Competitive Information for Gothita [Black/White]
Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Gothita? 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.
Gothita is an astounding Psychic-typed Pokemon. Gothita is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Gothita can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Gothita is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Frisk
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball
Special Sweeper Gothita
Gothita is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Gothita is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolite was 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 Gothita from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Gothita's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Frisk, on switch-in Gothita identifies a random foe's held item.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Shadow Tag
Nature: Hasty (+Spe, -Def)
EVs: 58 Hp / 226 Def / 226 SpA
Moveset:
- Energy Ball
- Dark Pulse
- Calm Mind / Skill Swap
- Psychic / Thunderbolt
Gothita Special Tank (Life Orb Goth)
Gothita is a sensational Special Tank. It tries to take a mighty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Gothita's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack.
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Gothita's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Skill Swap is a status move (your Gothita and the target trade abilities).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Gothita? 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: Frisk
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Gothita
Gothita is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Gothita 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 Gothita from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Gothita's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Frisk, on switch-in Gothita identifies a random foe's held item.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Gothita 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 Gothita 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 Gothita
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Flatter + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Psyshock + Tickle
- Ability: Shadow tag + Move: Mirror coat
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect, Snatch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Gothita's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
Most notable and possible best moves for Gothita
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Gothita in Black and White
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