What is a good competitive moveset for Garbodor-gmax? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Garbodor is a wonderful Poison-typed Pokemon. It's super common to find yourself dealing with Garbodor when battling in the 8th generation meta. Garbodor's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic.
Species: Garbodor-Gmax Item: White Herb / Weakness Policy Ability: Weak Armor Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Moveset: - Cross Poison - Thief / Body Slam - Seed Bomb - Stomping Tantrum
Physical Sweeper Garbodor-Gmax (Weak Armor)
Garbodor is an interesting Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Garbodor's negative stat changes once. Weakness Policy activates if Garbodor is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Garbodor it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages. Thief was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Cross Poison is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison). ◆ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Garbodor has no item, it steals the target's). ◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target). ◆ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage. ◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Garbodor's last move failed).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Garbodor-gmax? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Species: Garbodor-Gmax Item: White Herb / Weakness Policy Ability: Weak Armor Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Moveset: - Cross Poison - Thief / Body Slam - Seed Bomb - Stomping Tantrum
Garbodor is a wonderful Physical Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Garbodor's negative stat changes once. Weakness Policy activates if Garbodor is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Garbodor it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages. Thief was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Cross Poison is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison). ◆ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Garbodor has no item, it steals the target's). ◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target). ◆ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a large amount of damage. ◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Garbodor's last move failed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Garbodor-gmax 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Garbodor-gmax can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Garbodor-gmax
Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
Moves: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
Moves: Pain split + Toxic
Moves: Body Press + Curse
Moves: Body Press + Stockpile
Ability: Weak armor + Item: White herb
Ability: Weak armor + Item: Weakness policy
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Garbodor-gmax's stats
Amnesia
Autotomize
Curse
Metal Claw
Rock Polish
Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Garbodor-gmax
Protect
Rest
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Garbodor-gmax in Sword and Shield
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