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Garganacl, a Rock type Pokémon, official artwork

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Garganacl: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Garganacl is a defensive wall, led by its Defense (130) and HP (100), with a base stat total of 500. Competitively it is a staple of OverUsed, the main competitive singles tier. It currently appears on 4.7% of OU teams.

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What is Garganacl weak to?

How much damage Garganacl takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFightingGrassGroundSteelWater
0.5×ResistsFireFlyingNormalPoison

With Purifying Salt, Ghost attacks do half damage instead of normal damage.

Garganacl takes super-effective damage from Fighting, Grass, Ground, Steel, Water. It resists Fire, Flying, Normal, Poison. That is by type alone: with Purifying Salt, Ghost attacks do half damage instead of normal damage.

Best moveset for Garganacl

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

  • Salt CureRock4025.7%
  • RecoverNormal-25.6%
  • ProtectNormal-16.9%
  • Stealth RockRock-13.5%
  • CurseGhost-8.5%
  • Body PressFighting803.8%

Best nature for Garganacl

Careful. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Careful with 252/0/52/0/204/0 EVs (61.1% of sets).

Abilities

  • Purifying SaltGhost damage to this Pokemon dealt with a halved offensive stat; can't be statused.
  • SturdyIf this Pokemon is at full HP, it survives one hit with at least 1 HP. Immune to OHKO.
  • Clear BodyPrevents other Pokemon from lowering this Pokemon's stat stages.

Evolution line

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Garganacl

Best counters for Garganacl

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

Best teammates for Garganacl

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

Full learnset (57 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
ExplosionNormal250100%Physical
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Meteor BeamRock12090%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Hammer ArmFighting10090%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Power GemRock80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Ice PunchIce75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
AvalancheIce60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
Rock ThrowRock5090%Physical
Smack DownRock50100%Physical
Salt CureRock40100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Rock BlastRock2590%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Hard PressSteel?100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
BlockNormal--Status
CurseGhost--Status
EndureNormal--Status
GravityPsychic--Status
HardenNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RecoverNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Rock PolishRock--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Wide GuardRock--Status