Competitive Information for Alolan Golem [Sun/Moon]
Rock / Electric
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Golem-alola? 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.
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Golem is a stupendous Rock and Electric-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to find yourself dealing with Golem when battling in the 7th generation meta. Golem is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Choice Scarf / Focus Sash
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Wild Charge
- Fire Punch
Physical Sweeper Golem-Alola (Popular/Trending)
Golem is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Golem from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Scarf will increase Golem's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Magnet Pull, prevents adjacent steel-type foes from choosing to switch.
♦ Stone Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
Item: Electrium Z / Air Balloon
Ability: Galvanize
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 136 Hp / 252 Atk / 120 SpD
Moveset:
- Wild Charge / Thunder Punch
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Fire Punch / Double-Edge
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
Physical Sweeper Golem-Alola (Galvanize)
Golem is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Golem is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. With Galvanize, Golem's normal-type moves become electric type and have 1.2x power. Fire Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Golem's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Golem-alola? 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.
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Item: Rockium Z / Air Balloon
Ability: Galvanize
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 136 Hp / 252 Atk / 120 SpD
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Wild Charge / Thunder Punch
- Superpower
Doubles Physical Sweeper Golem-Alola (Galvanize)
Golem is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Golem is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. With Galvanize, Golem's normal-type moves become electric type and have 1.2x power.
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Wild Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Golem's attack and defense by 1 stage).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Golem-alola 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 Golem-alola 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 Golem-alola
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Wide Guard, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Most notable and possible best moves for Golem-alola
- Earthquake
- Explosion
- Fire Punch
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
- Wild Charge
Common Effort Values for Golem-alola in Sun and Moon
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Optimize Golem-alola's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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