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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Gastrodon 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 Gastrodon (West Sea), as well as its strengths and weakness.
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Gastrodon (East Sea) | |
Level | 50 |
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Pokeball | Cherish Ball |
Original Trainer | Eduardo |
Ability | Storm Drain |
Held Item | Leftovers |
Moveset | ・
Earth Power
・ Icy Wind ・ Yawn ・ Protect |
Start | August 11, 2023 |
End | August 14, 2023 |
Code | 23WCSGASTR0D0N |
A Mystery Gift Code to receive a competitive ready Gastrodon has been announced to go live during the beginning of the 2023 Pokemon World Championships Livestream on August 11, 2023.
This Gastrodon is based on the 2022 Pokemon World Championships Champion, Eduardo Cunha (@MeninoJardim)'s Gastrodon. During its matches, Gastrodon was able to consistently stay on the field and offer its support to its team. It was great at redirecting Water Type moves with its Storm Drain, controlling speed with Icy Wind, and disrupting the opponent with Yawn.
Pokemon World Championships Gastrodon Mystery Gift Full Details
Paldea #328.1 | Type | |
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Gastrodon (West Sea) | ||
Abilities | ||
Sticky Hold Storm Drain Sand Force (Hidden) |
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Weak to: | (4x) | |
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Immune to: | (0x) |
Ability Name | Description | |
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Sticky Hold | The user's Held item cannot be taken by other Pokemon. | |
Storm Drain | The user draws in all Water-type moves. Water-type moves cannot damage the user but instead will boost its Special Attack by one stage. | |
Sand Force (Hidden) |
Increases the damage of the user's Ground-type, Rock-type, and Steel-type moves by 30% during a Sandstorm and the user takes no damage from the Sandstorm. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
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HP | 111 | 48 |
Atk | 83 | 358 |
Def | 68 | 442 |
SpAtk | 92 | 226 |
SpDef | 82 | 259 |
Speed | 39 | 703 |
Total | 475 | 387 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 218 | 218 | 186 | 186 | 171 |
Atk | 148 | 135 | 103 | 92 | 79 |
Def | 132 | 120 | 88 | 79 | 65 |
SpAtk | 158 | 144 | 112 | 100 | 87 |
SpDef | 147 | 134 | 102 | 91 | 78 |
Spd | 100 | 91 | 59 | 53 | 39 |
Best Natures | ||
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Calm (+Sp. Def, -Atk) |
Bold (+Def, -Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Leftovers Gastrodon | ★★★★★ |
Covert Cloak Gastrodon | ★★★★ |
Nature | Calm (+Sp. Def, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | 252 HP / 236 Def / 4 Sp. Atk / 10 Sp. Def |
Final Stat Values | 218 HP / 118 Def / 113 Sp. Atk / 113 Sp. Def / 59 Spe |
Ability | Storm Drain |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Leftovers |
Moveset | ・
Yawn
・ Earth Power ・ Ice Beam ・ Protect |
Massively tanky. Natural typing and Tera Type makes it very difficult to KO. Matches up favorably against top Pokemon like Rapid-Strike Urshifu and Heatran. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Storm Drain | Leftovers |
Gastrodon's Storm Drain allows it to passively protect teammates who are weak to Water by simply being on the field. This is especially valuable against Rapid-Strike Urshifu, whose Surging Strikes get neutralized simply by having Gastrodon on the field.
Leftovers is Gastrodon's Held Item, as it gives Gastrodon passive recovery when it does not run Recover.
Yawn | Earth Power |
Ice Beam | Protect |
Yawn is a disruptive Move that forces opponents to fall asleep after a turn.
Gastrodon's most consistent STAB Move is Earth Power, a move that offers respectable damage.
Ice Beam is useful for OHKOing non-Assault Vest Landorus-T.
Lastly, Protect is great for scouting and stalling.
Fire Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Fire Tera is chosen for Gastrodon, as it gives it a resistance to its major Grass weakness. Gastrodon has an immunity to Water thanks to Storm Drain, leaving it with weaknesses to only Rock and Ground.
Best Pokemon to Terastallize Fire
HP is given a full 252 EVs so that Gastrodon has as much HP as possible. This works in conjunction with its naturally high Defense and Special Defense stats, which are given 236 and 10 respectively.
Gastrodon is given more Defense EVs than Special Defense EVs so that it can better withstand Urshifu's Close Combat, and because its Calm Nature naturally boosts its Special Defense with minimal EV investment.
4 Special Attack EVs are then given so that Gastrodon can consistently 2-3 Hit KO most foes.
Ice Beam | Ice Beam is a powerful option if Ground-types like Garchomp give your team a hard time. |
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Damage Dealt by Gastrodon |
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Item: Leftovers | Earth Power 74 ~ 90 (35.7 ~ 43.4%) 96.4% Chance to 3-Hit KO After Leftovers Recovery |
Item: Choice Specs | Earth Power 104 ~ 126 (63.8 ~ 77.3%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO |
Item: Focus Sash | Earth Power 72 ~ 85 (54.5 ~ 64.3%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO |
Item: Assault Vest | Earth Power 78 ~ 92 (31.5 ~ 37.2%) 75% Chance to 3-Hit KO |
Damage Received by Gastrodon (West Sea) |
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Item: Choice Specs | Make it Rain 68 ~ 81 (31.1 ~ 37.1%) 77.7% Chance to 3-Hit KO |
tem: Leftovers | Salt Cure 12 ~ 14 (5.5 ~ 6.4%) Possible 16-Hit KO |
tem: Focus Sash | Freeze-Dry 244 ~ 292 (111.9 ~ 133.9%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Item: Life Orb | Earthquake Gastrodon Tera Type: 229 ~ 270 (105 ~ 123.8%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Nature | Calm (+Sp. Def, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | 252 HP / 236 Def / 4 Sp. Atk / 10 Sp. Def |
Final Stat Values | 218 HP / 118 Def / 113 Sp. Atk / 113 Sp. Def / 59 Spe |
Ability | Storm Drain |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Covert Cloak |
Moveset | ・
Muddy Water
・ Earth Power ・ Recover ・ Protect |
Massively tanky. Natural typing and Tera Type makes it very difficult to KO. Matches up favorably against top Pokemon like Garganacl, Iron Bundle, and Gholdengo. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Storm Drain | Covert Cloak |
Gastrodon's Storm Drain allows it to passively protect teammates who are weak to Water by simply being on the field. When Terastallized into Fire, Storm Drain leaves Gastrodon with only two weakness: Rock and Ground.
Covert Cloak is Gastrodon's Held Item, as it makes it immune to the effects of Snarl, Spirit Break, and most importantly, Salt Cure.
List of All Items and Effects
Muddy Water | Earth Power |
Recover | Protect |
Muddy Water is a reliable spread move that can reduce the opposing side's accuracy.
Gastrodon's most consistent STAB Move is Earth Power, a move that offers respectable damage.
Because Gastrodon isn't meant to be an offensive Pokemon, count on these moves to 2HKO or 3HKO even on super-effective hits. Expect Gastrodon to take out Pokemon at half health or at least put them in KO range for its other teammates.
Recover lets Gastrodon replenish valuable HP, letting it stay on the field for longer.
Lastly, Protect is great for scouting and stalling.
Fire Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Fire Tera is chosen for Gastrodon, as it gives it a resistance to its major Grass weakness. Gastrodon has an immunity to Water thanks to Storm Drain, leaving it with weaknesses to only Rock and Ground.
Best Pokemon to Terastallize Fire
HP is given a full 252 EVs so that Gastrodon has as much HP as possible. This works in conjunction with its naturally high Defense and Special Defense stats, which are given 236 and 10 respectively.
Gastrodon is given more Defense EVs than Special Defense EVs so that it can better withstand Earthquakes, and because its Calm Nature naturally boosts its Special Defense with minimal EV investment.
4 Special Attack EVs are then given so that Gastrodon can consistently 2-3 Hit KO most foes.
Ice Beam | Ice Beam is a powerful option if Ground-types like Garchomp give your team a hard time. |
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Damage Dealt by Gastrodon |
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Item: Leftovers | Earth Power 74 ~ 90 (35.7 ~ 43.4%) 96.4% Chance to 3-Hit KO After Leftovers Recovery |
Item: Choice Specs | Earth Power 104 ~ 126 (63.8 ~ 77.3%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO |
Item: Focus Sash | Earth Power 72 ~ 85 (54.5 ~ 64.3%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO |
Item: Assault Vest | Earth Power 78 ~ 92 (31.5 ~ 37.2%) 75% Chance to 3-Hit KO |
Damage Received by Gastrodon (West Sea) |
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Item: Choice Specs | Make it Rain 68 ~ 81 (31.1 ~ 37.1%) 77.7% Chance to 3-Hit KO |
tem: Leftovers | Salt Cure 12 ~ 14 (5.5 ~ 6.4%) Possible 16-Hit KO |
tem: Focus Sash | Freeze-Dry 244 ~ 292 (111.9 ~ 133.9%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Item: Life Orb | Earthquake Gastrodon Tera Type: 229 ~ 270 (105 ~ 123.8%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Gastrodon matches up favorably against Garganacl, Iron Bundle, and Gholdengo. Be sure to Terastallize wisely and use it only when necessary.
Gastrodon can outdamage Garganacl with Earth Power. With Covert Cloak, it is able to take no damage from Garganacl's Salt Cure residual damage. It can also heal itself with Recover, making it even harder to KO.
Gastrodon enjoys defensive teams with teammates that are difficult to KO. Gastrodon itself can put a halt to hyper-offense, so it best synergizes with teammates with different types that can function similarly.
This Pokemon can win you games if you are able to run your opponents out of ways to hit it for meaningful damage.
Support | Special Attacker |
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Grimmsnarl | Iron Bundle |
Physical Attacker / Tank | Special Attacker / Tank |
Corviknight | Gastrodon (West Sea) |
Grimmsnarl can provide Screens for its team and boost its overall defenses, as well as protect its partnered Iron Bundle from Status Conditions with Misty Terrain.
Iron Bundle matches up favorably against Grass-types and Ground-types, being an effective way to take out threats to Gastrodon.
Gastrodon enjoys the Screens support and Misty Terrain protection, and will comfortably take on the likes of Garganacl in the end game.
Corviknight also benefits from Screens, and can double as a tanky Physical Attacker that can take on other dedicated Attackers.
Gastrodon can pose a threat to your team and is countered by different Pokemon depending on whether it Teras or not. Always be ready with ways to hit it for super-effective damage, or at least deal more offense than Gastrodon can.
Pokemon | Description |
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Iron Bundle | Ranking: ★★★★
・Iron Bundle can be consistently 2HKOd by Earth Power, Iron Bundle can cleanly OHKO un-Terastallized Gastrodon with Freeze-Dry. ▶️Iron Bundle Best Movesets |
Garchomp | Ranking: ★★★★
・Can threaten massive damage on Tera Fire Gastrodon with Earthquake, or KO if it has an Attack boosting Item and Tera Ground. ・Muddy Water and Earth Power 3HKOs Garchomp. ▶️Garchomp Best Movesets |
Iron Hands | Ranking: ★★★★
・Despite being weak to Earth Power, Assault Vest Iron Hands can survive multiple Earth Powers thanks to Drain Punch's incremental recovery. ・Can out-damage Gastrodon with Drain Punch. ▶️Iron Hands Best Movesets |
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