Garchomp

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#445 Garchomp
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Gabite < Garchomp > Munchlax
Japanese Nameガブリアス Gaburiasu
Evolves fromGabite
Evolves toNone
SpeciesMach Pokémon
Gender RatiosMale 50%
Female 50%
TypeDragon/ Ground
Height6′03″ (1.9m)
Weight209.4 lbs. (95.0kg)
AbilitySand Veil
Egg GroupMonster/ Dragon
TierUber

Garchomp (Japanese: ガブリアス Gaburiasu) is a Dragon/Ground-type introduced in the Diamond and Pearl versions, and a demi-uber. Thanks to a wide movepool, very imposing stats and very powerful Attack boosts, Garchomp dominated the standard metagame as a physical attacker for the length of time that it was present in it. It was ruled Uber by Smogon, however, under the offensive characteristic. Since its introduction, it has outclassed the previous king of physical sweeping, Salamence, greatly surpassing it in terms of usage. In addition to having no counters, Garchomp's ability, Sand Veil, grants it a 20% evasion boost while a sandstorm is present.

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Game Appearances

Garchomp's first appearance was in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, and it will presumably appear in Pokémon Platinum as well.

Locations

Evolution

Evolution Chain
Male: image:gible male sprite dp.png--Level 24-->image:gabite male sprite dp.png--Level 48-->image:garchomp male sprite dp.png

Type Effectiveness

Garchomp's typing adds to its very strong physical sweeping ability. Dragon and Ground is a STAB combination resisted only by Skarmory and Bronzong, for which Garchomp has Fire-type moves. On the defensive side, a x4 weakness to Ice is rather crippling, but Garchomp has many useful resistances to make up for this, including a valuable immunity to Electric, and therefore Thunder Wave.

Weaknesses

Garchomp is weak against attacks of the following Types:

Resistances

Garchomp resists attacks of the following Types:

Ability

Garchomp has the ability Sand Veil, which adds to its somewhat unbalanced ability to set up and sweep. In a sandstorm, Garchomp is granted a 20% evasion boost. As a result, Garchomp is very often used alongside Hippowdon and Tyranitar, for their ability, Sandstream, spawns an infinite sandstorm that will only go away if other weather is introduced. Many players like to take further advantage of Sand Veil by using Garchomps with the hold item Brightpowder, which adds another 8% evasion boost. Along with Substitute, Garchomp becomes difficult to hit, and a sweep can be inevitable.

Attack List

Garchomp has a very wide movepool, and learns a variety of attacks through levelup, by TM/HM, breeding, and Platinum also widens it's tutor movepool.

Levelup

Level Attack
1 Fire Fang
1 Tackle
1 Sand-Attack
1 Sandstorm
3 Sand-Attack
7 Dragon Rage
13 Sandstorm
15 Take Down
19 Sand Tomb
28 Slash
33 Dragon Claw
40 Dig
48 Crunch
55 Dragon Rush

By TM/HM

Garchomp is able to learn a wide variety of moves by TM/HM.

TM/HM number TM/HM
TM02 Dragon Claw
TM05 Roar
TM06 Toxic
TM10 Hidden Power
TM11 Sunny Day
TM15 Hyper Beam
TM17 Protect
TM18 Rain Dance
TM21 Frustration
TM23 Iron Tail
TM26 Earthquake
TM27 Return
TM28 Dig
TM31 Brick Break
TM32 Double Team
TM33 Reflect
TM35 Flamethower
TM37 Sandstorm
TM38 Fire Blast
TM39 Rock Tomb
TM40 Aerial Ace
TM42 Facade
TM43 Secret Power
TM44 Rest
TM45 Attract
TM54 False Swipe
TM56 Fling
TM58 Endure
TM59 Dragon Pulse
TM65 Shadow Claw
TM68 Giga Impact
TM71 Stone Edge
TM75 Swords Dance
TM76 Stealth Rock
TM78 Captivate
TM80 Rock Slide
TM82 Sleep Talk
TM83 Natural Gift
TM84 Poison Jab
TM87 Swagger
TM90 Substitute
HM01 Cut
HM03 Surf
HM04 Strength
HM06 Rock Smash
HM08 Rock Climb

Egg Moves and Breeding

Through Breeding with other Pokemon, Gible is able to learn a variety of moves. Garchomp is of the Monster and Dragon Egg Groups.

Egg Moves
Body Slam
Double Edge
Dragonbreath
Iron Head
Metal Claw
Outrage
Scary Face
Thrash
Twister

By Tutoring

In DP, Garchomp only has one attack it can learn from tutoring, but in Platinum, it's tutor movepool has widened

Tutoring
Draco Meteor
Platinum tutoring
Draco Meteor
Fury Cutter
Snore
Swift
Aqua Tail
Earth Power
Iron Head
Mudslap
Outrage
Twister

Base Stats

Stat Base #
Hit Points 108
Attack 130
Defense 95
Speed 102
Special Attack 80
Special Defense 85
Total 600
[Category:Dragon Type]]

Related Forum Threads

Diamond and Pearl Pokemon Analysis: Garchomp by Red - last post by Kuhn @ Apr 8, 07
Best Garchomp Moveset For BF - last post by Mr_Wuffles @ Jun 11, 09
Is Garchomp really too good for standard play? - last post by mikeyv121 @ Aug 11, 08
Salamence and Garchomp. - last post by hm3 @ Apr 6, 08
Best Moveset for Garchomp? - last post by harith_hunter @ Mar 12, 08

Related Forums

Pokémon Diamond Forum
Pokémon Pearl Forum
Pokémon Platinum Forum

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