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Gastrodon, a Water and Ground type Pokémon, official artwork

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Gastrodon: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Gastrodon is a balanced Pokémon, led by its HP (111) and Sp. Atk (92), with a base stat total of 475. Competitively it is a strong choice in RarelyUsed.

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What is Gastrodon weak to?

How much damage Gastrodon takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toGrass
0.5×ResistsFirePoisonRockSteel
0×Immune toElectric

With Storm Drain, Water attacks do nothing instead of normal damage.

Gastrodon takes super-effective damage from Grass (Grass hit it for 4x damage). It resists Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel and is immune to Electric. That is by type alone: with Storm Drain, Water attacks do nothing instead of normal damage.

Best moveset for Gastrodon

Gastrodon has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • BlizzardIce110
  • Hydro PumpWater110
  • EarthquakeGround100

Best nature for Gastrodon

Careful or Bold. Gastrodon's mixed stats mean the best nature depends on the set: boost whichever defense or attacking stat your build leans on.

Abilities

  • Sticky HoldThis Pokemon cannot lose its held item due to another Pokemon's Ability or attack.
  • Storm DrainThis Pokemon draws Water moves to itself to raise Sp. Atk by 1; Water immunity.
  • Sand ForceThis Pokemon's Ground/Rock/Steel attacks do 1.3x in Sandstorm; immunity to it.

Evolution line

Shellos
Gastrodon
Full learnset (52 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Hydro PumpWater11080%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Sludge WavePoison95100%Special
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
Muddy WaterWater9085%Special
Sludge BombPoison90100%Special
SurfWater90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
LiquidationWater85100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
WaterfallWater80100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Skitter SmackBug7090%Physical
Ancient PowerRock60100%Special
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Water PulseWater60100%Special
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
Chilling WaterWater50100%Special
Weather BallNormal50100%Special
Water GunWater40100%Special
Sand TombGround3585%Physical
WhirlpoolWater3585%Special
Rock BlastRock2590%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
AmnesiaPsychic--Status
CurseGhost--Status
EndureNormal--Status
HardenNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
MementoDark-100%Status
Pain SplitNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RecoverNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SnowscapeIce--Status
SpikesGround--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status