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Garchomp, a Dragon and Ground type Pokémon, official artwork

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Garchomp: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Garchomp is a fast, hard-hitting attacker, led by its Attack (130) and HP (108), with a base stat total of 600. Competitively it is too strong for UnderUsed but outclassed in OU, a classic borderline case. It currently appears on 5.4% of OU teams. In the VGC ladder it sits at 33.2% usage.

Build a team with Garchomp

What is Garchomp weak to?

How much damage Garchomp takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toIce
2×Weak toDragonFairy
0.5×ResistsFirePoisonRock
0×Immune toElectric

Garchomp takes super-effective damage from Ice, Dragon, Fairy (Ice hit it for 4x damage). It resists Fire, Poison, Rock and is immune to Electric.

Best moveset for Garchomp

The most-used moves on Garchomp in OU (Smogon singles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • EarthquakeGround10026.7%
  • Stealth RockRock-18.4%
  • Dragon TailDragon6016.9%
  • SpikesGround-14.3%
  • Swords DanceNormal-8.7%
  • Scale ShotDragon258.5%

Best nature for Garchomp

Impish. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Impish with 248/0/216/0/0/44 EVs (35.1% of sets).

Abilities

  • Sand VeilIf Sandstorm is active, this Pokemon's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to Sandstorm.
  • Rough SkinPokemon making contact with this Pokemon lose 1/8 of their max HP.

Evolution line

Gible
Gabite
Garchomp

Best counters for Garchomp

Based on OU (Smogon singles) battle statistics, these Pokémon most reliably beat or force out Garchomp:

Best teammates for Garchomp

Pokémon most often paired with Garchomp on successful OU (Smogon singles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (62 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Draco MeteorDragon13090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
Dragon RushDragon10075%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
SurfWater90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dragon PulseDragon85100%Special
LiquidationWater85100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Dragon ClawDragon80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Power GemRock80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Scorching SandsGround70100%Special
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
Thunder FangElectric6595%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
Breaking SwipeDragon60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Dragon BreathDragon60100%Special
Dragon TailDragon6090%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Sand TombGround3585%Physical
Scale ShotDragon2590%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Dragon CheerDragon--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Sand AttackGround-100%Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpikesGround--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status