Competitive Information for Golett [Sword/Shield]
Ground / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Golett? 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.
Golett is a sensational Ground and Ghost-typed Pokemon. Golett is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Golett can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Golett is weak to Dark, Ghost, Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 160 Hp / 252 Atk / 48 Def / 48 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
- Poltergeist
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Fire Punch
Physical Sweeper Golett (Iron Fist)
Golett is an awesome Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Golett's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Iron Fist, Golett's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. Sucker punch is not boosted. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Golett's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Golett's last move failed).
◆ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Golett's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Golett's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: No Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 160 Hp / 252 Atk / 48 Def / 48 SpD
Moveset:
- Poltergeist / Shadow Punch
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
- Rock Slide / Ice Punch
- Superpower / Dynamic Punch
Physical Sweeper Golett (No Guard)
Golett is a wonderful Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Golett's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With No Guard, every move used by or against Golett will always hit. Rock Slide or Ice Punch are added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Golett's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Shadow Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ghost-type move (this move does not check accuracy).
◆ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Golett's last move failed).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Golett's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Dynamic Punch is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to confuse the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Golett? 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.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 160 Hp / 252 Atk / 48 Def / 48 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Poltergeist
- Rock Slide
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Golett (Iron Fist)
Golett is a decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Golett's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Iron Fist, Golett's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. Sucker punch is not boosted. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Golett's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Golett's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Golett's speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: No Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 160 Hp / 252 Atk / 48 Def / 48 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Poltergeist / Shadow Punch
- Rock Slide
- Ice Punch / Mega Kick
Doubles Physical Sweeper Golett (No Guard)
Golett is a decent Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Golett's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Golett's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With No Guard, every move used by or against Golett will always hit. Ice Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Poltergeist is a physical STAB-boosted 110-base power Ghost-type move (fails if the target has no held item).
◆ Shadow Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ghost-type move (this move does not check accuracy).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Mega Kick is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move that deals a vast amount of damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Golett 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 Golett 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 Golett
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Ability: Iron fist + Item: Punching glove
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Fire Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Ice Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Mega Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Thunder Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Dynamic Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Focus Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Shadow Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Drain Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Hammer Arm
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Power-Up Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scorching Sands
Moves that boost Golett's stats
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Iron Defense
- Power-Up Punch
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Golett
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Golett in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Golett's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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