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Pokemon Stats

Type
30.00 kg Weight
1.20 m Height
Pokemon Max CP
Level 50: 3,976
Level 40: 3,517
Level 25: 2,512 (Raid + Weather)
Level 20: 2,009 (Raid)
Level 15: 1,507 (Research Tasks)
ATK 252
DEF 190
STA 202

Pokemon Family

PVE Movesets Grades

Quick Charge ATK DEF
Hex
Shadow Ball
A
B
Hex
Dazzling Gleam
D
A
Hex
Focus Blast
X
B
Show Suboptimal/Unranked Movesets

PVE Offensive Moves Explanation

  • Hex and Shadow Ball is a great Ghost Type moveset, and Gholdengo's best offensive moveset.
  • Astonish, Dazzling Gleam, and Focus Blast aren't great options.

PVE Defensive Moves Explanation

  • Hex is Gholdengo's best defensive Fast Move, easily out-pacing Astonish. 
  • Dazzling Gleam is the best overall option on defense, as it comes out fairly early and has great coverage alongside Hex.
  • Shadow Ball is objectively good, but it shares a type with Hex, meaning it can easily be walled by Dark or Normal Types
  • Focus Blast has perfect coverage with Hex, resisted only by Hisuian Zorua/Zoroark. But its high cost makes it pretty unreliable on defense.

PVE Overview

Gholdengo has the huge honor of being Pokemon #1,000, one of the greatest milestones in the entire series. However, that distinction doesn't exactly make it good. Ghost is its only viable attacking type, and it's pretty outclassed on that front. And even if it had a Steel Type moveset, that's another type that has huge competition. It seems that Gholdengo just has no real utility at the moment.

PVP Movesets Grades

Quick Charge ATK
Hex
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
A
Hex
Shadow Ball
Dazzling Gleam
B

PvP Moveset Explanation

Hex + Shadow Ball and Focus Blast

Hex is preferred over Astonish for its higher energy generation to fuel Gholdengo's expensive Charged Attacks. Astonish is also simply awful.

Shadow Ball is Gholdengo's bread and butter STAB attack, being its cheapest Charged Attack and having solid DPE. Focus Blast is extremely expensive, but it has great DPE and offers nigh unresisted damage when combined with Shadow Ball. Dazzling Gleam's coverage also pairs well with Shadow Ball, but it has less DPE and doesn't have as wide of a coverage as Focus Blast does.

PvP Rating Explanation

Great League: 1.5 / 5

Although Gholdengo's amazing typing grants it a wonderful set of resistances, its frailty and lack of cheap Charged Attacks severely dampens its potential. Hex is also a pretty mediocre Fast Attack. It can be a nuisance to the Bastiodon + Medicham core, though.

Ultra League: 2 / 5

Gholdengo is a bit bulkier in the Ultra League and can fire of its attacks a bit more consistently, although it's still not great. It picks up key wins against several top meta threats such as Cresselia and Cobalion, but it's not something that most other Ghost-type Pokemon can't do anyways.

Master League: 3 / 5

It can harass the common Zacian + Dialga, which at least gives it a niche. Gholdengo's stats aren't particularly amazing, but they aren't awful either. It is bulky enough to make use of its resistances, although it is far from being great at abusing them. Gholdengo is stronger in Premier formats, where its stats can shine better, and it won't have to compete with Giratina-O for the role of a strong Ghost-type Pokemon.

Fast Moves

8
Astonish
More Info

Ghost

1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS EPU DPS DPS w/STAB True DPS
1.10
0.35
12.73
7.27
9.09
10
Hex
More Info

Ghost

1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS EPU DPS DPS w/STAB True DPS
1.20
0.20
13.33
8.33
10.42

Charge Moves

100
Shadow Ball
More Info

Ghost

1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
3.00
0.40
0.00
 2.00
33.33
41.67
 66.67
100
Dazzling Gleam
More Info

Fairy

1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
3.50
1.20
0.00
 2.00
28.57
35.71
 57.14
140
Focus Blast
More Info

Fighting

1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
1.6x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.714x DamageVS
.51x DamageVS
0.7 secs
CD DW EPS DPE DPS DPS w/STAB DPE*DPS
3.50
0.50
0.00
 1.40
40.00
50.00
 56.00

Secondary Charge Move Unlock Cost

Candy
Stardust

Pokemon Type Chart

Vulnerable

160% damage
160% damage
160% damage
160% damage

Resistant

39.1% damage
62.5% damage
62.5% damage
62.5% damage
62.5% damage
62.5% damage
62.5% damage
24.4% damage
24.4% damage
62.5% damage
62.5% damage
62.5% damage

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Pokemon Min/Max CP Values

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Every time you power up, your Pokémon gains half a level.

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20014349
2001.590102
2002136155
2002.5183209
4003229262
4003.5276315
4004322368
4004.5369421
6005415474
6005.5462527
6006508580
6006.5555633
8007602686
8007.5648739
8008695792
8008.5741845
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10009.5834952
1000108811005
100010.59251055
1300119691105
130011.510131155
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130012.511011256
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160013.511891356
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160014.512771457
19001513211507
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220017.515411758
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250019.517171959
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30002118502110
300021.518942160
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70003327753165
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700034.528413241
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800035.528853291
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800036.529293341
90003729513366
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900038.530173441
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1000039.530613492
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