Competitive Information for Gourgeist [X/Y]
Ghost / Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Gourgeist? 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.
Gourgeist is a phenomenal Ghost and Grass-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to see Gourgeist show up as a X/Y opponent. Gourgeist is weak to Dark, Fire, Flying, Ghost, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Insomnia
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Seed Bomb / Razor Leaf
- Phantom Force / Return
- Foul Play / Thief
- Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Gourgeist (Insomnia)
Gourgeist is an astounding Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Gourgeist's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Gourgeist's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Insomnia, Gourgeist cannot fall asleep. gaining this ability while asleep cures it. Phantom Force was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Razor Leaf is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Phantom Force is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Ghost-type move (disappears turn 1. hits turn 2. breaks protection).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Gourgeist has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Gourgeist? 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 / Choice Band
Ability: Insomnia
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Seed Bomb
- Rock Slide
- Phantom Force / Return
- Foul Play / Thief
Doubles Physical Sweeper Gourgeist (Insomnia)
Gourgeist is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Gourgeist's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Gourgeist's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Insomnia, Gourgeist cannot fall asleep. gaining this ability while asleep cures it. Phantom Force was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Phantom Force is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Ghost-type move (disappears turn 1. hits turn 2. breaks protection).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Gourgeist has no item, it steals the target's).
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Item: Weakness Policy
Ability: Insomnia
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Toxic
- Pain Split
- Seed Bomb / Razor Leaf
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Gourgeist (Insomnia)
Gourgeist is a spectacular Defensive Trick Room. Weakness Policy activates if Gourgeist is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Insomnia, Gourgeist cannot fall asleep. gaining this ability while asleep cures it. Phantom Force was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Pain Split is a status move (shares hp of Gourgeist and target equally).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Razor Leaf is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Gourgeist 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 Gourgeist 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 Gourgeist
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Magic Coat, Protect, Shadow Sneak
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Gourgeist's stats
- Charge Beam
- Flame Charge
Most notable and possible best moves for Gourgeist
- Destiny Bond
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Gourgeist in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Gourgeist's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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