Garchomp

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#445 Garchomp
Gabite < Garchomp > Munchlax
Japanese Name	ガブリアス Gaburiasu
Evolves from	Gabite
Evolves to	None
Species	Mach Pokémon
Gender Ratios	Male 50% Female 50%
Type	Dragon/ Ground
Height	6′03″ (1.9m)
Weight	209.4 lbs. (95.0kg)
Ability	Sand Veil
Egg Group	Monster/ Dragon
Tier	Uber

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.

Contents 1 Game Appearances 2 Locations 3 Evolution 4 Type Effectiveness 4.1 Weaknesses 4.2 Resistances 5 Ability 6 Attack List 6.1 Levelup 6.2 By TM/HM 6.3 Egg Moves and Breeding 6.4 By Tutoring 7 Base Stats

Game Appearances

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

Locations

• Diamond: Evolve Gabite.
• Pearl: Evolve Gabite.
• Platinum: Unknown.

Evolution

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:

• Ice x4
• Dragon x2

Resistances

Garchomp resists attacks of the following Types:

• Poison x.5
• Fire x.5
• Rock x.5
• Electric x0

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

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