Competitive Information for Golett [X/Y]
Ground / Ghost
Abilities:
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 a remarkable 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.
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.
♦ 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).
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.
♦ 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.
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.
♦ 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).
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.
♦ 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.
Damage Modifiers:
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
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