Competitive Information for Golem [Diamond/Pearl]
Rock / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Golem? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Golem is a marvelous Rock and Ground-typed Pokemon. Golem is a pretty common Pokemon to see in Generation 4. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Golem is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Ice, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Razor Fang / Rindo Berry
Ability: Rock Head
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 136 Hp / 252 Atk / 120 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Iron Head / Double-Edge
- Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Golem (Rock Head)
Golem is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Rock Head, Golem does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage. Iron Head was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ 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).
♦ 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 1/3 recoil).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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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 a remarkable Physical Tank. It attempts to take a great 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, ohko moves fail when used against Golem.
♦ 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, even if 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 a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It is meant 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, ohko moves fail when used against Golem.
♦ 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 Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Razor Fang / Rindo Berry
Ability: Rock Head
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 136 Hp / 252 Atk / 120 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Iron Head / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Golem (Rock Head)
Golem is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Rock Head, Golem does not take recoil damage besides struggle/life orb/crash damage. Iron Head was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ 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).
♦ 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 1/3 recoil).
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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 Diamond/Pearl. 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 DP 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
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Golem
- Earthquake
- Explosion
- Fire Blast
- Other
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Golem in Diamond and Pearl
- Lax Nature ( 0/252/56/200/0/0/ )
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