy makes him able to have a guarantee to set up with Autotomize which gives him a 414 speed and has the benefit of giving him a chance of surviving low kick but I make no promises about grass knot. Leftovers can heal him after he survives with Sturdy which may allow him to survive another him depending on how many turns it is before he gets hit again and Priority will kill him. Stone edge and E-quake provide STAB.
♦ Stone Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk
Moveset:
- Stone Edge
- Iron Head
- Brick Break
- Fire Punch
Golem Physical Tank (Fat Golem)
Golem is an awesome Physical Tank. It attempts to take a decent amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Golem's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sturdy, if Golem is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko.
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Lonely (+Atk, -Def)
EVs: 13 Hp / 252 Atk / 242 Spe
Moveset:
- Hammer Arm / Fire Punch
- Rock Blast
- Substitute
- Rock Slide
Golem Physical Sweeper (Hebrewers Yeast)
Golem is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Golem's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sturdy, if Golem is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko.
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Rock Blast is a physical STAB-boosted 25-base power Rock-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Golem takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Golem? 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: Rock Head
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Iron Head / Double-Edge
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Golem (Rock Head)
Golem is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Golem's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Golem from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Golem's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rock Head, Golem does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage. Iron Head was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Golem's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Golem's speed by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Golem 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 Golem 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 Golem
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Golem's stats
- Ancient Power
- Autotomize
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Golem
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Golem in Black and White
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