Competitive Information for Golbat [X/Y]
Poison / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Golbat? 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.
Golbat is an astounding Poison and Flying-typed Pokemon. Golbat is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Golbat is weak to Electric, Ice, Psychic, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Wing Attack
- U-turn / Bite
- Poison Fang
- Zen Headbutt
Physical Sweeper Golbat (Infiltrator)
Golbat is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Golbat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Golbat's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist. U-turn or Bite are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Golbat switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Poison Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (50% chance to badly poison the target).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
Special Sweeper Golbat (Infiltrator)
Golbat is a fabulous Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Golbat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Golbat's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist.
♦ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
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Item: Eviolite
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
EVs: 44 Hp / 252 Def / 212 SpD
Moveset:
- Roost
- Aerial Ace
- Taunt
- Torment
Golbat Double Wall (Wallbat)
Golbat is a pretty decent Double Wall. It attempts to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Golbat is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Inner Focus, Golbat cannot be made to flinch. Good support/mixed wall, but it's crappy without Eviolite.
♦ Aerial Ace is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move (this move does not check accuracy).
♦ Taunt is a status move (target can't use status moves its next 3 turns).
♦ Torment is a status move (target can't select the same move twice in a row).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Golbat? 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: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Wing Attack
- U-turn / Bite
- Poison Fang
- Zen Headbutt
Doubles Physical Sweeper Golbat (Infiltrator)
Golbat is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Golbat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Golbat's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist. U-turn or Bite are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Wing Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Flying-type move that deals damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Golbat switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Poison Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Poison-type move (50% chance to badly poison the target).
♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave
- Sludge Bomb / Venoshock
- Twister
Doubles Special Sweeper Golbat (Infiltrator)
Golbat is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Golbat from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Golbat's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Infiltrator, moves ignore substitutes and the foe's reflect light screen safeguard and mist.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Venoshock is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Poison-type move (power doubles if the target is poisoned).
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Golbat 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 Golbat 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 Golbat
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Snatch, Quick Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Hypnosis
Moves that boost Golbat's stats
- Curse
- Nasty Plot
- Ominous Wind
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Golbat
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Golbat in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Golbat's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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