Competitive Information for Gothita [Sword/Shield]
Psychic
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Gothita? 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.
Gothita is a decent Psychic-typed Pokemon. Gothita is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Gothita is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Competitive
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 208 Hp / 48 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Energy Ball / Grass Knot
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Dark Pulse / Foul Play
Special Sweeper Gothita (Competitive)
Gothita is a wonderful Special Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Gothita's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Gothita's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Competitive, Gothita's sp. Atk is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Gothita on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Gothita's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Shadow Tag
Nature: Hasty (+Spe, -Def)
EVs: 58 Hp / 226 Def / 226 SpA
Moveset:
- Energy Ball
- Dark Pulse
- Calm Mind / Skill Swap
- Psychic / Thunderbolt
Gothita Special Tank (Life Orb Goth)
Gothita is an outstanding Special Tank for single battles. It is designed to take a mighty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Life Orb boosts the power of Gothita's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shadow Tag, prevents adjacent foes from choosing to switch unless they also have this ability.
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Gothita's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Skill Swap is a status move (your Gothita and the target trade abilities).
◆ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Gothita? 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: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Competitive
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 208 Hp / 48 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Energy Ball / Grass Knot
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Dark Pulse / Foul Play
Doubles Special Sweeper Gothita (Competitive)
Gothita is an astounding Special Sweeper for double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Gothita's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Gothita's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Competitive, Gothita's sp. Atk is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Gothita on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Gothita's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Competitive
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 188 Def / 68 SpD
Moveset:
- Psychic / Expanding Force
- Energy Ball / Grass Knot
- Thunderbolt / Charge Beam
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Gothita (Competitive)
Gothita is a notable Defensive Trick Room for single battles. Focus Sash helps protect Gothita from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Competitive, Gothita's sp. Atk is raised by 2 for each of its stats that is lowered by a foe.
◆ Expanding Force is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (Gothita on psychic terrain: 1.5x power, hits foes).
◆ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Grass Knot is a special 0-base power Grass-type move (more power the heavier the target).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Charge Beam is a special 50-base power Electric-type move (70% chance to raise your Gothita's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. For 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Gothita 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 Gothita 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 Gothita
- Moves: Gravity + Hypnosis
- Moves: Swagger + Flatter
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Flatter + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Nasty plot + Stored power
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Moves: Psyshock + Tickle
- Ability: Shadow tag + Move: Mirror coat
- 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, Fake Out, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic, Hypnosis
Moves that boost Gothita's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Nasty Plot
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Gothita
- Fake Out
- Hypnosis
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Rock Tomb
- Stored Power
- Taunt
- Toxic
- Trick Room
Common Effort Values for Gothita in Sword and Shield
- Sassy Nature ( 252/0/4/0/252/0 )
- Sassy Nature ( 248/0/252/0/8/0 )
- Optimize Gothita's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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