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Golem, a Rock and Ground type Pokémon, official artwork

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Golem: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

RockGroundZU

Golem is a straightforward attacker, led by its Defense (130) and Attack (120), with a base stat total of 495. Competitively it is a lower-tier option.

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What is Golem weak to?

How much damage Golem takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toGrassWater
2×Weak toFightingGroundIceSteel
0.5×ResistsFireFlyingNormalRock
0.25×ResistsPoison
0×Immune toElectric

Golem takes super-effective damage from Grass, Water, Fighting, Ground, Ice, Steel (Grass and Water hit it for 4x damage). It resists Fire, Flying, Normal, Rock, Poison and is immune to Electric.

Best moveset for Golem

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

  • ExplosionNormal250
  • Focus PunchFighting150
  • Fire BlastFire110
  • EarthquakeGround100

Best nature for Golem

Adamant. Golem is a physical attacker (120 Attack vs 55 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Rock HeadThis Pokemon does not take recoil damage besides Struggle/Life Orb/crash damage.
  • SturdyIf this Pokemon is at full HP, it survives one hit with at least 1 HP. Immune to OHKO.
  • Sand VeilIf Sandstorm is active, this Pokemon's evasiveness is 1.25x; immunity to Sandstorm.

Evolution line

Geodude
Graveler
Golem
Full learnset (52 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
ExplosionNormal250100%Physical
Self-DestructNormal200100%Physical
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
High HorsepowerGround9595%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
Rock ThrowRock5090%Physical
Smack DownRock50100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Rock BlastRock2590%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
FlingDark?100%Physical
Gyro BallSteel?100%Physical
Hard PressSteel?100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
CurseGhost--Status
Defense CurlNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
MetronomeNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
Rock PolishRock--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status