Competitive Information for Garbodor [X/Y]
Poison
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Garbodor? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Garbodor is an astounding Poison-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to find yourself dealing with Garbodor when battling in the 6th generation meta. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Garbodor's only type-related weaknesses are Ground and Psychic.
Item: White Herb / Life Orb
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Body Slam
- Seed Bomb
- Drain Punch
- Thief / Payback
Physical Sweeper Garbodor (Weak Armor)
Garbodor is popular Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Garbodor's negative stat changes once. 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 it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
♦ 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 good amount of damage.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Garbodor recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Garbodor has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Garbodor moves after the target).
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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 an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is 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 life every turn. 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).
♦ 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).
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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 an astounding Support. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Garbodor is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. With Aftermath, if Garbodor is koed with a contact move that move's user loses 1/4 its max hp.
♦ 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).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Stench
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
Moveset:
- Gunk Shot
- Drain Punch
- Rock Blast
- Return
Garbodor Physical Tank (Patriot Pokemon)
Garbodor is an extraordinary Physical Tank. It is designed to take a hefty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. 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 Stench, Garbodor's attacks without a chance to flinch have a 10% chance to flinch.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Garbodor recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Rock Blast is a physical 25-base power Rock-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Air Balloon
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 108 Hp / 200 Atk / 180 Def / 20 Spe
Moveset:
- Drain Punch
- Rock Polish
- Payback
- Return
Garbodor Physical Tank (Garbage Worh It?)
Garbodor is a wonderful Physical Tank. It's primary goal is to take a decent amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Garbodor is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. 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.
♦ Rock Polish is a status move (raises your Garbodor's speed by 2 stages).
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Garbodor moves after the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Garbodor? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: White Herb / Life Orb
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Body Slam
- Seed Bomb
- Drain Punch
- Thief / Payback
Doubles Physical Sweeper Garbodor (Weak Armor)
Garbodor is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Garbodor's negative stat changes once. 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 it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
♦ 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.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Garbodor recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Garbodor has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Payback is a physical 50-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if your Garbodor moves after the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Garbodor learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Garbodor can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Garbodor
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- 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: Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Garbodor's stats
- Amnesia
- Curse
- Rock Polish
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Garbodor
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Garbodor in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Garbodor's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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