Eldegoss Guide: Builds and Best Items | Pokemon UNITE

The best guide on how to play Eldegoss in Pokemon UNITE for Nintendo Switch and Mobile. Check here for the best builds, Held and Battle items, movesets, as well as the latest nerfs, buffs, counters, matchups, and more!

Eldegoss Latest Nerfs & Buffs (03/14)

March 14 Update (Version 1.4.1.7)

Eldegoss Move Changes (March 14)
Cotton Guard	• Effects weakened.
Cotton Cloud Crash	• Recharge rate increased.

Eldegoss Basic Info

Eldegoss
	Tier Rating: Role: Supporter Attack Type: Ranged Damage Type: Special Difficulty: Novice Cost: 6000 / 345
"Eldegoss is a master supporter that can restore its allies’ HP and boost their movement speed."

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Eldegoss Best Lanes

Top	Jungle	Bottom

Tips & Strategies for Every Lane

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths	Weaknesses
✔︎ Strong sustain through heals and shields ✔︎ Grants increased movement speed to allies ✔︎ Good attack range	✖︎ Requires good positioning and foresight to be effective

Best Builds for Eldegoss

Eldegoss Builds
Healer Build
Shielder Build	Cotton Fighter Build

The Best Build for Eldegoss is the one with the gold crown!

Healer Build

Healer Build
Moveset			Held Items
Pollen Puff Cotton Guard			Wise Glasses Exp. Share Buddy Barrier
Battle Item
Eject Button
Item Effects (at Level 30)
Sp. Atk: +39 Movement Speed: +150 HP: +690
Recommended Lane
Top Lane		Jungle		Bot Lane

This build centers around supporting allies through healing and shielding using Pollen Puff and Cotton Guard, keeping them alive as long as possible, especially during team fights. You can use Pollen Puff aggressively by casting it on a melee ally when they charge enemies or cast it on yourself by throwing it on the ground first and then running inside the radius.

Wise Glasses significantly increases Eledegoss's Special Attack stat, which will increase the damage of its Standard Attack and Polen Puff's healing and damage. Exp. Share is perfect for this build since your focus is supporting allies rather than getting kills or scoring, leaving you behind in levels. Buddy Barrier provides durability and survivability so you can keep supporting your allies.

Eject Button lets you reposition Eldegoss and give you mobility for quick retreats.

Shielder Build

Shielder Build
Moveset			Held Items
Leaf Tornado Cotton Guard			Wise Glasses Buddy Barrier Focus Band
Battle Item
X Speed
Item Effects (at Level 30)
Sp. Atk: +39 Defense: +30 Sp. Def: +30 HP: +450
Recommended Lane
Top Lane		Jungle		Bot Lane

This is a similar build to the previous one but adds more aggression to your gameplay. Utilize the movement speed buff from Leaf Tornado to open opportunities for you and your allies to chase your targets or escape losing fights. Cotton Guard gives extra protection as you charge toward opponents. The key to this build is knowing when to get aggressive and when to play passively.

Wise Glasses are mainly for amplifying Leaf Tornado's damage and Cotton Guards shield effect. Buddy Barrier and Focus Band provide great durability through increased defenses, enabling you to survive getting focused down. Additionally, activating Eldegoss' unite move, Cotton Cloud Crash, gives additional shields to an ally because of Buddy Barrier's effect.

X Speed gives Eldegoss more consistent mobility compared to Eject Button.

Cotton Fighter Build

Cotton Fighter Build
Moveset			Held Items
Leaf Tornado			Wise Glasses Choice Specs Focus Band
Battle Item
X Attack
Item Effects (at Level 30)
Sp. Atk: +78 Defense: +30 Sp. Def: +30
Recommended Lane
Top Lane		Jungle		Bot Lane

This build maximizes Eldegoss' offense through Leaf Tornado and Cotton Spore. Instead of staying behind the lines, this build allows you to initiate fights using Cotton Spore's disabling effect and increase in speed, then follow up with standard attacks (or escape when needed). Once the effect ends, use Leaf Tornado to weaken your opponent further. The best way to use this build is to activate it near walls bordering your opponents' enemy lanes. Considering your moves and your standard attacks s can blast through walls, this prevents your opponents from countering you (save from dash moves) and allows you to deal damage continuously.

For items Wise Glasses and Choice Specs collectively boost your damage output. If you want to put all your focus on offense, you can substitute Focus Band with Sp. Atk. Specs, provided you have allies willing to support you while you stack bonuses.

X Attack is the cherry-on-top for the build, further amplifying your damage output.

Eldegoss Best Items & Moveset

Best Held Items

Item	Explanation
Exp. Share	Exp. Share's extra passive EXP gives Eldegoss a chance to level up without the need to farm. Aditionally, the bonus to HP and movement speed increases the Pokemon's survivability.
Buddy Barrier	Buddy Barrier increases Eldegoss' HP while also giving it more shields when it uses its unite move.
Focus Band	Focus band gives Eldegoss more defenses so it can sustain more hits before needing to retreat. This item also allows the Pokemon to recover HP when it gets dangerously low.
Wise Glasses	Wise Glasses further increases Eldegoss' high Sp. Attack Stat, which, in turn, increases the effectiveness of the Pokemon's support moves.
Choice Specs	Held Choice Specs adds more damage to Eldegoss' moves when it hits. This item is generally used for builds that focuses on a more offensive-support role.tem

List of Held Items

Best Battle Items

Item	Explanation
Eject Button	Eject Button mainly plays as a defensive item that allows Eldegoss to get away from danger.

List of Battle Items

Best Moveset

Move	Explanation
Cotton Guard	Cotton Guard is an AoE move that gives the team shields that can be crucial especially for team fights. Moreover, it can also recover HP if the shields are not destroyed.
Pollen Puff	Polen Puff is a versatile move that allows Eldegoss to make both offensive and defensive plays. The move is a great engine for damage an HP recovery.

Learning Leaf Tornado over Pollen Puff trades healing for utility, giving your team the opportunity to traverse areas faster. For a more offensive plystyle, learn Cotton Spore together with Pollen Puff and take advantage of Eldegoss' ranged attacks.

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How to Play Eldegoss

Eldegoss is a great Supporter that is capable of bolstering their team with their abilities while bombarding opponents with consistent damage.

Focus on Providing Support

The trick to fully utilizing Eldegoss' abilities lies in proper positioning and awareness at all times. Knowing when to stay back or get closer to the fight is paramount as this enables you to keep your allies topped off with shields, heals, or movement speed bonuses.

Proper positioning also allows you to punish the opposing team with slows and long-range attacks that deal solid damage.

Stay in Lanes

Eldegoss is a supporting character, so you will want to lane with someone in the Top or Bottom lane to help them in fights and safely level. Even if you do decide to go into the jungle by yourself, you will encounter some difficulty defeating the wild Pokemon yourself.

Stick to your Teammates that Deal Damage

Eldgegoss' damage lack luster if it is alone, so you will need to stick with Pokemon that can do damage. You can't deal much damage yourself, but you can help Pokemon that can deal damage stay alive! Your heals, shields, and movement speed buffs will give them the edge they need.

Know Which Damaging Move to Pick

Eldegoss will get its damaging move upgrade when it reaches level 4. From here, you will have to decide which support move can benefit the whole team.

Get Pollen Puff for Continous Heal

Learning Pollen Puff is a flexible move that gives you conistent healing, allowing you to keep yourself and your teammates alive for much longer in fights. Additionally, the move can deal AoE damage if more than one enemy is close enough to the blast radius.

Although, compared to Leaf Tornado that gets the effect immediately, Pollen Puff has a delay before it detonates, so be sure to take note of its activation time to avoid misses.

Leaf Tornado for Movement Speed

Learning Leaf Tornado allows you to support your team by giving them a boost in movement speed when they step on the affected area. This is great for giving Defenders or Attackers a way to get ahead in position. It is also a good escape tool if you need to escape from a losing fight.

Compared to Pollen Puff, Leaf Tornado is more straightforward and can be used as a standard, long-range damaging move with an extra effect.

Get Moves within Range for Team Fights

It is best to stick to high Endurance Pokemon like Defenders, which are the tanks of the team and should be in the front receiving damage. You will want to be near enough to them to ensure that you can heal them and keep them alive as long as possible.

Use your Unite During Clashes

Your Unite move is one of your most powerful tools. It helps you survive longer, disables enemy Pokemon, and heal your teammates. Make sure to use it during a fight with your whole team to make the most out of it. It also works as a great counter to enemy Pokemon looking for a gank or as a counter to the enemy team using their Unite moves.

Eldegoss Combos

Defensive Burst Combo

Defensive Burst Combo
►
Pollen Puff ► Cotton Guard
Eldegoss' bread and butter. This seemingly simple combo has a lot of effects going on at the same time. Latching the Pollen Puff on allied targets gives them a guaranteed heal burst after a couple of seconds, healing other allies and damaging enemies within its radius. After Latching Pollen Puff on an ally, use Cotton Guard immediately after to give everyone shields which will increase their survivability for Pollen Puff to pop and regain their lost health. Cotton Guard can also grant Movement Speed Up once you get the final upgrade, further improving the potency of this combo.

Enemy Control Combo

Enemy Displacer Combo
►
Cotton Cloud Crash ► Leaf Tornado
This is an aggressive combo for those who opted to get Leaf Tornado instead of Pollen Puff. Get close and activate Cotton Cloud Crash. Position your landing in a way that the resulting knockback shoves enemies into your team. Once you've landed, aim the Leaf Tornado towards the enemies to Slow them and prevent an easy escape.

Matchups & Counters for Eldegoss

Eldegoss Matchups

Matchup Notes
Hard Counter	Even Matchup	Easy Matchup
1. The chart is based on our own experience playing Eldegoss. 2. Pokemon within each tier are unordered 3. Any Pokemon not shown here are still under investigation.

Hard Counter with a Quick Damage Burst

Eldegoss's defenses aren't exactly anything to write home about, but its healing does tend to let it stay alive for much longer. However, a quick damage burst will either force Eldegoss to protect itself or completely back off so any character that can do so will definitely work against it.

Best Counters

Pokemon	Explanation
Cinderace	Rating: ★★★★★ • Can shred through Eldegoss' shields with its rapid attacks • Has superior range
Lucario	Rating: ★★★★ • Can disrupt Eldegoss' healing and shielding with its combos • Has high mobility
Gengar	Rating: ★★★★ • Can burst down Eldegoss using the Sludge Bomb-Hex combo • Can ambush Eldegoss in the backlines using Phantom Ambush
Tsareena	Rating: ★★★★ • Has better sustainability • Can spam its moves endlessly thanks to Queenly Majesty • Can disrupt Eldegoss' healing and shielding, and lock it down using Queen Ascendant
Zeraora	Rating: ★★★ • Can quickly dive Eldegoss using Volt Switch or Spark • Can shred through Eldegoss' shields using Discharge or Wild Charge

Even Matchups for Eldegoss

Even matchups are always a matter of skill, luck, and timing. Here are some tips to help push Eldegoss ahead against other Pokemon on equal footing.

Sustain Yourself through the Brawl

Melee Pokemon
How to Beat
• Use Cotton Guard to shield yourself and stay alive longer • Use Cotton Spore to disrupt their moves and damage them • Use Pollen Puff to heal yourself and damage them when they get close enough • Disengage using Leaf Tornado • Utilize your long-ranged Standard Attacks to whittle done their HP before they can get close

Pair Up with Hard Hitters

Pokemon with High HP and Defense
How to Beat
• Pair up with hard hitters like Cinderace • Use Cotton Guard to keep yourself and your partner alive while they do the heavy lifting

Pressure with Long-Range Moves

Various Pokemon
How to Beat
• Pressure their HP using Leaf Tornado or Pollen Puff • Use Cotton Guard to negate their damage

Steer Clear from Attacks

Pokemon with Burst Damage
How to Beat
• Play defensively and avoid their attacks as much as possible while fighting back with a Pollen Puff or a Leaf Tornado • Get a safe distance between you and these Pokemon and dodge their dash moves • Use Cotton Cloud Crash to disengage, but only as a last resort

Easy Matchups for Eldegoss

Play Around its Moves

Has Moves that Can Miss
How to Beat
• Bait out its moves and avoid them • Use Cotton Guard to negate its damage • Use Leaf Tornado to get out of range during Gatling Gulp Missile or to help your allies get to it quickly and try to take it down

Best Teammates for Eldegoss

Pokemon	Explanation
Gengar	Can keep Gengar alive in fights
	Gengar has one of the strongest burst combos in the game. Unfortunately it is also one of the most fragile. Having an Eldegoss shield and heal a Gengar as it goes in to burst down the enemy Attackers will help keep Gengar alive to knockout at least one Pokemon
Cramorant	Can patch up for Cramorant's lack of survivability and mobility
	Cramorant is a strong Attacker that lacks survivability and mobility. With Eldegoss supporting Cramorant, you cover its weaknesses and become a deadlier force.
Snorlax	Can make Snorlax unstoppable
	Snorlax is already one of the toughest to take out Pokemon in the game, with Eldegoss by its side, it can become an unstoppable force.

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Eldegoss Moves

Move Slot 1 (R)

Leafage (Lv. 1 or 3)	Move Type: Ranged Damage Type: Special Cooldown: 6s Total Damage: 322
Pelts the target with leaves, decreasing the movement speed of opposing Pokemon for a short time when it hits.
Leaf Tornado (Lv. 4) Upgrade Lv. 11	Move Type: Ranged Damage Type: Special Cooldown: 9s Total Damage: 419 / 1034
Attacks with a tornado of sharp leaves, leaving a path in its wake that increases ally Pokemon's movement speed for a short time. Upgrade: Also decreases the accuracy of opposing Pokemon for a short time when this move hits.
Pollen Puff (Lv. 4) Upgrade Lv. 11	Move Type: Ranged Damage Type: Special Cooldown: 4s Total Damage: 340 / 1263
Throws a Pollen Puff, which attaches to a Pokemon. The Pollen Puff restores HP for ally Pokemon and deals damage to opposing Pokemon. Upgrade: If a Pollen Puff attaches to opposing Pokemon, it also deals them damage over time. If a Pollen Puff attaches to ally Pokemon, it also reduces the damage they receive.

Move Slot 2 (ZR)

Synthesis (Lv. 1 or 3)	Move Type: Recovery Damage Type: Status Cooldown: 8s
Restores the HP of the user and nearby ally Pokemon.
Cotton Spore (Lv. 6) Upgrade Lv. 13	Move Type: Area Damage Type: Special Cooldown: 6s Total Damage: 713 / 1537
Gathers spores around the user, increasing the user's movement speed while this move is in effect. The spores burst after a short time, dealing damage to opposing Pokemon in the area of effect, throwing them, and decreasing their movement speed for a short time. Upgrade: Also reduces the damage the user receives while using this move.
Cotton Guard (Lv. 6) Upgrade Lv. 13	Move Type: Buff Damage Type: Status Cooldown: 9s
Protects the user and nearby ally Pokemon with cotton. The cotton absorbs damage, and when the move ends, the cotton restores some HP. Upgrade: Increases the user's movement speed while using this move.

Unite Moves (ZL)

Cotton Cloud Crash (Lv. 9)	Move Type: Area Damage Type: Special Cooldown: 111s Total Damage: 1370 / 2392
Has the user float into the air and become invincible. If used again, has the user pound the ground, attacking and shoving opposing Pokemon and restoring HP to ally Pokemon in the area of effect.

Standard Attack

Standard Attack	Becomes a boosted attack with every third attack, attaching a bit of cotton fluff to opposing Pokemon. The user's basic attacks against an opposing Pokemon with cotton fluff on it deal increased damage and decrease the opposing Pokemon's movement speed for a short time.

Ability (Passive)

Cotton Down	All Evolution Stages Damages an opponent and decreases its movement speed for a short time after the Pokemon with this Ability receives a certain amount of damage. When that happens,the Pokemon also recovers HP and has its movement speed increased for a short time.

Eldegoss Stats & Evolutions

Eldegoss Evolutions

1st Evolution	Final Evolution
Gossifleur (Lv. 1)	Eldegoss (Lv. 4)

Eldegoss Stats

Level	HP	Defense	Special Defense	Attack Damage
1	3278	40	30	130
2	3383	44	33	134
3	3503	48	36	139
4	4114	69	52	162
5	4274	74	56	168
6	4457	80	61	175
7	4668	87	66	183
8	4911	95	72	192
9	5190	104	79	203
10	5511	115	87	215
11	5880	128	96	229
12	6305	142	107	245
13	6794	159	119	264
14	7356	178	133	285
15	8002	200	149	310

Attack Damage is the damage of the Basic Attack as tested against the Training Dummy.

Eldegoss In-Game Stat Listings

Offense	Endurance	Mobility	Scoring	Support

Eldegoss Skins (Holowear)

Holowear
Fashionable Style Zirco Trading: 350 / 18	Purple Unite Style Zirco Trading: 350 / 18
Orange Unite Style Zirco Trading: 350 / 18	Space Style Zirco Trading: 400 / 20
Big Ribbon Style Zirco Trading: 350 / 18	Pastel Style Zirco Trading: 1200
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All data is based on Season 04 Master Rank Top 100. Last Updated: May 4, 2022

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Greninja		29%	75.6%
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Lucario		14%	73.6%
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