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Garganacl Movesets and Best Builds

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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet - Garganacl Pokedex
This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Garganacl in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use with Garganacl, as well as its strengths and weakness.

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Garganacl Base Stats, Type, Abilities and Weaknesses

Paldea #131 Type
Garganacl ImageGarganacl
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Rock Icon
Abilities
Purifying Salt
Sturdy
Clear Body (Hidden)
Weak to:
(2x)
Pokemon Water Type Icon Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Fighting Type Icon Pokemon Ground Type Icon Pokemon Steel Type Icon
Damaged Normally
By:
(1x)
Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Ice Type Icon Pokemon Psychic Type Icon Pokemon Bug Type Icon Pokemon Rock Type Icon Pokemon Ghost Type Icon Pokemon Dragon Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon Pokemon Fairy Type Icon
Resists: (0.5x)
Pokemon Normal Type Icon Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Poison Type Icon Pokemon Flying Type Icon

What is Type Effectiveness?

Ability Name Description
Purifying Salt The Pokemon is protected from being inflicted with status conditions and halves the damage taken from Ghost-type moves.
Sturdy The user cannot be knocked out with one hit and cannot be knocked out by One hit KO moves, causing the Pokemon to have 1 HP remaining.
Clear Body
(Hidden)
Prevents other Pokemon from lowering the user's stats.

Base Stats

Base Stats
Lv. 50 Stats
Stat Value Rank
HP
100
82
Atk
100
201
Def
130
25
SpAtk
45
635
SpDef
90
176
Speed
35
716
Total
500
271
Explanation of Pokemon Stats
Stat Max 0Nat 0EV -Nat Min
HP 207 207 175 175 160
Atk 167 152 120 108 94
Def 200 182 150 135 121
SpAtk 106 97 65 58 45
SpDef 156 142 110 99 85
Spd 95 87 55 49 36
  • Max: Max IVs & EVs and a stat-boosting Nature
  • 0Nat: Max IVs & EVs and a neutral Nature
  • 0EV: Max IVs, 0 EVs, and a neutral Nature
  • -Nat: Max IVs, 0 EVs, and a stat-reducing Nature
  • Min: 0 IVs & EVs, and a stat-reducing Nature
Introduction to EVs, IVs, and Natures

Best Nature for Garganacl

Best Natures
Relaxed
(+Def, -Spe)
Careful
(+Sp. Def, -Sp. Atk)
Sassy
(+Sp. Def, -Spe)

What are Natures?

Singles Movesets for Garganacl

Build Name Recommendation
Late-Game Tank ★★★★★

Late-Game Tank Moveset & Best Build

Nature Sassy (+Sp. Def, -Spe)
EV Spread 244 HP / 12 Def / 252 Sp. Def
IVs 0 Spe
Final Stat Values 206 HP / 120 Atk / 167 Def / 142 Sp. Def / 36 Spe
Ability Purifying Salt
Tera Type Pokemon Grass Type Icon
Held Item Leftovers
Moveset Salt Cure
Body Press
Iron Defense
Recover

Purifying Salt is a powerful Ability for a Tank to have, letting Garganacl be immune to Status Conditions. It is also the premiere Pokemon for using the Iron Defense + Body Press combo, thanks to its enormous Physical bulk.

Access to Recover gives it even more staying power, and Salt Cure allows it to outlast most Pokemon.

Other Viable Moves

Iron Head Iron Head gives Garganacl an out against Pokemon like Flutter Mane

Doubles Movesets for Garganacl

Build Name Recommendation
Late-Game Tank ★★★★★

Late-Game Tank Moveset & Best Build

Nature Sassy (+Sp. Def, -Spe)
EV Spread 252 HP / 60 Def / 196 Sp. Def
Final Stat Values 207 HP / 120 Atk / 158 Def / 148 Sp. Def / 55 Spe
Ability Purifying Salt
Tera Type Pokemon Ghost Type Icon
Held Item Covert Cloak
Moveset Salt Cure
Wide Guard
Protect
Recover

Summary

Pokeball IconExtremely difficult to KO.

Pokeball IconCan outlast most Pokemon with its defensive toolkit.

Pokeball IconIts four main moves are all effective and useful.

Ability and Held Item

Purifying Salt is Garganacl's best Ability which protects it from status conditions; a useful Ability for a defensive Pokemon to have.

Having Covert Cloak as its Held Item helps Garganacl win the mirror match against other Garganacl, as Covert Cloak can block Salt Cure's incremental damage.

Moves Breakdown

Salt Cure is Garganacl's main attacking move, which deals incremental damage to opposing Pokemon, with boosted damage dealt to Water and Steel-type Pokemon.

Recover allows Garganacl to heal back precious HP, allowing it to effectively outlast opponents.
Wide Guard is a powerful move which can protect Garganacl and its team from common spread moves like Earthquake and Make it Rain

Protect is good for turns where Garganacl is in danger of getting double targeted.

Best Tera Type

This build makes use of Tera Ghost to give it an immunity to Fighting-type Attacks, most notably Iron Hands' Drain Punch

EV Spread and Nature

252 HP with 60 Defense lets Garganacl take two 300 Base Power Rage Fists from Annihilape after Leftovers recovery. With this much bulk, Garganacl was sure to take anything else that wasn't boosted and super-effective. 196 is given to Special Defense to round out Garganacl's bulk, letting it take super-effective Special damage very well.

Key Damage Calculations

Defense Icon Pokemon SVDamage Received by Garganacl
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Annihilape Image 115 Atk
Offensive EV Investment:
36 Atk
Rage Fist (300 BP)
84 ~ 99 (40.5 ~ 47.8%)
Item: Leftovers
Guaranteed 3-hit KO After Leftovers Recovery
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Annihilape Image 115 Atk
Offensive EV Investment:
36 Atk
Rage Fist (300 BP)
168 ~ 198 (81.1 ~ 95.6%)
Item: Leftovers
Tera Type: Pokemon Ghost Type Icon
Guaranteed 2-hit KO After Leftovers Recovery

How to Use Garganacl Effectively

Iron Defense and Body Press for Massive Damage

Setting up multiple Iron Defenses can allow for Body Press to deal huge damage. This is great for neutral and super-effective hits, and for cleaning up late-game.

Use As A Late-Game Win Condition

When all your opponent's Special Attackers are disposed of, Garganacl can come in and be a powerhouse of a tank, shrugging off all physical damage, setting up, and going for knock outs. Alternatively, using Salt Cure and outlasting opponents is also a powerful strategy.

How to Build a Team with Garganacl

Pokemon who can handily dispose of Special Attackers (Notably Water-types and Grass-types) are great teammates for Garganacl.

Garganacl ideally wants to come in late-game after a teammate has been knocked out, so that it does not take any damage going into the field. However it is not a bad option to switch Garganacl into a Physical Move due to its impressive Physical bulk.

Water-types will find it difficult to deal damage on Gholdengo, while a Tera Fire Garchomp can make quick work of Grass-types.

Sample Singles Team

Physical Attacker Special Attacker Late-Game Tank
Garchomp ImageGarchomp Gholdengo ImageGholdengo Garganacl ImageGarganacl

Garchomp and Gholdengo are great for clearing out as many as your opponent's Pokemon as possible, leaving Garganacl with fewer obstacles to secure you a win.

Sample Doubles Team

Special Attacker Physical Attacker
Iron Bundle ImageIron Bundle Iron Hands ImageIron Hands
Win Con Support / Redirection
Garganacl ImageGarganacl Amoonguss ImageAmoonguss

Iron Bundle makes for a great partner for Iron Hands, being a very capable offensive front end for your team

Garganacl will serve as a consistent win condition after Iron Bundle and Iron Hands have done extensive damage to the opposing team.

Amoonguss can help Garganacl last even longer by redirecting attacks away from it with Rage Powder, and by putting opponents to sleep with Spore.

Counters for Garganacl

Use Special Attacks to shred Garganacl's HP. Even with lots of Special Defense investment, Garganacl still does not appreciate taking Special Attacks point blank. The Garganacl player's job is to knock out their opponent's Special Attackers, while the opposing player has to keep them alive to deal with Garganacl.

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon Description
Garganacl ImageGarganacl Ranking: ★★★★★
・A Garganacl with Covert Cloak will always win a mirror match.
▶️Garganacl Best Movesets
Gholdengo ImageGholdengo Ranking: ★★★★
・Can force Garganacl to Tera with Make it Rain
・is immune to Body Press but will take more damage from Salt Cure.
▶️Gholdengo Best Movesets
Sylveon ImageSylveon Ranking: ★★★★
・Can trade damage favorably if it uses Hyper Voice unless Garganacl has Tera Poison.
・Resists Garganacl's Body Press
▶️Sylveon Best Movesets

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1 The Greatestover 1 year

I find that Ghost Tera Type Garganacl with Purifying Salt and a Clear Amulet is a very difficult wall to break as once terastalized you are only weak to Dark, which at best are hitting with Dark Pulses or Crunch since 80 is pretty much the best power you can get out of a Dark Move this gen. But since you get Body Press and Hammer Arm for Fighting coverage, you will easily take out any Dark Types tha come your way.

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