Competitive Information for Golbat [Sun/Moon]
Poison / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Golbat? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Golbat is an interesting Poison and Flying-typed Pokemon. Golbat is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Golbat is weak to Electric, Ice, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Flyinium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Wing Attack
- Bite / Double-Edge
- Leech Life / U-turn
- Poison Fang
Physical Sweeper Golbat (Infiltrator)
Golbat is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Golbat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil. Bite was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Leech Life is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move (Golbat recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Golbat switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Poison Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (50% chance to badly poison the target).
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Item: Poisonium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
Special Sweeper Golbat (Infiltrator)
Golbat is an awesome Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Golbat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil.
♦ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
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Item: Eviolite
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
EVs: 44 Hp / 252 Def / 212 SpD
Moveset:
- Roost
- Aerial Ace
- Taunt
- Torment
Golbat Double Wall (Wallbat)
Golbat is a marvelous Double Wall. This moveset attempts to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Golbat is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached. 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%. With Inner Focus, Golbat cannot be made to flinch. Good support/mixed wall, but it's crappy without Eviolite.
♦ Aerial Ace is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (this move does not check accuracy).
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
♦ Torment is a status move (target can't select the same move twice in a row).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Golbat? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Item: Flyinium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Wing Attack
- Bite / Double-Edge
- Leech Life / U-turn
- Poison Fang
Doubles Physical Sweeper Golbat (Infiltrator)
Golbat is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Golbat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil. Bite was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Leech Life is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move (Golbat recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Golbat switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Poison Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (50% chance to badly poison the target).
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Item: Flyinium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Shadow Ball / Giga Drain
Doubles Special Sweeper Golbat (Infiltrator)
Golbat is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Golbat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and foe's reflect/light screen/safeguard/mist/aurora veil. Shadow Ball or Giga Drain are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Golbat recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Golbat 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 Golbat can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Golbat
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Detect, Endure, Protect, Quick Guard, Snatch, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Hypnosis, Toxic
Moves that boost Golbat's stats
- Curse
- Nasty Plot
- Ominous Wind
- Rage
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Golbat
- Hidden Power
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Golbat in Sun and Moon
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