
These defenses are as good as gold, baby!
[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Recover
move 2: Thunder Wave
move 3: Hex / Shadow Ball
move 4: Make It Rain / Focus Blast
item: Rocky Helmet / Covert Cloak
tera type: Flying / Normal / Fairy
ability: Good as Gold
nature: Bold
evs: 252 HP / 236 Def / 20 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
* While Gholdengo's defensive stats aren't remarkable, it's fantastic typing and immunity to status moves like Taunt make it a great defensive Pokemon.
* Thunder Wave makes switching into this Gholdengo very difficult, as it can punish its speedier offensive checks like Hydreigon and Meowscarada.
* Hex gives this Gholdengo a good offensive kick against paralyzed foes, but Shadow Ball is worth considering for its consistency.
* Make It Rain is Gholdengo's most consistent way of dealing damage to Garganacl, but this set's defensive nature makes it difficult to win the one-on-one.
* Focus Blast isn't nearly as reliable as Make It Rain, but it's Gholdengo's best shot at making it past Kingambit.
* The given EVs outspeed paralyzed Dragapult, while maximizing physical bulk.
Tera Types
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* **Flying**: Avoiding Earthquake against foes like Garchomp makes Tera Flying extremely useful for Gholdengo; this also gives it protection against Fissure from the likes of Dondozo and Garganacl.
* **Normal**: Tera Normal is not incredible defensively, but it does let Gholdengo surprise faster Ghost-types such as Dragapult and Mimikyu.
* **Fairy**: Tera Fairy gives Gholdengo a much better matchup against common Dark-type attackers like Hydreigon and Meowscarada.
Items
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* **Rocky Helmet**: Rocky Helmet takes advantage of Gholdengo's excellent typing against physical moves, making it a good way to punish contact moves such as Outrage from Garchomp.
* **Covert Cloak**: This is Gholdengo's best shot of outstalling Garganacl, since it grants an immunty to Salt Cure's effect.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Theorymon, 29010]]
- Quality checked by: [[DerpySuX, 528485], [Thick Fat Azumarill, 330577]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Isaiah, 375662]]
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