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Competitive Pokemon Red/Blue Movesets and Strategies for Golduck

Base Stats for Golduck

Water

Evolutions / Family:
Psyduck
Golduck

Weakness Chart for Water-type:

Bug

Dragon

Electric

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

2x

0.5x

2x

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Water

0.5x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Golduck? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Red/Blue 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 Red/Blue generation metagame.

Common team mates for Golduck in Pokemon Red/Blue:

TaurosAlakazamArcanineRhydonVictreebelRaichuJolteonSandslashParasectDugtrio

Golduck is popular Water-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to find yourself dealing with Golduck when battling in the 1st generation meta. There were no known abilities or equippable items back in the Red/Blue Pokemon games. Golduck's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Grass.

Species: Golduck
Moveset:
- Hyper Beam / Double-Edge
- Dig
- Seismic Toss / Counter
- Toxic

Physical Sweeper Golduck (Retro)

Golduck is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The original Red/Blue Pokemon had alot to deal with on the battle field. Prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type.

♦ Hyper Beam is a physical 150-base power Normal-type move (can't move next turn if target or sub is not koed).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 100-base power Normal-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Dig is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2).
♦ Seismic Toss is a physical 1-base power Fighting-type move (damage = Golduck's level. can hit ghost types).
♦ Counter is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (if hit by physical attack, returns double damage).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).

Species: Golduck
Moveset:
- Surf / Bubble Beam
- Blizzard / Ice Beam
- Confusion
- Toxic

Special Sweeper Golduck (Retro)

Golduck is a stupendous Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. The rules of gen-one were quite varied from today. Prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type.

♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Bubble Beam is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Water-type move (33% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Blizzard is a special 120-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Confusion is a special 50-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Golduck 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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Golduck can perform in Red/Blue. 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 RB Move and Ability Combos for Golduck

Most notable and possible best moves for Golduck

Amnesia
Blizzard
Body Slam
Rest
Submission
Surf

Common Effort Values for Golduck in Red and Blue

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Competitive Information for Golduck [Red/Blue]