Competitive Information for Garbodor [Sword/Shield]
Base Stats for Garbodor
Poison
Abilities:
StenchStench: This Pokemon's attacks without a chance to flinch have a 10% chance to flinch.
, AftermathAftermath: If this Pokemon is KOed with a contact move, that move's user loses 1/4 its max HP.
, Weak ArmorWeak Armor: If a physical attack hits this Pokemon, Defense is lowered by 1, Speed is raised by 2.
Bug
Dark
Dragon
Electric
Fairy
Fighting
Fire
Flying
Ghost
0.5x
0.5x
0.5x
Grass
Ground
Ice
Normal
Poison
Psychic
Rock
Steel
Water
0.5x
2x
0.5x
2x
¼x
½x
2x
4x
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Garbodor? 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 pretty decent Poison-typed Pokemon. It's normal 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
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Cross Poison
- Body Slam
- Seed Bomb
- Body Press
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Cross Poison
- Body Slam
- Seed Bomb
- Body Press
Physical Sweeper Garbodor (Weak Armor)
Garbodor is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Garbodor's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Garbodor defense is lowered by 1 speed is raised by 2.
♦ Cross Poison is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
♦ 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 nice amount of damage.
♦ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses defense instead of attack in damage calculation).
♦ 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 nice amount of damage.
♦ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses defense instead of attack in damage calculation).
Species: Garbodor
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Gunk Shot
- Drain Punch
- Protect
- Toxic
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Gunk Shot
- Drain Punch
- Protect
- Toxic
Garbodor Physical Sweeper (Stinky Bag)
Garbodor is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Garbodor last longer regaining it's it's health every turn. With Aftermath, if Garbodor is koed with a contact move that move's user loses 1/4 its max hp.
♦ Gunk Shot is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Garbodor recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Garbodor this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Garbodor recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Garbodor this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
Species: Garbodor
Item: Air Balloon
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 230 Def / 50 SpD / 230 Spe
Moveset:
- Drain Punch
- Toxic Spikes
- Rock Blast
- Spikes
Item: Air Balloon
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 230 Def / 50 SpD / 230 Spe
Moveset:
- Drain Punch
- Toxic Spikes
- Rock Blast
- Spikes
Garbodor Support (Garbage)
Garbodor is popular Support. With Aftermath, if Garbodor is koed with a contact move that move's user loses 1/4 its max hp.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Garbodor recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Toxic Spikes is a status move (poisons grounded foes on switch-in. max 2 layers).
♦ Rock Blast is a physical 25-base power Rock-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Spikes is a status move (hurts grounded foes on switch-in. max 3 layers).
♦ Toxic Spikes is a status move (poisons grounded foes on switch-in. max 2 layers).
♦ Rock Blast is a physical 25-base power Rock-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Spikes is a status move (hurts grounded foes on switch-in. max 3 layers).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Garbodor? 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
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Cross Poison
- Body Slam
- Seed Bomb
- Body Press
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Cross Poison
- Body Slam
- Seed Bomb
- Body Press
Doubles Physical Sweeper Garbodor (Weak Armor)
Garbodor is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Garbodor's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Garbodor defense is lowered by 1 speed is raised by 2.
♦ Cross Poison is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Poison-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison).
♦ 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 hefty amount of damage.
♦ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses defense instead of attack in damage calculation).
♦ 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 hefty amount of damage.
♦ Body Press is a physical 80-base power Fighting-type move (uses defense instead of attack in damage calculation).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Garbodor 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.
Cat
Type
Movename
Damage
Accuracy
PP
Effect
Acid Spray
40
100%
20
100% chance to lower the target's Sp. Def by 2.
Belch
120
90%
10
Cannot be selected until the user eats a Berry.
Clear Smog
50
--
15
Resets all of the target's stat stages to 0.
Dark Pulse
80
100%
15
20% chance to flinch the target.
Focus Blast
120
70%
5
10% chance to lower the target's Sp. Def by 1.
Giga Drain
75
100%
10
User recovers 50% of the damage dealt.
Hyper Beam
150
90%
5
User cannot move next turn.
Psychic
90
100%
10
10% chance to lower the target's Sp. Def by 1.
Round
60
100%
15
Power doubles if others used Round this turn.
Sludge
65
100%
20
30% chance to poison the target.
Sludge Bomb
90
100%
10
30% chance to poison the target.
Sludge Wave
95
100%
10
10% chance to poison adjacent Pokemon.
Snore
50
100%
15
User must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target.
Solar Beam
120
100%
10
Charges turn 1. Hits turn 2. No charge in sunlight.
Thunderbolt
90
100%
15
10% chance to paralyze the target.
Venoshock
65
100%
10
Power doubles if the target is poisoned.
Body Press
80
100%
10
Uses Def instead of Atk in damage calculation.
Body Slam
85
100%
15
30% chance to paralyze the target.
Cross Poison
70
100%
20
High critical hit ratio. 10% chance to poison.
Drain Punch
75
100%
10
User recovers 50% of the damage dealt.
Explosion
250
100%
5
Hits adjacent Pokemon. The user faints.
Facade
70
100%
20
Power doubles if user is burn/poison/paralyzed.
Fling
--
100%
10
Flings the user's item at the target. Power varies.
Giga Impact
150
90%
5
User cannot move next turn.
Gunk Shot
120
80%
5
30% chance to poison the target.
Metal Claw
50
95%
35
10% chance to raise the user's Attack by 1.
Payback
50
100%
10
Power doubles if the user moves after the target.
Pound
40
100%
35
No additional effect.
Rock Blast
25
90%
10
Hits 2-5 times in one turn.
Rollout
30
90%
20
Power doubles with each hit. Repeats for 5 turns.
Seed Bomb
80
100%
15
No additional effect.
Self-Destruct
200
100%
5
Hits adjacent Pokemon. The user faints.
Stomping Tantrum
75
100%
10
Power doubles if the user's last move failed.
Take Down
90
85%
20
Has 1/4 recoil.
Thief
60
100%
25
If the user has no item, it steals the target's.
Amnesia
--
--
20
Raises the user's Sp. Def by 2.
Attract
--
100%
15
A target of the opposite gender gets infatuated.
Autotomize
--
--
15
Raises the user's Speed by 2; user loses 100 kg.
Curse
--
--
10
Curses if Ghost, else -1 Spe, +1 Atk, +1 Def.
Endure
--
--
10
User survives attacks this turn with at least 1 HP.
Haze
--
--
30
Eliminates all stat changes.
Pain Split
--
--
20
Shares HP of user and target equally.
Poison Gas
--
90%
40
Poisons the foe(s).
Protect
--
--
10
Prevents moves from affecting the user this turn.
Rain Dance
--
--
5
For 5 turns, heavy rain powers Water moves.
Recycle
--
--
10
Restores the item the user last used.
Rest
--
--
10
User sleeps 2 turns and restores HP and status.
Sand Attack
--
100%
15
Lowers the target's accuracy by 1.
Screech
--
85%
40
Lowers the target's Defense by 2.
Sleep Talk
--
--
10
User must be asleep. Uses another known move.
Spikes
--
--
20
Hurts grounded foes on switch-in. Max 3 layers.
Stockpile
--
--
20
Raises user's Defense, Sp. Def by 1. Max 3 uses.
Substitute
--
--
10
User takes 1/4 its max HP to put in a substitute.
Sunny Day
--
--
5
For 5 turns, intense sunlight powers Fire moves.
Swallow
--
--
10
Heals the user based on uses of Stockpile.
Toxic
--
90%
10
Badly poisons the target. Poison types can't miss.
Toxic Spikes
--
--
20
Poisons grounded foes on switch-in. Max 2 layers.
Venom Drench
--
100%
20
Lowers Atk/Sp. Atk/Speed of poisoned foes by 1.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Garbodor 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
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar Beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Haze
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