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[SET]
Choice Item (Gholdengo) @ Choice Scarf / Choice Specs
Ability: Adaptability / Hadron Engine
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid / Modest Nature
- Make It Rain
- Shadow Ball
- Recover / Dazzling Gleam / Thunderbolt
- Trick / Thunderbolt

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice item Gholdengo acts a strong wallbreaker and speed control option, boasting a spammable STAB move and nuke in Shadow Ball and Make It Rain, respectively. Recover should exclusively be used on Choice Scarf sets to allow Gholdengo to take advantage of its good natural typing and above-average bulk, allowing it to consistently switch into offensive threats like Scream Tail, Iron Boulder, and Assault Vest Iron Crown, outspeed them, and force them out while offsetting any damage it may have taken in the process. Dazzling Gleam threatens Dark-types like Roaring Moon while still being a solid middle-ground option against Chien-Pao and Kingambit, and it is Gholdengo's strongest attack against Iron Hands. Thunderbolt is a strong coverage option that lets Gholdengo hit RegenVest Manaphy while being the best move against Kingambit. Lastly, Trick is a good option on Choice Scarf sets that allows Gholdengo to cripple would-be checks like Iron Treads, RegenVest Manaphy, and Swampert, debilitating them while opening itself and other special attacking teammates up later in the game. Adaptability is preferred on sets that only use Gholdengo's STAB moves as damaging moves, as it allows Gholdengo to feint other abilities, but Hadron Engine is preferred on sets with Dazzling Gleam or Thunderbolt to increase their damage output. Choice Specs and a Modest nature turn Gholdengo into a ferocious wallbreaker, allowing it to OHKO RegenVest Manaphy and Roaring Moon with Hadron Engine-boosted Thunderbolt and Dazzling Gleam while almost always OHKOing or 2HKOing every Pokemon in the tier that lacks a Steel-resistance or excellent special bulk. Choice Scarf instead allows it to act as a great speed control option and revenge killer, allowing it to outspeed notable threats like Zamazenta, Chien-Pao, and non-Choice Scarf Roaring Moon.

Gholdengo best fits on balance and bulky offense teams, where its capabilities of acting as either a potent wallbreaker or speed control option are much appreciated. Gholdengo struggles to break past special walls like Blissey, RegenVest Swampert, and Bulletproof Iron Treads, making physical wallbreakers that can put a dent in them like Zamazenta, Roaring Moon, and Chien-Pao good teammates; these physical wallbreakers may struggle with their inability to break past physical walls as well as their Fairy-type checks, all of which Gholdengo helps to cover, bolstering the effectiveness of using them together. Gholdengo struggles against wallbreakers that either outspeed it or survive a hit and threaten it back in return, notably Choice Scarf Roaring Moon, Kingambit, and Deoxys-S, making defensive partners like Corviknight, RegenVest Manaphy, and Roaring Moon good teammates.

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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Focus Blast is an option over any damaging move for its ability to dispatch Kingambit and Heatran effectively, which would otherwise be able to stave Gholdengo's attacks off. A more offensive version of Gholdengo utilizing Nasty Plot with maximum Special Attack and Speed investment and a Timid nature serves as a potent setup sweeper and can be used on teams utilizing Sticky Web to have Gholdengo act as a hard-hitting spinblocker. Choice item sets can run an immunity ability like Well-Baked Body or Levitate to serve as a quick stopgap to Fire- and Ground-type. Psyshock is a niche option on Choice Specs sets that allows Gholdengo to 2HKO the special walls that would usually check it, like Blissey, RegenVest Swampert, and Iron Hands.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Special Walls**: Common special walls like RegenVest Roaring Moon, Swampert, and Bulletproof Iron Treads can easily switch into Gholdengo and force it out.

**Dark-types**: Dark-types like Roaring Moon and Kingambit irritate Gholdengo with their ability to switch into it and force it out.

**Fire-types and Ground-types**: Gholdengo cannot nullify its weakness to both Fire- and Ground-type moves when opting for an immunity ability, causing it to be weak to one type or the other.

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[SET]
Choice Item (Gholdengo) @ Choice Scarf / Choice Specs
Ability: Adaptability / Hadron Engine
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid Nature
- Make It Rain
- Shadow Ball
- Recover / Dazzling Gleam / Thunderbolt
- Trick

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Item Gholdengo is a ferocious wallbreaker, boasting a spammable STAB move and nuke in Shadow Ball and Make It Rain, respectively. Recover allows Gholdengo to take advantage of its good natural typing and above average bulk, allowing it to consistently switch into threats like Scream Tail, Deoxys-S, and Latios deos has sball or knock a good amount of the time and lati just does too much damage with tbolt 2hkoing and force them it out while offsetting any damage it may have gained in the process. Dazzling Gleam threatens Dark-types like Roaring Moon, and Chien-Pao make it rain exists while dealing good damage against Kingambit make it rain also does a bit more and its not like ur staying in to click dgleam again, could mention that dgleam is the best move for hands and Thunderbolt is a strong coverage option that lets it hit RegenVest Manaphy while hitting Kingambit harder. being the strongest move for Kingambit. Lastly, Trick allows it to shut down would be checks like Blissey Iron Treads, more common RegenVest Manaphy, and Swampert, crippling them while opening itself and other special attacking teammates up later in the game. Adaptability is preferred on sets that only use Gholdengo's STABs as damaging moves as it allows Gholdengo to feint other abilities, but Hadron Engine is preferred on sets with Dazzling Gleam or Thunderbolt to increase their damage output. Choice Specs turns Gholdengo into a ferocious wallbreaker, allowing it to OHKO RegenVest Manaphy and Roaring Moon with Hadron Engine-boosted Thunderbolt and Dazzling Gleam, respectively. Choice Scarf instead allows it to act as a great speed control option and revenge killer, allowing it to outspeed notable threats like Zamazenta, Chien-Pao, and non-Choice Scarf Roaring Moon.

Gholdengo best fits on Balance and Bulky Offense teams, where its capabilities of acting as either a potent wallbreaker or speed control option are much appreciated. Gholdengo struggles to break past special walls like Blissey, RegenVest Swampert, and Bulletproof Iron Treads, making physical wallbreakers who can put a dent in them like Zamazenta, Roaring Moon, and Chien-Pao good teammates; these physical wallbreakers may struggle with their inability to break past physical walls as well as their Fairy-type weakness, all of which Gholdengo helps to cover, bolstering the effectiveness of using them together. Gholdengo struggles against wallbreakers that either outspeed it or live a hit and threaten it back in return, notably Choice Scarf Roaring Moon, Kingambit, and when not using Choice Scarf, Iron Moth, making defensive partners like Corviknight, RegenVest Manaphy, and Roaring Moon good teammates.

[SET CREDITS]
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Focus Blast is an option over any damaging move with its ability to dispatch Kingambit and Heatran effectively, who would otherwise be able to stave it off. i would specify that fblast should rly only be used on the choice item set in the recover/dgleam/tbolt slot A more offensive version of Gholdengo utilizing Nasty Plot with max Special Attack and Speed investment, as well as a Timid nature, serves as a potent setup sweeper and can be used on teams utilizing Sticky Web to act as a spinblocker that hits hard. Choice Item sets can run an immunity ability like Well-Baked Body or Levitate to serve as a quick stopgap to Fire- and Ground-types, respectively.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Special Walls**: Common special walls like Blissey, RegenVest Roaring Moon, Swampert, and Bulletproof Iron Treads can easily switch into Gholdengo and force it out.

**Dark-types**: Dark-types like Roaring Moon and Kingambit irritate Gholdengo with their ability to switch into Gholdengo and force it out.

**Fire-types and Ground-types**: Gholdengo cannot nullify its weakness to both Fire- and Ground-type moves when opting for an immunity ability, causing it to be weak to one or the other.

[CREDITS]
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[SET]
Choice Item (Gholdengo) @ Choice Scarf / Choice Specs
Ability: Adaptability / Hadron Engine
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid / Modest Nature
- Make It Rain
- Shadow Ball
- Recover / Dazzling Gleam / Thunderbolt
- Trick / Thunderbolt

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Item Gholdengo is a ferocious wallbreaker, idk a better description that isnt repetitive boasting a spammable STAB move and nuke in Shadow Ball and Make It Rain, respectively. Recover allows Gholdengo to take advantage of its good natural typing and above average bulk, allowing it to consistently switch into offensive threats like Scream Tail, Iron Boulder, and Assault Vest Iron Crown and force them out while offsetting any damage it may have gained in the process. should make it more clear that recover is only used on scarf, cuz u cant force them out without it Dazzling Gleam threatens Dark-types like Roaring Moon while still being a solid midground option against Chien-Pao and Kingambit, and is Gholdengo's strongest attack against Iron Hands. Thunderbolt is a strong coverage option that lets it hit RegenVest Manaphy while being the best move against Kingambit. Lastly, Trick allows it to shut down cripple would be checks like Iron Treads, RegenVest Manaphy, and Swampert, crippling them while opening itself and other special attacking teammates up later in the game. trick is also almost exclusively on scarf, cuz for specs ur just weakening urself and ur not gonna have another special breaker to benefit Adaptability is preferred on sets that only use Gholdengo's STABs as damaging moves as it allows Gholdengo to feint other abilities, but Hadron Engine is preferred on sets with Dazzling Gleam or Thunderbolt to increase their damage output. Choice Specs and a Modest nature turns Gholdengo into a ferocious wallbreaker, allowing it to OHKO RegenVest Manaphy and Roaring Moon with Hadron Engine-boosted Thunderbolt and Dazzling Gleam, this kind of undersells how strong specs dengo is, its switchins have to be both rly bulky and resist steel to not get OHKOed or 2HKOed by mir respectively. Choice Scarf instead allows it to act as a great speed control option and revenge killer, allowing it to outspeed notable threats like Zamazenta, Chien-Pao, and non-Choice Scarf Roaring Moon.

Gholdengo best fits on Balance balance and Bulky Offense bulky offense teams, where its capabilities of acting as either a potent wallbreaker or speed control option are much appreciated. Gholdengo struggles to break past special walls like Blissey, RegenVest Swampert, and Bulletproof Iron Treads, making physical wallbreakers who can put a dent in them like Zamazenta, Roaring Moon, and Chien-Pao good teammates; these physical wallbreakers may struggle with their inability to break past physical walls as well as their Fairy-type weakness, all of which Gholdengo helps to cover, bolstering the effectiveness of using them together. Gholdengo struggles against wallbreakers that either outspeed it or live a hit and threaten it back in return, notably Choice Scarf Roaring Moon, Kingambit, and when not using Choice Scarf, Iron Moth Deoxys-S, outspeeds scarf making defensive partners like Corviknight, RegenVest Manaphy, and Roaring Moon good teammates.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Focus Blast is an option over any damaging move with its ability to dispatch Kingambit and Heatran effectively, who would otherwise be able to stave it off. A more offensive version of Gholdengo utilizing Nasty Plot with max Special Attack and Speed investment, as well as a Timid nature, serves as a potent setup sweeper and can be used on teams utilizing Sticky Web to act as a spinblocker that hits hard. Choice Item sets can run an immunity ability like Well-Baked Body or Levitate to serve as a quick stopgap to Fire- and Ground-types, respectively. Psyshock on specs to 2hko pert, hands, bliss

Checks and Counters
===================

**Special Walls**: Common special walls like Blissey, RegenVest Roaring Moon, Swampert, and Bulletproof Iron Treads can easily switch into Gholdengo and force it out.

**Dark-types**: Dark-types like Roaring Moon and Kingambit irritate Gholdengo with their ability to switch into Gholdengo and force it out.

**Fire-types and Ground-types**: Gholdengo cannot nullify its weakness to both Fire- and Ground-type moves when opting for an immunity ability, causing it to be weak to one or the other.

[CREDITS]
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[SET]
Choice Item (Gholdengo) @ Choice Scarf / Choice Specs
Ability: Adaptability / Hadron Engine
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Timid / Modest Nature
- Make It Rain
- Shadow Ball
- Recover / Dazzling Gleam / Thunderbolt
- Trick / Thunderbolt

[SET COMMENTS]
Choice Item item Gholdengo acts a strong wallbreaker and speed control option, boasting a spammable STAB move and nuke in Shadow Ball and Make It Rain, respectively. Recover should exclusively be used on Choice Scarf sets to allow Gholdengo to take advantage of its good natural typing and above average above-average bulk, allowing it to consistently switch into offensive threats like Scream Tail, Iron Boulder, and Assault Vest Iron Crown, outspeed them, and force them out while offsetting any damage it may have gained taken in the process. Dazzling Gleam threatens Dark-types like Roaring Moon while still being a solid midground middle-ground option against Chien-Pao and Kingambit, and it is Gholdengo's strongest attack against Iron Hands. Thunderbolt is a strong coverage option that lets it Gholdengo hit RegenVest Manaphy while being the best move against Kingambit. Lastly, Trick is a good option on Choice Scarf sets that allows Gholdengo to cripple would be would-be checks like Iron Treads, RegenVest Manaphy, and Swampert, debilitating them while opening itself and other special attacking teammates up later in the game. Adaptability is preferred on sets that only use Gholdengo's STABs STAB moves as damaging moves, (AC) as it allows Gholdengo to feint other abilities, but Hadron Engine is preferred on sets with Dazzling Gleam or Thunderbolt to increase their damage output. Choice Specs and a Modest nature turns turn Gholdengo into a ferocious wallbreaker, allowing it to OHKO RegenVest Manaphy and Roaring Moon with Hadron Engine-boosted Thunderbolt and Dazzling Gleam (RC) respectively while almost always OHKOing or 2HKOing every Pokemon in the tier that lacks a Steel-type resist and Steel-resistance or excellent special bulk. Choice Scarf instead allows it to act as a great speed control option and revenge killer, allowing it to outspeed notable threats like Zamazenta, Chien-Pao, and non-Choice Scarf Roaring Moon.

Gholdengo best fits on balance and bulky offense teams, where its capabilities of acting as either a potent wallbreaker or speed control option are much appreciated. Gholdengo struggles to break past special walls like Blissey, RegenVest Swampert, and Bulletproof Iron Treads, making physical wallbreakers who that can put a dent in them like Zamazenta, Roaring Moon, and Chien-Pao good teammates; these physical wallbreakers may struggle with their inability to break past physical walls as well as their Fairy-type weakness checks, all of which Gholdengo helps to cover, bolstering the effectiveness of using them together. Gholdengo struggles against wallbreakers that either outspeed it or live survive a hit and threaten it back in return, notably Choice Scarf Roaring Moon, Kingambit, and Deoxys-S, making defensive partners like Corviknight, RegenVest Manaphy, and Roaring Moon good teammates.

[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Focus Blast is an option over any damaging move with for its ability to dispatch Kingambit and Heatran effectively, who which would otherwise be able to stave it Gholdengo's attacks off. A more offensive version of Gholdengo utilizing Nasty Plot with max maximum Special Attack and Speed investment (RC) as well as and a Timid nature (RC) serves as a potent setup sweeper and can be used on teams utilizing Sticky Web to have Gholdengo act as a hard-hitting spinblocker that hits hard. Choice Item item sets can run an immunity ability like Well-Baked Body or Levitate to serve as a quick stopgap to Fire- and Ground-types, respectively Ground-type. Psyshock is a niche option on Choice Specs sets that allow allows Gholdengo to 2HKO the special walls that would usually check it, like Blissey, RegenVest Swampert, and Iron Hands (RC) by targeting their weaker Defense stat.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Special Walls**: Common special walls like RegenVest Roaring Moon, Swampert, and Bulletproof Iron Treads can easily switch into Gholdengo and force it out.

**Dark-types**: Dark-types like Roaring Moon and Kingambit irritate Gholdengo with their ability to switch into Gholdengo it and force it out.

**Fire-types and Ground-types**: Gholdengo cannot nullify its weakness to both Fire- and Ground-type moves when opting for an immunity ability, causing it to be weak to one type or the other.

[CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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