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Competitive Pokemon X/Y Movesets and Strategies for Golett

Base Stats for Golett

Ground / Ghost

Abilities:
,
,

Evolutions / Family:
Golett
Golurk

Weakness Chart for Ground/Ghost-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fairy

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

0.5x

2x

0x

2x

Grass

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

2x

0x

0.25x

0.5x

2x

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Golett? 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.

Golett is an interesting Ground and Ghost-typed Pokemon. Golett is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Golett is weak to Dark, Ghost, Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.

Species: Golett
Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Ice Punch / Thunder Punch
- Fire Punch

Physical Sweeper Golett (Iron Fist)

Golett is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Golett's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Golett from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. 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 Iron Fist, Golett's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted. Ice Punch or Thunder Punch are added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).

Species: Golett
Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: No Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Ice Punch / Rock Slide
- Thunder Punch

Physical Sweeper Golett (No Guard)

Golett is a decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Golett's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Golett from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. 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 or Rock Slide are added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Golett? 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.

Species: Golett
Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Ice Punch / Thunder Punch

Doubles Physical Sweeper Golett (Iron Fist)

Golett is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Golett's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Golett from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. 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 Iron Fist, Golett's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted. Ice Punch or Thunder Punch are added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ 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).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).

Species: Golett
Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: No Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Superpower / Hammer Arm
- Thunder Punch / Ice Punch

Doubles Physical Sweeper Golett (No Guard)

Golett is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Golett's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Golett from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. 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. Thunder Punch or Ice Punch are added to provide additional threat coverage.

♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ 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).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).

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.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Golett 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 Golett

Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
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: Protect, Magic Coat
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break

Optimize Golett's EVs for X/Y

Competitive Information for Golett [X/Y]